Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Top Ten Tuesday: Chocolate anyone?

 



 


Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the topic is  Books with [___] On the Cover (Pick a thing (a color, an item, a place, an animal, a scripty font, a sexy person, etc.) and share covers that have that thing on the cover.) My thing is chocolate! Originally I was thinking about posting this last week in honour of Easter but then I saw that this was the next theme it seemed perfect for this week!

I'll start with the chocolate themed books I have read, then a few that I want to read.





Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith - The second book in the Isabel Dalhousie series set in Edinburgh (review here)



Bread and Chocolate by Philippa Gregory - I read this short story collection more than 15 years ago. I don't remember a thing about it though! (review here)





The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson - I read several Koomson books and then haven't read another for years. I do remember really liking this one



The Chocolate Thief by Laura Florand - Laura Florand has an entire series of books with chocolate titles, and then a couple of others. If you love foodie romances, especially set in France, then this series is for you. (review here)






The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh - This book was chock-full of chocolate history, set just after the end of WWI.



Chocolate Cake for Breakfast by Danielle Hawkins - I've been known to have chocolate cake for breakfast on occasion! (review)






The Chocolate Chip Murder by Joanna Fluke - This ws the first book in the Hannah Swensen cozy mystery series. I read about 8 books in the series until I got annoyed with the love triangle. There are now 28 books in the series, many with chocolate titles, but I won't be going back seeing as it appears that the love triangle thing is still going.



The Chocolate Promise by Josephine Moon - Last year I read The Jam Queens by this author, and I still have this on my Kindle to read at some point.





The Chocolate Maker's Wife by Karen Brooks - I have this book sitting on my Kindle for a while too.




The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan - I have read a number of books by Jenny Colgan over the years, but this one is still on the TBR list.



Have you read any other chocolate themed books?



30 comments:

  1. I like that you were able to find books that weren't baking cozies that had chocolate mentioned in the title. Fun idea!

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  2. I'd add two children's books: The Chocolate Touch and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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  3. You’re making me so hungry! haha. :) Chocolate is the best.

    My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-curly-haired-characters-on-the-cover/

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    1. You don't have to be hungry to eat chocolate!

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  4. I like that first one a lot. And all the cookie themed ones as well... :)

    I always like the covers on the Fluke mysteries.

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    1. They are all so cute Greg! And there were several chocolate titles from the series that I could have chosen too..

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  5. If you're interested in chocolate non-fiction, Deborah's Cadbury's Chocolate Wars is fascinating.

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    1. That sounds really interesting. Thanks for the suggestion.

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  6. I should NOT have scrolled through this list! Now, all I want is chocolate. It's pretty much my favorite food :)

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    www.blogginboutbooks.com

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  7. I love your choice , you can't go wrong with chocolate
    My TTT

    https://seriesbooklover.wordpress.com/2022/04/26/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-images-of-outer-space-on-the-cover/

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  8. Delicious choices!! Love these. I don't know the Philippa Gregory one, will need to take a look.

    Like Water for Chocolates and Chocolat could have slot in here perfectly as well.

    Happy TTT!

    Elza Reads

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    1. I thought of both of those two books too!

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  9. As a self-professed chocolate lover, this topic is perfect. I've never heard of that collection from Philippa Gregory, but I really enjoy her work. I recently read The Spanish Daughter which also features a former chocolate shop owner!

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    1. I had completely forgotten about the Philippa Gregory book until I was looking through the spreadsheet Jordan

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  10. Now I really want chocolate, LOL! Great topic, thanks for sharing!

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    1. It was a fun topic to put together Cindy!

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  11. And now I'm craving chocolate. Good thing I don't have any!

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    1. I' m not sure that is a good thing Deanna!

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  12. There's a childrens book called The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier.

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  13. Delicious! This just made me crave some chocolate too. :)
    ~Lex (lexlingua.co)

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    1. I hope that you have some in the house.

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  14. What a fun topic! Too bad I'm reading this just before my lunch break--guess what I now want for lunch? Lol

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    1. Maybe as an accompaniment to lunch rather than your whole lunch! lol

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  15. An irresistible theme if ever there was one. :-) All of these look so good--and not just because of the mention of chocolate (although that helps).

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