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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Did Not Finish. I rarely give up on books. I’d like to think it’s because I’m pretty good at picking books I’ll enjoy. On the other hand, it could be sheer bloodymindness. Whatever the circumstances, I don’t review (or even talk about) a book I didn’t finish because, after all, an author laboured long and hard over it and possibly it just wasn’t the right book for me or they’re still learning their craft.
Inspired by last week’s topic, Books On My Spring 2025 To-Read List, I decided to look back at my Winter 2024/2025 To-Read List to see how well I stuck to it. Links from each title will take you to my review because – spoiler alert! – I read them all.
- Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips
- Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
- The Bookseller (DS Cross #7) by Tim Sullivan
- The House with Nine Locks by Philip Gray
- The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay by Flora Johnston
- A Cold Wind from Moscow by Rory Clements
- The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor
- The Café with No Name by Robert Seethaler, trans. by Katy Derbyshire
- Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident by Martin Davies
- The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway
What Cathy Read Next... 