Top Ten Tuesday: Cosy/Wintry Reads

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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 Cosy/Wintry Reads.  I’ve chosen five books I think make suitable reading for cold winter nights and five books that would be perfect for conjuring up thoughts of the exact opposite, namely long summer evenings. Click on the book title to read my review.


snowCold winter nights

Magical Mysteries
Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Heartwarming Christmas Tales
Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye
A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton

Days Gone By
An Edwardian Christmas by John S. Goodall


JamesAlliumsLong summer evenings

Tremarnock Summer by Emma Burstall
Under A Tuscan Sky by Karen Aldous
The Summer Springsteen’s Songs Saved Me by Barbara Quinn
Joseph Barnaby by Susan Roebuck
The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman

Top Ten Tuesday: Platonic Relationships

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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 Platonic Relationships In Books (friendships, parent/child, siblings, family, etc.).

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


“Sisters, sisters, There were never such devoted sisters…”

The Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Gruber sisters in The Biographies of Ordinary People, Volume 1 & Volume 2 by Nicole Dieker

The March Sisters in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Brothers and sisters

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

Scout and Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“I’ll be there for you (‘Cause you’re there for me too)”

Anders and Tina in Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson

Mattie and Florrie in Old Baggage by Lissa Evans

Florence and Elsie in Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon

Emmy and Bunty in Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce

Jake and Bear in Poor Boy Road, Ares Road and Blackbird Road by James L. Weaver