Category: Top Ten Tuesday

#TopTenTuesday Books With Occupations in the Title #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 a Books With Occupations in the Title. Links from the title will take you to my review.

  1. Butler to the World by Oliver Burrough
  2. The Surgeon‘s House by Jody Cooksley
  3. That Bonesetter Woman by Frances Quinn
  4. The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan
  5. The Draughtsman by Robert Lautner
  6. The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
  7. The German Messenger by David Malcolm
  8. The Diver and the Lover by Jeremy Vine
  9. The Painter of Souls by Philip Kazan
  10. The Letter Reader by Jan Casey

#TopTenTuesday Books About Hobbies #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 a Non-Bookish Freebie. I’ve strayed a little from the ‘non-bookish’ requirement with a list of books that involve hobbies. Things you might do when you’re not reading, if you like. Links from the title will take you to my review.

  1. A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier – embroidery
  2. Secrets of the Bees by Jane Johnson – beekeeping
  3. The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie – sewing
  4. Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson – baking
  5. The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay by Flora Johnston – flying
  6. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert – botany
  7. The Hidden Bones by Nicola Ford – archaeology
  8. The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable – music
  9. The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson – fortune-telling
  10. The Binding by Bridget Collins – bookbinding
Book cover of Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson