Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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I have so many books I want to read this Summer and I know I won’t manage even half of what I would like to read but there is no harm in trying. Here are a selection of the ones I would like to read.
I am really into my sci-fi at the moment and quite a few of these are on my Kindle ready for my holiday reading. I can’t wait to finish teaching and get started!
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I have had a fab day of teaching and reading and managed to finish a book.
I have so many books that I want to read over the next few months so I thought I would take part in today’s Top Ten Tuesday and make a plan for my Spring reading.
Most of these books have been on my TBR for over a year so I’m hoping I can use the Spring to finally read them.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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I was going to do a book review today but when I saw the prompt for today for Top Ten Tuesday I thought it was perfect. I love reading the classics and although I haven’t read many recently it is my plan to get back into reading more next year.
Here is my list:
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Quite a few Gaskell and Hardy but I’ve always hoped to read all of Hardy’s full length novels. I’ve also hoped to read all of Dickens’ books so Little Dorrit would be quite a substantial book to tick off the list.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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This is an interesting topic because my reading habits have definitely changed over the years and quite a bit this year.
So here is what has changed.
Reading more than one book at once – I used to only read one book at a time and hated reading more than one book at a time. Now I read at least two books at once.
Morning reading – I never used to read in the morning but now I really like to start my day with a moment of quiet which involves my first mug of tea of the day and a good book. Even if it is only a few pages it really helps my day start.
Bookly App – I started using the Bookly App last year and have not looked back since. I really love using the app and seeing my stats for each book. I find I actually read more using the app.
Greek Coffee – I have only ever drank tea but last year when I went to Kos I got a little bit addicted to Greek coffee. Now I love curling up with a book and drinking a Greek coffee. I still drink loads of tea as well.
Hardbacks – My tastes in books has definitely changed because I now much prefer a hardback instead of a paperback. I used to like paperbacks because I could take them anywhere but now I take my Kindle.
Non fiction – I will be honest I never read non fiction unless I was studying something but over the last couple of years I have fallen in love with history books and I really enjoy reading about Ancient Greece and Rome and the Tudor period.
DNF books – I have always struggled to DNF books that I don’t like but I have been making the effort to do it more often and to stop wasting my time on books I don’t like.
TBR Planning – I never used to use a TBR list because I am a mood reader but this year I have really tried to plan some of my reading with my 24 Books in 2024 challenge and monthly TBR. Sometimes I am really good at keeping to the TBR list and sometimes it goes straight out of the window.
Genres – I have always liked historical fiction, sci-fi and fantasy but over the last couple of years I have also started to really enjoy Greek retellings and crime thrillers and have started to read a lot more of these.
Book series – I am useless at completing book series but the past two years I have been making the effort to actually complete the series I start.
What reading habits have changed for you recently?
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I have had a lovely day with a little bit of teaching, reading and book buying! I only went into my local bookshop to have a browse but I ended up buying 3 books.
I really want to dedicate November to nonfiction books so my TBR list for Autumn is a mix of fiction and nonfiction.
The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North
The Princes in the Tower by Philippa Langley
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
Hera by Jennifer Saint
Klova by Karen Langston
The Household by Stacey Halls
What the Greeks Did for Us by Tony Spawforth
Medea by Rosie Hewlett
The Shadow King by Harry Sidebottom
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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I can’t believe this is my first Top Ten Tuesday of 2024! I have no idea why I haven’t taken part this year as I usually love taking part in Top Ten Tuesday.
One of my aims this year was to buy less books and read them as quickly as I can rather than leaving them to get lost on one of the many TBR piles in my house. So far I have probably managed to read about 50% of the books I have bought or acquired this year.
So here is the list of books that I have been super excited to buy and even had on preorder for months and months and yet I still haven’t read.
Medea by Rosie Hewlett – I loved the sound of this book and had it preordered in 2023 and yet it arrived this year on the day of publication and I have still not read it! I really hope I get to read it soon.
Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard – I love this series and after reading Blade Breaker I was desperate to read Fate Breaker to see what happens next and yet I still have not read it even though it is currently sat looking at me from the top of one of my TBR piles in the lounge.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes – This is another book I had preordered and yet it is still not read.
Twelve Caesars by Mary Beard – I love Mary Beard’s books and I will be honest I have actually read half of this book but haven’t finished it yet. I really need to concentrate with this book and I just haven’t had that concentration recently.
Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir – Anyone who has followed my blog for any length of time will know just how obsessed I am with Alison Weir. I dream about reading all of her published books and yet so many sit unread on my TBR pile, this is one of those many books.
Henry the VIII the Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir – Same reasons as number 5.
House Odysseus by Clare North – This is another sequel that I have been excited to read and yet haven’t managed to read yet for no particular reason.
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati – This is a new author for me and a book I found in a bookshop and liked the look of but sadly it still sits unread.
The Templars by Dan Jones – I’m not overly fond of Dan Jones’s translation work but I do enjoy his books and I was very excited to get this book and read it.
Fairy Tale by Stephen King – I haven’t read much by Stephen King but I was really excited when this book came out and thought I would make the effort to read more King as I like his books but sadly this hasn’t happened yet.
I do wonder if the reason so many books I am excited about sit unread is because I am a mood reader. I know my fellow book bloggers have the same problem. Please feel free to tell me why you think you do the same as I would love to hear your theories.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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I haven’t taken part in Top Ten Tuesday for quite a while so I thought it was high time to take part again. This weeks topic is also an excellent choice for me as I have now booked my summer holiday so I am planning what books to take with me to read.
So in no particular order here are my ten books:
These are a mix of books off my 20 Books of Summer Challenge and my Classics Club Challenge and some random extras. I have no idea if I will manage all of these but I plan on giving it a good go.
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway – I recently bought this whilst book shopping because I had always wanted to read it. Fingers crossed I will get around it as it will be a nice short read.
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang – This was my latest purchase whilst book shopping and one that I bought because of all the good things I have seen about it on instagram.
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors – This is another book I have read so many good things about.
Babel by R. F. Kuang – I really hope I like Kuang’s writing as she is a new author for me and I plan to read two of her books in the summer.
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas – I have very nearly finished The Count of Monte Cristo and I am not nearly ready to finish reading books by Dumas. It will be my next nighttime read.
The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski – I have the full set of these books in paperback but I might pop the first on my kindle so I can read it on holiday and if I want to continue with the series I can just download the next one on my Kindle.
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati – This has been sat on my TBR for way to long so hopefully I will read it soon.
The Greek Plays – I can’t wait to get reading these.
Silas Marnerby George Eliot – This is one of my favourite books and I fancied a reread for the summer.
The Taxidermist’s Daughter by Kate Mosse – Again another book that has been sat on my TBR for way too long.
Fingers crossed I can read these books and many more over the summer.
If you have taken part in Top Ten Tuesday this week please drop me your link and I will head over for a visit.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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This weeks Top Ten Tuesday is a rewind so I have chosen last weeks topic as I missed it last week. So here are some of the books I plan to read in Spring 2023.
All of these have been stuck on my TBR pile for far top long. This year I am buying less books and so far I have only bought one book a month. This lack of book buying will hopefully mean I can get through my TBR pile a bit this year.
Fingers crossed I get around to reading some of these books.
If you have taken part in Top Ten Tuesday this week please drop me your link and I will head over for a visit.
Welcome to my first Top 5 Tuesday of 2023. The Top 5 Tuesday is exploring my bookish resolutions for 2023.
Read more Ancient Greek and Roman texts.
I find that I am really missing my Masters and all the reading of Ancient texts that I did, so this year I am hoping to try and read one Ancient text a month. Most Ancient texts are divided into Books (what we would call chapters) so if I plan to read a book a day I should get at least one full ancient text read a month. Here are some of the texts I plan to read:
Read at least one non-fiction book a month.
I love history and classics so this year I have decided to read more about the subjects that I love. I bought quite a few non-fiction books last year so I am hoping to read them this year.
Read my height in books.
I tried to read my height in books in 2021 and sadly I failed because I was a few inches short. The tower was made up of 74 books and to be honest some of these books were quite thin so didn’t give much height to the tower. This year I am determined to succeed and I plan on reading some big books, like the ones below, to make the tower higher.
Read 80 books
This year I am planning on reading more books than I have ever read before. I have never managed to read more than 74 books in a year before so reading an extra 6 might be a push but I am determined to give it ago.
I really want to make a dent in my Classics Club list this year because I didn’t do very well last year and I really don’t want to fall behind on my target of reading 50 books in 5 years.
So there are my 5 Bookish Resolutions.
Please drop me a comment if you have taken part in Top 5 Tuesday this week and I will head over for look.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I managed to finish my first book of October today so I am a lot happier.
I love this weeks topic for Top Ten Tuesday because one thing I do when on holiday is read.
Fireside Gothic by Andrew Taylor – I read this on the beach in Maui when we were there in 2019. This was a book my husband had brought with him and one that I picked up once he had read it.
Jaws by Peter Benchley – Another Maui read! I read a lot of books in Maui, it was our first resort holiday and we really made the most of the relaxing beach.
The Woolworths Girls by Elaine Everest – This was one of the books I read whilst on holiday in Nice this year. We did some exploring on this holiday but we also did a lot of relaxing by the beach and by the pool because it was our first holiday abroad since 2019 so we decided to have a chill holiday. This also meant I read quite a few books.
Border Lands by Brian McGilloway – I read this whilst in Hay-on-Wye last year. I loved it so much I bought the rest of the books in the series in the Cinema Bookshop in Hay.
Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling – I’m not sure what year this was but whilst on holiday in Scotland visiting my sister my nephews introduced me to the Harry Potter series. I loved the first book so much I went out and managed to buy the next two books in the local Co-Op. Only four of the books had been released at this point.
So there are the books I can remember reading whilst away on holiday. There are a lot more but I can’t remember which ones I read and where sadly.
If you have taken part in Top Ten Tuesday this week please drop me your link and I will head over for a visit.
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