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#TopTenTuesday Book Titles That Evoke Spring #TuesdayBookBlog

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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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  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
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Spring Dig GardenThis week we’re invited to come up with a list on the theme of May Flowers. For me, this month is all about getting into my garden: digging, weeding, planting, planning and, importantly, sitting and reflecting.

Here are ten books whose titles – but not necessarily their subject matter – sum up this time of the year for me.

Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. A Single Rose by Muriel Barbery
  2. Perfume by Patrick Süskind
  3. Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
  4. Great Meadow by Dirk Bogarde
  5. The Bees by Laline Paull
  6. The Honey and the Sting by E. C. Fremantle
  7. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
  8. The Constant Gardener by John le Carre
  9. Back Trouble by Clare Chambers 
  10. Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

#TopTenTuesday My Winter 2023-2024 To-Read List – An Update #TuesdayBookBlog

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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.
  • 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 topic is Petty Reasons You’ve DNF’d a Book. I rarely DNF books and, if I do, I hope it’s never for petty reasons, so this week’s topic wasn’t for me. Instead I’ve revisited a previous post – Books on My Winter 2023-2024 To-Read List – to see whether plan turned into reality. Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads if they’re still unread.

  1. The Slowworm’s Song by Andrew Miller – Read and reviewed
  2. Pure by Andrew Miller – Still unread
  3. Back Trouble by Clare Chambers – Read and reviewed
  4. A Dry Spell by Clare Chambers – Still unread
  5. All Day at the Movies by Fiona Kidman – Read but not yet reviewed
  6. The Infinite Air by Fiona Kidman – Still unread
  7. Himself by Jess Kidd – Still unread
  8. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler – Still unread
  9. The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan – Read and reviewed
  10. Munich Wolf by Rory Clements – Read and reviewed

Actually, I’m quite pleased with this result: 5 read (of which 4 have been reviewed), 5 still unread. Do you ever look back at your To-Read lists?