#TopTenTuesday Books Set In Eurovision Countries #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 topic is Books Set In x, i.e. a setting of our choice. My list consists of books I’ve read set in countries which take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. Random or what? Links from the titles will take you to my review.

  1. NorwayThe Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting
  2. PortugalCity of Spies by Mara Timon
  3. CyprusThe Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri
  4. SwitzerlandA Devil Comes to Town by Paulo Maurensig
  5. IsraelAdama by Lavie Tidhar
  6. SwedenEnd of Summer by Anders de la Motte
  7. AustriaSnow Country by Sebastian Faulks
  8. SpainThe Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 
  9. IrelandThe Well of Saint Nobody by Neil Jordan 
  10. EstoniaThe Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater 

#TopTenTuesday Reasons Why I’m Thankful For Book Bloggers #TuesdayBookBlog

Top Ten Tuesday new

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.

Thank YouThis week’s topic is Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books. I could have come up with umpteen reasons but I’ve decided to take another tack and give you ten Reasons Why I’m Thankful For Book Bloggers.  

  1. Introducing me to books I might not otherwise have known about or read
  2. Writing insightful and informative book reviews
  3. Creating interesting and addictive memes
  4. Hosting reading challenges
  5. Sharing other bloggers’ reviews and posts on social media
  6. Commenting on mine and others’ reviews
  7. Creating luscious images of books 
  8. Supporting authors, including self-published authors
  9. Supporting small/independent publishers and bookshops
  10. Redistributing my wealth to the above