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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Never Reviewed. I struggled with this one because I pretty much review every book I read. Therefore I’ve come up with my own topic based on the expectation the awful weather we’ve been having in the UK recently will end soon and I’ll be able to get out in the garden to pursue my other passion. Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.
- A Year in a Small Garden by Frances Tophill
- A Fenland Garden by Frances Pryor
- Where the Hornbeam Grows by Beth Lynch
- The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
- A Single Rose by Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson
- A Wedding in the Olive Garden by Leah Fleming
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
- At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
What Cathy Read Next... 
You put me on to Where the Hornbeam Grows, Cathy. I loved it!
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Good idea. I’ve read a few of these. Loved At The Edge of the Orchard.
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I’ve only ever written a 2-3 sentence review of The Secret Garden myself.
Here is my <a href=“https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-never-reviewed/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
Lydia
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There are a lot of those books you have shown that I would buy on cover alone. lol. which gets me in trouble at times
here is my link:
https://girlsatthebookstore.blogspot.com/2025/02/top-ten-tuesday-top-nonfiction-books.html
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I love this! I love gardening as well as reading too, and though I’ve never read any of the books on your list some are familiar and the others are going on my TBR! Thanks for sharing some wonderful books that us fellow gardeners can dive into as we enter spring!
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Fun topic! I’m not a gardener (I’ve killed every plant I’ve ever tried to grow), but I do like books that include gardens. It’s interesting, too, how they can be used as symbols and metaphors to add depth and meaning to a story. Great list!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I agree. I think being a gardener is to be an optimist. Sowing seeds or planting something suggests you believe in a future. Something to cherish in current times I think.
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While I enjoy colder weather, the stuff we’ve had lately is too much! In the past week we’ve gotten more snow than we did all of last winter. My back deck (which is in the shade) has about 3 feet of snow. Ugh!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-mysteries-i-read-in-2024/
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I only know Frances Tophill from Love My Garden with Alan Titchmarsh! Didn’t know that she writes books too!
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She sometimes appears on Gardeners’ World too and has a lot of fans there. Some would even like her to take over from Monty Don when the time comes although that would need an entirely different approach as Frances’ garden is tiny.
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I have had The Forgotten Garden on my bookshelf at home for so long. Maybe this year I will finally read it. Nice list, Cathy.
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That’s a great Spring time topic–why not suggest it for TTT?
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