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#TopTenTuesday Books I’ve Reviewed With Titles That Are Compound Words #TuesdayBookBlog

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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.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
  • Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read. I’ve juggled this around a bit to come up with Books I’ve Reviewed With Titles That Are Compound Words. (Compound or portmanteau words are words formed by joining two or more smaller words to create a new word.) The books all have one word titles. Links from each title will take you to my review.

  1. Flashlight by Susan Choi
  2. Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
  3. Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby
  4. Tombland by C. J. Sansom
  5. Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
  6. Afterlight by Jaap Robben
  7. Rebellion by Simon Scarrow
  8. Birthright by Charles Lambert
  9. Outcast by Chris Ryan
  10. Songbirds by Christy Lefteri

What books have you read whose titles are compound words?

That’s A Bookish Wrap! – October 2026

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Reading update

I read eight books in October, the same as last month. I still have one ARC with a September publication date outstanding (I’m currently reading it) but I did finish all the ARCs I had that published in October.

Here are the books I read, with links to my reviews (where I’ve got round to writing them):

  • A Monster in the Ash by Susie Gordon
  • Doom Painting by A. K. Blakemore
  • Head of a Traveller by Nicholas Blake #1949Club
  • The Farther Shore by Seth Fleisher
  • The Wolf’s Oath by Tim Hodkinson
  • Three Summers by Karen Swan
  • The Taper Man by Nick Harkaway
  • May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry

My favourite book last month was The Taper Man with Doom Painting a close second.

Blog update

I published 28 blog posts in October:

Book reviews/author features – 9
Memes – 10
Reading updates – 9

For those who like stats, my blog received 9.9k views in October, down 4% on the previous month. All-time views now stand at 558,046. Thanks to everyone who took the time to read my reviews and/or leave comments last month.

Reading goals update

  • Goodreads – 81/104, 5 books behind schedule
  • Read 20 books that have been in my TBR for over 2 years – 5/20, one more than last month
  • When Are You Reading? Challenge – 10/12, same as last month
  • Historical Fiction Reading Challenge – 39/50, 3 more than last month
  • Classics Club List 2 – 6/50, 1 more than last month
  • Read all the books on the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 longlist – 9/12, same as last month
  • NetGalley feedback ratio – 97%, 1% lower than last month (because I am behind with reviewing books I’ve read and have added new ones to my shelf)
  • Audiobooks – 7/12, 1 more than last month

Plans for November…

  • Get up-to-date with reviews. Yes, I know that appeared in last month’s list and the month before that
  • Read my two ARCs with November publication dates – The Bohemian Queen by Jean Findlay and Adder Stone by Clare Clark, both for blog tours
  • Read my book club’s November pick – The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet – which also qualifies for NonFiction November
  • Read a book for Reading Scotland Month – possibly Shannon’s Way by A. J. Cronin which is also on my Classics Club list
  • Read a book for Novellas in November – possibly Quartet by Jean Rhys which is another one on my Classics Club list