#TopTenTuesday Water, Water Everywhere… #TuesdayBookBlog

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.

WaterThis week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is on the theme of water. My list contains ten books I’ve read whose titles in some way relate to the wet stuff.

Links from each title will take you to my review.

The House by the Loch by Kirsty Wark 
Splinter on the Tide by Phillip Parotti
Rivers of Treason by K. J. Maitland
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
The Marsh House by Zoë Somerville
The Shimmer on the Water by Marina McCarron
The Girl from Simon’s Bay by Barbara Mutch
Down a Dark River by Karen Odden
The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting
The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson

 

#WWWWednesday – 23rd August 2023

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

China BlueChina Blue (Dudley Sisters #3) by Madalyn Morgan

At the beginning of World War II Claire Dudley joins the WAAF. She excels in languages and is recruited by the Special Operations Executive to work in German occupied France with Captain Alain Mitchell, of the RCAF, and the French Resistance.

Against SOE rules Claire falls in love. The affair has to be kept secret. Even after her lover falls into the hands of the Gestapo, Claire cannot tell anyone they are more than comrades.

As the war reaches its climax, Claire fears she will never again see the man she loves.

The Ghost ShipThe Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse (Mantle via NetGalley)

The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months, its captain – Louise Reydon-Joubert – and her courageous crew has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids.

But now the Ghost Ship is under attack – its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. But the bravest among them are not who they seem. Louise is fleeing a miscarriage of justice; her lover, Gilles Barenton, is at risk of being exposed – she is forced to masquerade as her brother. The stakes could not be higher: if arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes.

Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?


Recently finished

The Night Raids by Jim Kelly (Allison & Busby)

The Postcard by Carly Schabowski (Bookouture)


What Cathy (will) Read Next

Chasing GhostsChasing Ghosts (Dudley Sisters #6) by Madalyn Morgan

1949. After receiving treatment for shell shock in Canada, Claire’s husband disappears.

Has Mitch left her for the woman he talks about in his sleep? Or is he on the run from accusations of wartime treachery?

Claire goes to France in search of the truth, aided by old friends from the Resistance.