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#WWWWednesday – 13th September 2023

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WWWWednesdays

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws:

  • What are you currently reading?
  • What did you recently finish reading?
  • What do you think you’ll read next?

Why not join in too?  Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping!

Currently reading

Night Train to Marrakech IGNight Train to Marrakech (Daughters of War #3) by Dinah Jefferies (ARC, HarperCollins via Readers First)

MARRAKECH 1966. Vicky Baudin steps onto a train winding through Morocco, looking for the grandmother she has never met.

It’s an epic journey that’ll take her to the edge of Atlas Mountains – and closer to the answers she’s been craving all her life.

But dark secrets whisper amongst the dunes. And in unlocking the mystery of Clemence’s past, Vicky will unearth great danger too . . .

North WoodsNorth Woods by Daniel Mason (eARC, John Murray via NetGalley)

FOUR CENTURIES. A SINGLE HOUSE DEEP IN THE WOODS OF NEW ENGLAND.

A young Puritan couple on the run. An English soldier with a fantastic vision. Inseparable twin sisters. A lovelorn painter and a lusty beetle. A desperate mother and her haunted son. A ruthless con man and a stalking panther. Buried secrets. Madness, dreams and hope.

All are connected. The dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.

Recently finished

The Mystery of Yew Tree House by Lesley Thomson (Head of Zeus)
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What Cathy (will) Read Next

The Storyteller by the SeaThe Storyteller by the Sea by Phyllida Shrimpton (ARC, Head of Zeus)

Melody spends her days combing the shore for items washed up on her beach. She collects them in her basket and takes them back to Spindrift, her weathered little bungalow overlooking the sea, and weaves stories about her treasures.

Everything Melody thinks she could ever need is right where she is, cupped by the rocks that shape her bay. But Melody has been keeping a secret…

When she learns that her little corner of Devon is under threat from developers looking to modernise the strip of coast on which Spindrift stands, Melody realises she is about to lose all she has ever known. Is it time for her to tell her own story – a story of love, loss, secrets and lies?

#TopTenTuesday Book Cover Relationships #TuesdayBookBlog

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Top Ten Tuesday

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 Favourite Character Relationships. Rather than delve into book content, I’ve picked ten covers that depict two people in various forms of relationship including enemies, lovers, spouses and comrades.

Gods of Rome by Gordon Doherty & Simon Turney
Ross Poldark and Demelza by Winston Graham
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris (look closely!)
The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey
Think of Me by Frances Liardet
A Thousand Paper Birds by Tor Udall (look closely again!)
According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge

But my favourites are three vintage covers:

The Flight of the Heron by D.K. Broster
John MacNab by John Buchan (the stag doesn’t count, right?)
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden