Top Ten Tuesday was created by\u00a0The Broke and the Bookish\u00a0in June of 2010 and was moved to\u00a0That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a>\u00a0in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. <\/p>\n Merry Christmas everybody! <\/p>\n Or whichever holiday you celebrate and observe!<\/p>\n For me, I love Christmas time. We have our tree up \u2013 and have had for two weeks now. We have wreaths on the door and around the mantleplace, lights up sort of everywhere inside and out, presents waiting to be wrapped. Batches of mince pies, gingerbreads which we decorate on Christmas Eve, chocolate crackle cookies, heavy fruit cakes that have been steeped in alcohol for two years now, pannetone, pudding, yule log. Christmas does seem to have become very food-oriented!<\/p>\n And of course it is a bookish holiday. Books as gifts. Books set around Christmas time \u2013 yes I have just finished Hercule Poirot\u2019s Silent Night<\/em> and have The Christmas Appeal<\/em> and a Christmas Jigsaw Murder <\/em>lurking around on my TBR. Old recipe books dug out. And bookish Christmas trees!<\/p>\n I can also remember fleeing the rather extended family that descended on us when I was a child, seeking the solace and refuge of a good book! Now, with an autistic daughter, our Christmases are significantly quieter.<\/p>\n The books below are linked to my Amazon WishList here<\/a>. I have loved the chance in previous years to gift books to others in the Top Ten Tuesday community.<\/p>\n This year, I really want to start reading more poetry \u2013 more poetry which isn\u2019t just by middle class white men from the 1800s. So recommended poetry books that I\u2019d love would be<\/p>\n There are also books that just look wonderful or have great titles. The Brandon Sanderson \u2013 always a reliable read \u2013 is a gorgeous cover; whereas the translated Mathias Enard has a great title but is perhaps the least inspiring cover!<\/p>\n There are also a range of books here that I have read and loved but which I don\u2019t have physical copies of. And then of course there are the back catalogue of beloved authors<\/p>\n And finally, one new author \u2013 I think a debut \u2013 which really caught my eye, basically due its comparison to Tana French\u2026<\/p>\n May I wish everyone here \u2013 and everyone everywhere \u2013 a wonderful holiday and festive season!<\/p>\n December 26:<\/strong>\u00a0The Ten Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf (Maybe share your holiday book haul?<\/em>)Previous Top Ten Tuesday Topics<\/h2>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBalladz<\/em><\/strong>, Sharon Olds<\/h2>\n
Indio<\/em><\/strong>m<\/em>, Daljit Nagra<\/h2>\n
Octopus Mind<\/em><\/strong>, Rachel Carney<\/h2>\n
I Think We\u2019re Alone Now<\/em>,<\/strong> Abigail Parry<\/h2>\n
The Iliad<\/em><\/strong>, Homer and Emily Wilson<\/h2>\n
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, <\/em><\/strong>Brandon Sanderson<\/h2>\n
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers\u2019 Guild<\/em><\/strong>, Mathias Enard<\/h2>\n
So Late in the Day<\/em><\/strong>, Claire Keegan<\/h2>\n
Small Things Like These<\/em><\/strong>, Claire Keegan<\/h2>\n
Treacle Walker<\/strong><\/em>, Alan Garner<\/h2>\n
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen<\/em><\/strong>, Alan Garner<\/h2>\n
The Manningtree Witches<\/strong><\/em>, AK Blakemore<\/h2>\n
The Glutton<\/em><\/strong>, AK Blakemore<\/h2>\n
Water<\/em>, John Boyne<\/h2>\n
The Happy Couple,<\/em> Naoise Dolan<\/h2>\n
The Wren, The Wren<\/em>, Anne Enright<\/h2>\n
Kala<\/em>, Colin Walsh<\/h2>\n
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\nUpcoming Top Ten Tuesday Themes<\/h2>\n
January 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Favorite Books of 2023
January 9:<\/strong>\u00a0Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024
January 16:<\/strong>\u00a0Bookish Goals for 2024
January 23:<\/strong>\u00a0Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn\u2019t Get To
January 30:<\/strong>\u00a0New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023
February 6:<\/strong>\u00a0Top Ten Quick Reads\/Books to Read When Time is Short (Books under 150 pages, or if you\u2019re not a novella reader maybe spin this to be books you could read in a day or a single sitting.<\/em>) (Submitted by Jennifer @ FunkNFiction.com and Angela @ Reading Frenzy<\/em>)
February 13:<\/strong>\u00a0Love Freebie (in honor of Valentine\u2019s Day tomorrow<\/em>)
February 20:<\/strong>\u00a0Bookish Superpowers I Wish I Had (e.g. never accidentally buying the same book twice, every book I buy would be automatically signed\/personally dedicated by the author, the ability to read faster, etc.<\/em>) (Submitted by Cathy @WhatCathyReadNext<\/em>)
February 27:<\/strong>\u00a0Covers\/Titles with Things Found in Nature (covers\/titles with things like trees, flowers, animals, forests, bodies of water, etc. on\/in them<\/em>) (Submitted by Jessica @\u00a0a GREAT read<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n