#TopTenTuesday Books On My Spring 2024 To-Read List #TuesdayBookBlog

Top Ten TuesdayTop 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 Books on my Spring 2024 TBR. I’m concentrating on books I plan to – or rather, need to – read in April, a combination of NetGalley ARCs and books for blog tours. I’m also hoping to squeeze in some of the books on the longlist for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, the shortlist for which will be announced in May. Links from each title will take you to the book description on Goodreads. 

  1. How to Make a Bomb by Rupert Thomson (publishes on 11th April)
  2. Sword of the War God by Tim Hodkinson (publishes on 11th April)
  3. Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson (publishes on 11th April)
  4. Girl Friends by Alex Dahl (publishes on 11th April)
  5. The Household by Stacey Halls (publishes on 11th April)
  6. James by Percival Everett (publishes on, you’ve guessed it, 11th April)
  7. A Plague of Serpents by K.J. Maitland (publishes on 25th April)
  8. A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray (publishes on 25th April)
  9. The Coming Storm by Greg Mosse (publishes on 25th April)
  10. Absolutely & Forever by Rose Tremain (longlisted for The Walter Scott Prize)

What books are you looking forward to reading in the next few months?

#TopTenTuesday Ten Books By Irish Writers #TuesdayBookBlog

Top Ten TuesdayTop 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 Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love as Much the Second Time Around. Unfortunately I rarely re-read books so instead I’m referencing Reading Ireland Month 2024 which is taking place this month and is hosted by my namesake Cathy at 746 Books. Sadly I can’t take part myself because of too many other commitments but in the off-chance you can, here are ten books by Irish authors you might want to try. Some are in my TBR pile, some are books I’ve read. Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads. 

  1. Dr Copernicus by John Banville 
  2. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
  3. All the Broken Places by John Boyne
  4. Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor 
  5. Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession
  6. House of Names by Colm Tóibín
  7. This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
  8. The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
  9. Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
  10. The Well of Saint Nobody by Neil Jordan