Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf

I've gone a bit 1 click crazy over the last week or so, which meant that this list has changed a few times since I first started it! Luckily it's a matter of adding anything new to the top of the list and then take the corresponding number off the bottom of the list.

A Year at Appleyard Farms by Emma Davies - I have read the last couple of books by Emma Davies so now I am looking for some of her earlier book. This is a compilation of four of her books. 

Everyone Loves Cake by Alisha Henderson - This was one of my Christmas presents

The Sirens by Emilia Hart - I haven't read any books by this author but they all sound good so I hope to get to this one soon. 

The Honeysuckle Cafe by Lilly Mirren - I was drawn to this one because the cover is gorgeous and the author is Australian although she isn't an author I was previously familiar with. 

Christmas at the Little Knitting Box by Helen Rolfe - Helen Rolfe is an auto read author for me but now I am look at her backlist.

A Starlit Summer by Kate Frost - Kate Frost is another author I have read a few books from. I already own the first and last books in the Romantic Escape series. This is the second book in the series.

The Amsterdam Affair by Kate Frost - And this is the fourth book in the same series. No idea why I didn't buy the third book. I should fix that!

Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki - This is the second book in the Full Moon Coffee Shop series which features human size, walking talking cats, astrology and magical sounding drinks! This is the only one of these books that I have read so far.

The Arctic Curry Club by Dani Redd - I saw this on someone's blog a couple of weeks ago and had to have it. Love the cover on this one.

The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard - This is one that I got through Prime rather than buying outright. I am looking forward to reading it!

Now that I have finished this post I can't buy any more books until Wednesday!

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: November stats

Before I get started with this month's statistics, I wanted to mention that I have announced the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge for 2026! You can find all the details in this post. If you love historical fiction and reading challenges, I hope you will join us!

Now, onto the November statistics

Every month I share some of the statistics related to the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I find it interesting to see what are the books that people are reading and reviewing!

In terms of the books read in November, there were 42 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 16 participants. There were 39 individual titles reviewed, written by 38 different authors, There were 3 reviewers who reviewed 2 or more books each. Thank you to everyone who shared their links whether it be 8 or just 1.

So which books were reviewed more than once? There were three.

The first book Murder at Cottonwood Creek by Clara McKenna which was reviewed by Mark at Carstairs Considers and Laura from Laura's Reviews. This is the seventh book in the Stella and Lyndy series set at the beginning of the 20th century.

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood is the second book to have been reviewed more than once this month. Actually, I should say that it is a novella which was listed for the Booker Prize. It was reviewed by Kay at What Me Read and Davida from Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog. 

The final book to mention this month is The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard. This sounds like a really fun read. It was reviewed by Laura from Laura's Review and Margaret at Books Please. 

Agatha Christie makes a comeback this month with Shellie from Shellie Loves Books reviewing both Cat Among the Pigeons and They Came to Baghdad.

Next month I will be back with both the statistics for December and for the whole of 2025! I have had a bit of a sneak peek and as at now there are 2 books that are tied for the honour of being reviewed the most times for this year's challenge. Let's see if that changes during December!

I am sharing this with Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and A Good Book and a Cup of Tea hosted at Hopewell's Library.