Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
The rules are simple:
- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
- Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
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- Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is Books Set In x, i.e. a setting of our choice. My list consists of books I’ve read set in countries which take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. Random or what? Links from the titles will take you to my review.
- Norway – The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting
- Portugal – City of Spies by Mara Timon
- Cyprus – The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri
- Switzerland – A Devil Comes to Town by Paulo Maurensig
- Israel – Adama by Lavie Tidhar
- Sweden – End of Summer by Anders de la Motte
- Austria – Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks
- Spain – The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Ireland – The Well of Saint Nobody by Neil Jordan
- Estonia – The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater
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This is a fun theme!! Well done!
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Thanks
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Honestly, I love this idea! Great selection of books, too.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-books-set-in-stores/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a> Thank you!
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Thanks but yours is great as well. I would never have thought of that!
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Interesting! I’ve never heard of the Eurovision Song Contest. Is it like American Idol?
I rarely read books set in most of these countries. I did read one set in Sweden this year, though, and several set in Ireland. I haven’t read any of the ones you mentioned, though.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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It’s a contest in which each country chooses a performer & song and they compete each other. The one with the most votes wins and has the honour – or burden depending on how you look at it – of hosting the competition the following year. It’s a bit of a love/hate thing here in the UK. Some people have Eurovision parties, others think it’s incredibly cheesy. The UK doesn’t have a very good history in the competition…
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It is definitely a very unique topic, love it! Have a great day!
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Very helpful list–I’m still “reading the world” by reading a book set in or by an author from as many different countries as possible. Very useful to me.
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I often use TripFiction’s search option to find books set in specific countries
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Interesting–I’ll check it out. Thanks
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Interesting choice! And you got a whole 10 without including France or the UK, which I’m sure are the easiest of the participants. Nicely done!
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Thanks. I felt I couldn’t really include the UK as we have such a poor record in the competition!
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Aw…. the UK does just fine! At least the UK doesn’t have to worry about not being in the competition if it does poorly one year. I’m always glad when Israel does just good enough to be able to compete the next year.
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