A comfy chair and a good book
16 April 2019 
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme where every Tuesday we look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) bookish examples to demonstrate that particular topic. Top Ten Tuesday (created and hosted by The Broke and Bookish) is now being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and future week’s topics can be found here. This week’s topic is:
Rainy Day Reads
I don’t know what everyone else wants to read on a rainy day but here are a few very good stories that could work perfectly on a wet day when all you want is a comfy chair and a good book:
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
- Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
- A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
- Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Longbourn by Jo Baker
- The Martian by Andy Weir
Books and travelling with Lynn 
I see several on here that I really want to read especially Zoo City and We Have Always Lived in Castles. Some pretty good books made this list.
Ooh, I think you should bump We Have Always Lived in the Castle up your tbr a bit. It’s very good.
Lynn 😀
That’s quite a wide range of stories! I guess what you’re saying is that any genre could be a good fit for a rainy day?😁
Yes, I think so, I don’t think I have a particular type, more one off good books that I could quite easily revisit.
Lynn 😀
The Graveyard Book is so fantastic, absolutely love that one. Zoo City is the Lauren Buekes in my TBR. I just need to squeeze in some time for it.
It’s a very good story, she has a wonderful imagination.
Lynn 😀
Yeah, it’s tough to say what I consider a rainy day read. If we’re talking mood, I’d probably go for gothic horror. But if it’s just to pass the time and to forget the terrible weather, I’d go with something lighter 🙂
I don’t think I have rainy day reads tbh so I just went with a bunch of books that I could quite easily read again.
Lynn 😀
What a great cover for Longbourn, it makes it look magical/mysterious and leaves me thinking it needs to be closer to the top of my TBR pile.
I was thinking of starting the Lady Trent books at some point. I’m in the mood for something a bit dragon-ish after finishing The Priory of the Orange Tree 🙂
Ahh, I look forward to your review of The Priory.
Lynn 😀
I couldn’t agree more with no. 3 and 10 🙂
I think there’s a few on that list that would work well for you. Longbourn and the Graveyard Book for example – if you’ve not already read them.
Lynn 😀
Loungbourn is on my wish list, but I am not sure about The Graveyard Book after I was disappointed by Stardust.
Yeah, I haven’t loved all of Gaiman’s books but I do think he’s a great author. If it’s any comfort I didn’t fancy The Graveyard book tbh and yet then loved it. It has a strong foundation in the Jungle book which is an aspect to it that was unexpected and really good.
Lynn 😀
Lynn, you are making me lean towards giving Gaiman another go. To be fair I did enjoy Good Omens which he co-write with the fantastic Terry Pratchett.
Yes, I recall that you really liked that one – The Graveyard Book might be for you. It’s not a joint work of course but I think you might enjoy the Kipling references and being primarily in a graveyard there are some fascinating scenes.
Lynn 😀
I am definitely warming to the idea 😉