#TopTenTuesday ‘I Second That Emotion’ – Book Titles Containing Feelings #TuesdayBookBlog

Top Ten TuesdayTop 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.
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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Had Very Strong Emotions About.  The only emotion I like to talk about when it comes to books is love so the easy option would be to list some of my favourite books. Instead, I’ve gone for books with an emotion in the title.  Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
  2. The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear
  3. The Existence of Pity by Jeannie Zokan
  4. A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
  5. This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
  6. Everything Is Everything: A Memoir of Love, Hate & Hope by Clive Myrie
  7. Fortress of Fury by Matthew Harffy
  8. A Sea of Sorrow by David Blixt
  9. The Alphabet of Heart’s Desire by Brian Keaney
  10. H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O’Brian

 

My Top 5 May 2024 Reads @WorldEdBooks @HeadlineFiction @AllisonandBusby @SceptreBooks

My Top Five May 2024 ReadsWelcome to my wrap-up of the books I read in May. I read nine books last month, two of which I awarded five stars.

Links from each title will take you to my full 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 World Editions, Headline, Allison & Busby and Sceptre for providing me with review copies via NetGalley.


Five StarsAfterlight by Jaap Robben, trans. by David Doherty (World Editions) – A beautifully crafted, moving novel that also reveals a shocking hidden story of injustice.

A Plague of Serpents by K.J. Maitland (Headline) – A suspenseful, intricately plotted historical mystery, the final book in the author’s Daniel Pursglove series.

The Small Museum by Jody Cooksley (Allison & Busby) – A chilling and immersive historical mystery generously infused with elements of Gothic fiction.

Five StarsThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre) – An inventive and totally absorbing blend of science fiction and romance, with a dash of historical fiction and an element of mystery added for good measure.

The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis (Vintage) – A hard-hitting, dark and thought-provoking novel about one of the twentieth century’s worst atrocities.

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