Top Ten Tuesday: My Spring 2019 TBR – An Update

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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 topic is Unpopular Bookish Opinions but I’m really not sure I have any or, if I do, I’m not sure I’d want to spread that negativity.  So I’ve decided to revisit a previous topic – Books on My Spring 2019 TBR – and see just how good I’ve been at sticking to my intended reading.

Click on the title to find the book description on Goodreads or my review.


Books on The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2019 Longlist

Little by Edward Carey

Sorry, still haven’t read this one but, in my defence, it didn’t make the shortlist and I’ve been prioritising reading those that did.

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

Now this one I have read, as it did make the shortlist.  Unfortunately, I still need to write my review.

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller

Another one that made the shortlist but I haven’t yet read.  There are only a few days until the winner is announced (on 15th June) but I’m hoping I may just be able to squeeze it in. 

Books To Read For Blog Tours

Unsurprisingly I read all of these as the fear of missing my slot on the blog tour helped focus the mind…and the reading brain.

Sunwise by Helen Steadman

Pilgrim by Louise Hall

Dark Sky Island by Lara Dearman

Call Me Star Girl by Louise Beech

Advance Reader Copies

A mixed bag here – one read and reviewed, one read but not yet reviewed and one not yet read.

The Confessions of Frannie Langston by Sara Collins

Where the Hornbeam Grows by Beth Lynch

The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal

Top Ten Tuesday: Books From My Favourite Genre

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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.

WalterScottPrizeThis week’s topic is Books From My Favourite Genre. Regular followers of this blog will have no problem guessing my favourite genre – historical fiction.  The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is an annual prize whose aim is to celebrate the best in historical fiction.  My list is made up of some favourite books that have featured on the shortlist or longlist for the prize in recent years.

Click on the book title to view my review (or the description on Goodreads).


2017

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (winner)

The Good People by Hannah Kent

A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker

2018

Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik

The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath

The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (winner)

Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr

Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift

2019 (winner announced on 15th June)

The Long Take by Robin Robertson – haunting and atmospheric, full review to follow

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje –  intriguing and mysterious, full review to follow