#TopTenTuesday Books with Periods of Time in the Title #TuesdayBookBlog

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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday a freebie so we have to come up with our own topic. I’ve chosen Books with Periods of Time in the Title.  Links from the title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads. 

  1. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak 
  2. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
  3. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
  4. One Day by David Nicholls 
  5. A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
  6. The Fortnight in September by R. C. Sherriff
  7. A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr
  8. The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
  9. Jane’s Country Year by Malcolm Saville
  10. My Century by Günter Grass

My Top Five November 2024 Reads

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Welcome to my wrap-up of the books I read in November, nine in all. Here are my five favourite. (Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.)

Check out the list of all the books I’ve read so far in 2024. If we’re not already friends on Goodreads, send me a friend request or follow my reviews.

My thanks to Headline and Penguin UK for review copies of Revenge of Rome and Karla’s Choice respectively.

Five StarsThis Is Happiness by Niall Williams (Bloomsbury) – ‘Life is a comedy, with sad bits.’ A gentle portrait of a rural community and an engaging coming-of age story.

Revenge of Rome (Eagles of the Empire #23) by Simon Scarrow (Headline) – Gripping, action-packed adventure in which Roman soldiers Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro come up against famous warrior queen, Boudica.

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (Faber & Faber) – A slowly unfolding story that reveals so much in so few words

Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway (Viking) – An assured, intricately plotted addition to the George Smiley oeuvre by the son of John le Carré

Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Vintage) – ‘An unexpected and profound love letter to life on Earth’

What were the best books you read last month? Have you read any of my picks?