#TopTenTuesday Books About Hobbies #TuesdayBookBlog

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

End of Summer – Ten Books Set in Summer

For those cherishing the remaining days before we move into autumn, here are ten novels I’ve read that are set in summer. Links from the title will take you to my review.

  1. The Summer Will Come by Soulla Christodoulou
  2. The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser
  3. One Day in Summer by Shari Low
  4. Summer in Provence by Lucy Coleman
  5. Summer of the Three Pagodas by Jean Moran
  6. Tremarnock Summer by Emma Burstall
  7. That Summer in Puglia by Valeria Vescina
  8. The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman
  9. The Summer Springsteen’s Songs Saved Me by Barbara Quinn
  10. End of Summer by Anders de la Motte