#TopTenTuesday Books Featuring Gardens #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 Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Never Reviewed. I struggled with this one because I pretty much review every book I read. Therefore I’ve come up with my own topic based on the expectation the awful weather we’ve been having in the UK recently will end soon and I’ll be able to get out in the garden to pursue my other passion. Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. A Year in a Small Garden by Frances Tophill
  2. A Fenland Garden by Frances Pryor
  3. Where the Hornbeam Grows by Beth Lynch
  4. The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
  5. A Single Rose by Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson
  6. A Wedding in the Olive Garden by Leah Fleming
  7. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  8. Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
  9. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
  10. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

My Week in Books – 16th February 2025

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On the blog last week

Monday – I published my review of The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a freebie on the theme of love. My list consisted on book whose titles relate to aspects of love.

Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading. 

Thursday – I an excerpt from technothriller Bazaar by Miles Joyner.

Friday – I published my review of A Year in a Small Garden by Frances Tophill.

Saturday – I shared my review of A Cold Wind From Moscow by Rory Clements.

New on my shelves

Front cover of My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende, translated by Frances Riddle (eARC, Ballantine Books via NetGalley)

In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman.

To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of seventeen, she begins to publish pulp fiction using a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds can no longer satisfy her sense of adventure, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at The Daily Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan.

As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, as does Eric, and while there, she meets her estranged father and delves into the violent confrontation in the country where her roots lie. As she and Eric discover love, the war escalates and Emilia finds herself in extreme danger, fearing for her life and questioning her identity and her destiny.

What I’m currently reading

Look out for…

  • Book Review: The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway
  • Q&A: Twilight of Evil by George Alexander