Top Ten Tuesday: Books with One Word Titles

 

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week is the theme is books with one word titles!

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett - I have reread this book at Christmas time for the last couple of years. Chances are I will reread it again at the end of this year.

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - My first and, so far, only Maggie O'Farrell. I do need to read more!

Sweetheart by Sarah Mayberry - I love Sarah Mayberry's books and this was a fun read.

Jilted by Rachael Johns - Another favourite Aussie author!

Circe by Madeleine Miller - Second week in a row that I have had Circe in my TTT

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - I will always remember reading this while I was in South Africa.

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld - Feels like a long time since I read this book.

Eyrie by Tim Winton - I haven't read that many Tim Winton books. I feel like I should read more but I haven't loved the ones that I have read.

Bellagrand by Paullina Simons - I loved The Bronze Horseman. This book is the second prequel. Unfortunately, I didn't love it anywhere near as much.

Floodtide by Judy Nunn - Another Aussie author, and another one I have only read one book by.

Have you read any of these books with one word titles?

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Caught My Eye in Shakespeare and Company

 

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

I am currently celebrating a whole month of posts about Paris as part of Paris in July, hosted by Emma at Words and Peace, so I am taking this freebie opportunity to post about the books that caught my eye on the day in January  that I visited Shakespeare and Company in Paris.

We stayed on Ile St Louis so we just had to walk across a bridge over the Seine to get anywhere. It was a lovely place to stay.  A lot of the time we walked over towards Notre Dame and then we were quite close to Shakespeare and Company. Everytime we went past and they were open there was a queue to get in, no matter what time of the day.

I was meeting up with my friend Beth who lives in southern France and she came up to spend the day with us, so she suggested that this would be a good place to meet. By the time we got there she was already in the queue. Luckily she was easy to spot even though we had never met in person before.

You can't take photos in the store, so I had to take notes as I wondered around. My husband actually bought me a notebook in store, but unfortunately the dog ate it (yes,really).

So, my Top Ten Tuesday this week are the books that caught my eye while I was in Shakespeare & Co. Some I've read. Some I'd like to. Others were just interesting!

A Ukrainian Christmas by Nadiya Gabish - The cover of this is gorgeous and it sounds like it has some interesting content too!

Circe by Madeline Miller - This is one I have read before but I still picked it up off the shelf to look at it.

The Circus Train by Amita Parikh - The cover on this is gorgeous and it sounds like an interesting read too!

The Little Match Girls Strike Back by Emma Carroll - Not sure why this one caught my attention but it did!

Roger the Liger in Paris by Oliver Gee  - This looks so cute.

The Writers Map edited by Huw Lewis Jones - How interesting does this look.

The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran - The description on this one is interesting!

The Golden Enclave by Naomi Novik - I think this one caught my eye because I didn't realise it was out.

People Who Love to Eat are Always the Best People by Julia Child - I really need to get myself a Julia Child cookbook!

Paris: Biography of a City by Colin Jones - I wouldn't mind reading a biography of Paris, or some other big cities either!

When I was lining up to buy a book the two people serving at the counter were talking about Transcendent by Yaa Gyasi. And if you were wondering what book I actually bought it was Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford. 

Have you visited Shakespeare & Co?

Top Ten Tuesday: Sing!

 

 

 

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is Bookish People I’d Like To Meet (These can be authors, book characters, book bloggers/influencers, cover designers, cover models, etc.) but I am going to go off topic this week...again. I have had a very busy month attending concerts, so I thought I would choose a musical theme! 

Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes - Jimmy Barnes is an Aussie music legend and this is the story of his childhood. He has written a couple of others about his life too!

Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke - A piece of song makes its way around the world. Such a good book!

A Good American by Alex George and A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - I chose both of these because of the musical instruments on their covers

An Island in the Sun by Kate Frost - This book features a successful songwriter spending time on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - Chosen because of the word Song. One day I will read this book. I loved Circe.

The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick - I love this cover. I really need to get back to reading Elizabeth Chadwick.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - It's hard to do a post named Sing! and not include this book.

Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane - I do like a book that gives you an earworm when you look at the title.

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett - Ah Pratchett! So much fun!

Next week I have every intention of doing the actual topic!

Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Names/Character Names in the Title

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is Books with Names/Character Names In the Titles (Submitted by BookLoversBlog and Lucy @ Bookworm Blogger)!

To create this list I went back to my handy dandy spreadsheet, started at the latest book and found 10 books. This is a fun topic though, and I am sure I could go back further and find another 10 titles without trying too hard! In fact, I am pretty sure you could do a list just featuring one or two names!

Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop by Rebecca Raisin - I could have chosen one of several of Rebecca Raisin's books (review)

Matilda Next Door by Kelly Hunter - This was part of two quartets set in a small Australian country town, and all of the books had character names as titles. In the end I chose this one because Kelly Hunter is an author I love to read. (review)

Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees - I read this book 18 months or so ago now and I really enjoyed it. It is set in the immediate aftermath of WWII and it was a really enjoyable read. (review)

Henrietta's War by Joyce Dennys - This book was originally published as a series of letters during WWII. 

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn - I guess technically I could have featured The Rose Code here too but let's change it up a bit and choose this one instead.

Dear Banjo by Sasha Wasley - The main character of this book's really name is Willow Patterson, but she is affectionately known as Banjo, hence the title.

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta - Oh, an opportunity to feature a Melina Marchetta book! I'll take that.

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - I suspect this book might be on a few lists this week!

Circe by Madeline Miller - Circe is the daughter of a god and this book tells her story.

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - I nearly forgot this one!!

And a bonus one just so I can share this video...

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl - This was already a magic book but right back at the beginning of the pandemic, Taika Waititi gathered together some of his famous friends and shared the story of James and the Giant Peach and it was so much fun! Here's the first episode

Six Degrees of Separation: Eats, Shoots and Leaves to Circe

 Welcome to this month's edition of Six Degrees of Separation, which is a monthly meme hosted by Kate from Books Are My Favourite and Best.  The idea is to start with a specific book and make a series of links from one book to the next using whatever link you can find and see where you end up after six links.  I am also linking this post up with The Sunday Salon, hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz.

This month the chain starts with Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss. 

l wasn't sure how to start this chain this month.  In the end, I have taken the fact that Eats Shoots and Leaves is about grammar and decided to link it to a dictionary because grammar and language go together right? So my first book is The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

I  am continuing down the lost track with The Lost Man by Jane Harper, a book that is set in the harsh Australian Outback.

That brings me to the first book in a big saga called Outback by Aaron Fletcher. I first did a post about the identity of Aaron Fletcher about 10 years ago and I still get comments on that post, most recently talking about his passing.

Keeping with the outback theme, I am choosing Outback Sisters by Rachael Johns which is part of the  Bunyip Bay series. There is a new book in this series out in October which I am looking forward to.

A bunyip is a creature from Aboriginal mythology. A book which incorporates Aboriginal mythology into a YA dystopian/fantasy setting is The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina.

Using the concept of mythology as my final link, I am jumping to ancient Greek mythology with Circe by Madeline Miller

Next month starts with Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher.