#TopTenTuesday Books I Was Reading On This Day Over The Last Ten Years #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.
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  • 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 Was Reading On This Day Over The Last Ten Years. Wow, what a great topic but what a tricky one! Even with recourse to Goodreads and my blog, I found it too hard to pin down what I was reading on the exact day each year. So my list shows the books I finished reading on a date as close as possible to 11th of August every year since 2016. Links from each title will take you to my review.

  1. The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead (2025)
  2. Heart, Be At Peace by Donal Ryan (2024)
  3. A Fenland Garden by Francis Pryor (2023)
  4. After She’d Gone by Alex Dahl (2022)
  5. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer (2021)
  6. The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor (2020)
  7. The Beach at Doonshean by Penny Feeny (2019)
  8. Diamond Cut Diamond by Jane Jakeman (2018)
  9. The Scribe’s Daughter by Stephanie Churchill (2017)
  10. The London Scene: Six Essays on London Life by Virginia Woolf (2016)

I don’t know about you, but whilst undertaking this exercise I came across several books I could remember nothing about or couldn’t remember reading at all! Also, that I used to read way more books every year than I do now and a wider range of genres, probably because I used to take part in many more blog tours. Finally, that at some point I need to go through old blog posts removing links to giveaways, etc.

My Week in Books – 9th August 2026

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On the blog last week

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a freebie on the theme of book covers and I chose Books With Modes of Transport on the Cover.

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 published my review of historical novel Little Spark by Jess Kidd.

Saturday – I joined other gardeners for #SixonSaturday sharing six things from my garden this week.

New on my shelves

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Pan Macmillan)

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook’s potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But, when she got there and rose to its top ranks, things turned out a little different.

From wild schemes cooked up on private jets to risking prison abroad, Careless People exposes both the personal and political fallout when boundless power and a rotten culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative, Wynn-Williams rubs shoulders with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and world leaders, revealing what really goes on among the global elite – and the consequences this has for all of us.

Candid and entertaining, this is an intimate memoir set amid powerful forces. As all our lives are upended by technology and those who control it, Careless People will change how you see the world.

Dead Men Don’t Ski (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery #1) by Patricia Moyes (Farrago)

Inspector Henry Tibbett is taking a much-needed holiday from his job at Scotland Yard with his wife Emmy. Headed for a spot of skiing in the Italian Dolomites and some first-class people-watching, Tibbett’s worries blissfully melt away.

That is, until a fellow guest who boards the ski lift alive at the top of the mountain is found dead when the lift touches bottom. Another dead body turns up, and then another, and it becomes clear that Murder has come to the mountain.

What I’m currently reading

I’m reading Conqueror (Agricola #4) by Simon Turney from my NetGalley shelf, an ARC of A Shroud of Snow by Sarah Hawkswood, published on 20th August by Allison & Busby, and listening to the audiobook of Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.

Look out for…

  • Book Review: The Glass Maker of Venice by David Gilman
  • Book Review: Conqueror (Agricola #4) by Simon Turney