Top Ten Tuesday: Winter books

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is Books or Covers that Feel/Look Like Summer (You can interpret this in a number of ways. Maybe the covers or titles are obviously summer themed, but maybe the feeling the book gives you is all warm and summery. Maybe the book cover colors look summery or the story itself takes place in the summertime. Or maybe the titles you select are favorites that you re-read every summer when you were on break from school.) Now because we are in the Southern Hemisphere I am twisting this to be about winter.  One of the other reasons for twisting it is because winter is the theme for my read on a theme bookclub this month so this exercise might help me to decide what book I am going to read for bookclub!

So here are just some of the winter books I have on my Kindle so far:

Five Winters by Kitty Johnson - Doesn't this cover scream winter!

The Winter Dress by Lauren Chater - This is probably the book that I was leaning towards reading, but I am just not sure if I can fit it in!

Winter Beginnings by Elise K Ackers - This is the third book in the Return to Me series. I haven't read the others so this is not likely to be my choice this time.

Winter Men by Jesper Bugge Kold - I think I probably picked this one up as part of the world book promotions that Amazon has most years.

A Winter Ballad by Barbara Samuel - I really enjoy reading Barbara O'Neal's books so I fully expect to enjoy this book as well, although it does look very retro!

Now onto the options that I don't already own:

Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah - I have only read one Kristin Hannah book which I enjoyed. I really should read more.

Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio - See that sentence above about Kristin Hannah. Substitute the name of Sarah Jio and you will see my thoughts on this book.

Winter in Paradise by Erin Hildebrand - I know that Erin Hildebrand is a book club favourite, but I haven't read her yet. Yes, I know that I should have!

The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin - Ihad this book on my shelf for years, but I don't think it survived the last cull. It would have been perfect for this theme.

Mrs de Winter by Susan Hill - Last night I dreamt of Manderley  - Yes, this book is about that Mrs de Winter who we originally met in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and it might make for interesting conversation.

I am not sure if this has helped me choose a book or made it more difficult. 

Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set In a Place I’d Love to Visit (real places or fictional)

 

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the theme is Books Set In a Place I’d Love to Visit (real places or fictional). This is a topic that I feel like I done recently but it is actually a couple of years ago now! So this week I am going to share some books set in places that we plan to visit soon.

We are planning a weekend away in Adelaide for my brother's 40th birthday soon.

Mix Tape by Jane Sanderson (review) - This book is set in both Adelaide and Sheffield in the UK, which is a place I lived in for four years back in the late 1990s.

At some point this year I need to go to Perth to see the family over there


Taking a Chance by Deborah Burrows (review) - Deborah Burrows wrote a couple of books set in war time Perth!

We have a big trip planned for the end of the years where we will start in The Netherlands to see my brother in law and his family.

Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach - we won't be there for Tulip season but still

The Winter Dress by Lauren Chater - recently bought this.

From there we will go to Northern France -We don't know exactly where we are going to be staying so I am choosing the following two locations. What we do know is that there will definitely be some Normandy beaches experiences. After that we will head to Paris. Given that I only just did a French themed TTT post a couple of weeks ago,  I am going to only share one book for all of France.

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - set in St Malo

From there the plan is to head to Southern Italy.


The Postcard from Italy by Angela Petch (Review)- I was inspired to want to visit Puglia after reading this book!


The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella - Set in Naples!

We will stop in Singapore on the way home

Tanamera by Noel Barber - I read this in my late teens or early twenties. I also read numerous other books by this author. Not sure they would stand the test of time!

The next year we are planning to spend some time in New Zealand

Chocolate Cake for Breakfast by Danielle Hawkins - Such a fun read!

And then looking even further forward we are thinking about heading to Hawaii which will include a visit to Pearl Harbour for sure.

The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden - This book is set both in Hawaii and Sydney.

I love travelling but I am always grateful to travel via the pages of a book too!