Top Ten Tuesday: Unread Books on My Kindle - Part Two

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is Favorite Book Quotes (You can pick your favorite quotes from books, or about books! You can set a theme like quotes from books about love, friendship, hope, etc. or you can just share quotes you loved from your recent reads!). I don't often keep note of quotes so I am going rogue again this week .... yes, again!!!

A couple of weeks ago there was a theme which was Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon. I chose to focus only on the books that are on my Kindle. At the time, I said I could easily do this topic again, so I am going to! So here are ten more books that have been languishing on my Kindle that I would buy again!

You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane - I actually have a couple of her books on my Kindle

The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth - I feel like it is a bit sacrilegious to have not read any of Sally Hepworth's books

The Familiars by Stacy Halls - Stacy Halls writes such interesting sounding books!

The Pearl of Penang by Clare Flynn - I have all three of the books in this series. I am keen to read these because of the setting.

Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley  - To be honest I am a bit shocked that this book is on my list. I love Susanna Kearsley, and was very excited when she announced a new book just this week, only to realise that I still haven't read this book.

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - I read Lincoln Highway a while ago, but haven't managed to read this one yet. 

The Pretty Delicious Cafe by Danielle Hawkins - I really must read this.

The Naturalists Daughter by Tea Cooper - I actually have a few Tea Cooper books to read.

Clap When You land by Elizabeth Acevedo - I loved With the Fire On High so much when I read it, I pre-ordered this book....and still haven't read it!

The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O'Neal - I have a few books by this author too!

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2023

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2023.  Normally I have to go looking for books for this prompt but there are so many good books coming out over the next few months!

Codenamed Charming by Lucy Parker - I read the first book in this series a couple of years ago and have been waiting for this ever since.


Daisy and Kate by Meredith Appleyard - This author was at the retreat I went to last month and the book sounds good. It doesn't hurt that the cover is gorgeous.

The Girl from Portofino by Siobhan Daiko - I read The Girl from Venice a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it so I am on the lookout for this one.

Back on Track by Tricia Stringer - Another author who was at the retreat, this book is primarily set on the train that goes from Adelaide to Darwin,  The Ghan, which is a trip I would love to do at some point.

Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo - This is this author's first adult book. I loved the YA book I have read by her so hopefuly that this would be good.

 

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber - I have enjoyed this authors previous books!

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See - So looking forward to this one. I really enjoyed her last book.

System Collapse by Martha Wells - The fact that I still haven't read the last book in the series doesn't mean that I can't be excited about this one!

The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang - Kate Quinn. Need I say more!


The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer - Very excited about this one!

Do you have any of these books on your list this week?

Top Ten Tuesday: Books from My Past Seasonal TBR Posts that I Still Haven't Read

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic 

is Books From My Past Seasonal TBR Posts I STILL Haven’t Read (Submitted by Dedra @ A Book Wanderer). Can I just say, I have PLENTY of options here!

Below is a selection, including the list that they originally appear on.

Marriage of Lions by Elizabeth Chadwick - Autumn 2022

10 minutes 38 seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak - Autumn 2022

Go Tell the Bees I am Gone by Diana Gabaldon - Summer 2021 (and Spring 2021)

Act Like it by Lucy Parker (Spring 2021)

The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley (Winter 2021)

The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer (Winter 2021)

Road Trip by Beth O'Leary (autumn 2021)

Return to Virgin River by Robyn Carr (Spring 2020)

Clap when you land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Winter 2020)

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams(Winter 2020)

Which of these books do you think I should move up the list to read now?

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Get to in 2020....but I didn't!

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is Books I Meant to Get to in 2020....but I didn't. The reality is that this post could be a top 50 or 100 books and it might not still be enough!

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo - After reading With the Fire on High early in 2020, I was super excited to read this book, even pre-ordering it, but I still haven't actually reading it.

The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel - I have listened to the first two books in this trilogy and I do intend to do this one on audio too, but with substantially reduced listening time a 38 hour long book feels like too much of a commitment right now.

The Survivors by Jane Harper - I have really enjoyed Jane Harper's other books, and I really need to go to see the new movie which has been made of her first book, The Dry!

Return to Virgin River by Robyn Carr- Oh the surprise when it was announced that there was going to be a new book in the Virgin River series after many years, no doubt on the back of the success of the first series of the adaptation on Netflix. And yet, haven't even looked at the first page yet.

The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O'Neal - I have been a fan of Barbara O'Neal for a long time now, and yet I still haven't read this one yet!

Death and the Maiden by Samantha Norman and Ariana Franklin - When Ariana Franklin (who also wrote under the name Diana Norman) died more than ten years ago, I was upset to think that we wouldn't get any more of the Adelia Aguilar story. This book brings the series to it's conclusion.

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams - This book came out just near the beginning of the pandemic and I heard the author talk about this in one of the first online author events I attended, which is what made me buy the book

Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten - I enjoy reading a good book about Russian history, or at least I will when I get to it!

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain - This is one author I am convinced that I will really enjoy....when I actually read her!

The Paris Hours by Alex George - Recently I was scrolling through my blog and I came across a quote I have shared from a previous book by this author. It reminded me again that I want to read this book.

So there's just ten of the books that I meant to read last year, but didn't quite get to!

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Made Me Hungry

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is Books That Made Me Hungry. This is my kind of topic! In fact I just searched on my blog for the words hungry and delicious and I came up with a list of about 40 authors or books that qualifies, so I could easily do this topic multiple times over.

I would start by mentioning a couple of things. Earlier this year there was a  TTT which was a book cover freebie and I chose to do baking book covers. You can check it out here.

The other thing is that each week I host a weekly event called Weekend Cooking.This is where you can share you love of food. It could be something that you make, or related to TV, or even something to do with books. If you would like to join in, you would be more than welcome. Find out more here.

Let me try and narrow this list down to just ten authors an/or books.

Jolly Good Food by Allegra McEvedy - Enid Blyton was one of my first favourite authors, and her books were filled with food, whether it be picnics with the Famous Five or Secret Seven and Pop Cakes and Google Buns from the Folk of the Faraway Tree. In my Weekend Cooking post about this book I share a video about making Google Buns (before Google was Google as we understand it)

The Hannah Swenson series by Joanne Fluke - Whilst there are many, many different cozy mysteries out there now, one of the first that I became interested in was the Hannah Swenson mysteries by Joanne Fluke. Hannah Swenson is a cookie shop owner in Minnesota who has a habit of finding dead bodies and then attempting to solve the murder. I loved the early books in this series, not least because the cookies sounded amazing and the books included recipes. I did give up at about book 10 because I couldn't deal with the ongoing love triangle. As far as I know that is still an issue at book 25 in the series.

Sarah Addison Allen - SAA writes very easy to read, beautiful magical realism with southern charm. Whether she is writing about the apple tree in Garden Spells, or the power of food to change your mood in The Sugar Queen, it always sounds delicious!

Saved by Cake by Marian Keyes - I recently watched a few sessions of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and one of them was Marian Keyes. Whilst I wouldn't have said that Marian Keyes is someone who writes much food into her book, but this book is the story of how baking helped  her deal with severe depression. It is laugh out loud funny, which isn't something that you often say about a cookbook. Check out the videos that I have linked to in my review here, which includes a delicious recipe for Red Velvet Cheesecake Cupcakes.

The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden  - Sometimes in a book it doesn't necessarily have to be about food for you to catch a glimpse of a tasty morsel. For example, this book is about the bombing of Pearl Harbour and the aftermath in a young woman's life, but as I read it there was a mention of something called a Lemon Crunch Cake. Next time I was searching for a recipe and making it, and it was delicious! Read my review here.

Barbara O'Neal - I first read Barbara O'Neal when she won a RITA award, defeating one of my favourite authors in the process. Since then I have read quite a few of her books. She definitely has a way of writing which is incredibly comforting and this is especially true when she is writing about food.

Rebeccca Raisin - Speaking of authors who just have a way of writing, Rebecca Raisin definitely is another one. So far I have read three books by her which are all about food, books or France, or French food! I have shared several quotes  that cover all three of these topics over the last few months

A Trifle Dead by Livia Day - I have mentioned a couple of Australian authors, and I thought I would mention another. This time, it is another cozy mystery series with a cafe owner, this time in Hobart. The review of this book is one of the more memorable posts I have written, at least to me!

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo - I read this earlier this year and I instantly became a fan of this author. I still haven't read any more but I will! This book is about a young mother who is trying to finish school who has a natural affinity for flavour and food. (Review here)

Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees - I thought I would finish this week's post with another recent read. Whilst not everything in this book sounded delicious, given that it is set in times of rations just after the end of WWII, there was plenty that was. The idea of using recipes to share secrets is very interesting! I shared a recipe for a Bee Sting cake when I posted the review!

What books have you salivating at the moment?