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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books with the Word [X] in the Title. Inspired by two of Douglas Bruton’s books, I’ve chosen the word ‘Blue’. Links will take you to my reviews.
- Blue Postcards by Douglas Bruton
- Woman in Blue by Douglas Bruton
- China Blue by Madalyn Morgan
- Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones
- Monopoli Blues by Tim Clark & Nick Cook
- The Blue by Nancy Bilyeau
- Prussian Blue by Phillip Kerr
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
- The Blue Room by Georges Simenon
What Cathy Read Next... 
Bluebird, Bluebird is a great book. Must pick up the sequel soon! Here’s my TTT for this week: https://damppebbles.com/2025/04/29/toptentuesday-29th-april-2025/
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Love reading these challenges. It’s a way of finding new treasures in unexpected places. I also love Georges Simenon’s writing so The Blue Room is now in my must-buy list, especially after reading your review on Goodreads. Is it a Maigret novel?
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No it’s not but highly recommended. My review was succinct: ‘Forget Gone Girl, this is how you write a psychological thriller. Taut, tense and stylish.’
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Woman in Blue looks interesting.
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Love this 💙 I’m meeting Douglas Bruton on Thursday to discuss something top secret! 🤫
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What a great choice for this week! I haven’t read any of these, but many of them sound interesting. Thanks for sharing, Cathy.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/04/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-with_25.html
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One of the prompts for the 52 Book Club is a book with “Blue” in the title. I will check these out to see which one I might like to read.
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That’s handy then!
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I’m planning on reading The Boy in the Blue Trousers. It sounds very interesting.
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I like the cover of The Blue Room.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-the-word-triangle-in-the-title/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
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Nice! I Blue Shoes of Happiness–I love the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency!
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Me too. I think I have a few in the series to catch up on
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All those blue covers look great together!
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This was a fun one. I picked the word “woman”!
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There were so many I nearly went with but I wanted to try something that perhaps no-one else would have thought of.
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Yes, Blue isn’t a word in all that many books, so you succeeded!
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