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#TopTenTuesday Books with Family Members in the Title #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.
  • 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 Beach/Beachy Reads. I’m not really a beach read person so I’ve come up with my own topic: Books with Family Members in the Title. Links from the title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite
  2. The Good Father by S. R. Wilsher
  3. The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
  4. The Physician’s Daughter by Martha Conway
  5. Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou
  6. Brother by David Chariandy
  7. Living Among the Dead: My Grandmother’s Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength by Adena Bernstein Astrowsky
  8. Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
  9. Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu
  10. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Living Among the Dead

#TopTenTuesday Books Set On Islands #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.
  • 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 Books Set in (X) Time or Place. (We’re invited to choose a time or place.) I’ve gone with books set on islands. Links from the title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. This Other Eden by Paul Harding – set on Malaga Island off the coast of Maine in 1792
  2. The Lost Lights of St. Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford – set on the Scottish island of St Kilda in 1927
  3. Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon – set in Sicily in the 5th century BC 
  4. The Island of Sheep by John Buchan – set in the (fictional) Norland Islands
  5. The Night Ship by Jess Kidd – set on Beacon Island off the coast of Western Australia
  6. Mr Peacock’s Possessions by Lydia Syson – set on the remote Monday Island in 1879
  7. The Dancing Floor by John Buchan – set on the (fictional) Aegean island of Plakos
  8. Mussolini’s Island by Sarah Day – set on the Italian island of San Domino in 1938
  9. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres – set on the Greek island of Kefalonia in 1941
  10. The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak – set in Cyprus from the 1970s onwards

What time or place did you choose?

The Lost Lights of St Kilda