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#TopTenTuesday Books I Read For Book Clubs #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 Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Read/Avoided Because of the Hype. I’m interpreting “hype” as extensive publicity for a particular title by the publishers, social media influencers, in newspapers or on TV. The books you see piled up on a table in a bookshop, displayed in vast numbers in their windows, shown on billboards or all over TikTok. 

I don’t think I’m influenced by “hype” but being part of a book club does mean I read books I may not otherwise have chosen. So, let’s call that “book club hype”. Here are the ten most recent books chosen by my bookclubs with an indication of what I thought of them – good, just okay, or not so good. Links from each title will take you to my full review.

  1. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke ⇑
  2. Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent ⇓
  3. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay ⇓
  4. The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis ⇑
  5. The Wager by David Grann ⇑
  6. Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf ⇑
  7. His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet ⇑
  8. The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan ⇑
  9. Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes ⇔
  10. Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough ⇔

Does “hype” turn you on or off when it comes to choosing books?

 

#TopTenTuesday Books on My Autumn 2024 To-Read List #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 Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books on My Fall 2024 To-Read List. Here’s what I hope to read, and why. Links from each title will take you to the book description on Goodreads.

  1. Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers – a lovely signed copy with sprayed edges I treated myself to
  2. Precipice by Robert Harris – attending author event at Henley Literary Festival on 29th September
  3. Hortobiography by Carol Klein – attending author event at Henley Literary Festival on 4th October
  4. The Fortunes of Olivia Richmond by Louisa Davidson – published on 17th October, review copy courtesy of Moonflower Books
  5. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller – published on 24th October, review copy courtesy of Sceptre via NetGalley
  6. Time of the Child by Niall Williams – published on 24th October, review copy courtesy of Bloomsbury via NetGalley
  7. Meadowlands Dawn by Jo Beall – published on 30th October, review copy courtesy of epoque press
  8. Eye of the Raven by Tim Hodkinson – published on 7th November, review copy courtesy of Head of Zeus via NetGalley
  9. The Enigma Girl by Henry Porter – published on 7th November, review copy courtesy of Quercus via NetGalley
  10. The Safe Keep by Yael can der Wouden – on the shortlist for The Booker Prize, winner announced on 12th November

What treats do you have lined up for the next couple of months?