Top Ten Tuesday: A Few Classic Quotes
24 February 2026
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Tags: book-blog, Books, Classic Books, Quotes, reading, That Artsy Reader Girl, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday
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 prompt is:
Quotes from Books you Love
I decided to use classic books – some of the ones I really have loved over the years and the quotes are well known, so see how many of these you can guess.
‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me.’
‘You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!’
‘May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out’
‘Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.’
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’
‘Tomorrow I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.‘
‘Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.‘
‘My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip‘
‘Curiouser and curiouser’
‘The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is, I’m the only one.’
And the answers are:
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
22 February 2026
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Tags: Book Reviews, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
This week the weather has been pretty awesome which has led me to go on a washing spree- well, things might change soon enough so I have to make hay while the sun shines or something like that. If it wasn’t nailed down it was getting washed. Everything has been washed. Also gardening, because, well, Day of the Triffids is happening out there at the moment what with all the warm wet weather. Anyway, I’ve been busy socially too but I’ve managed to stay on top of my reviews and been blog hopping. I completed Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons and have already posted my review. It wasn’t totally my cup of tea but I’m sure it will find it’s audience, it felt a little YA for my tastes. I also completed listening to Boudicca’s Daughter by Elodie Harper which was really good and I should be posting my review this forthcoming week. I’m also just about to finish Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman – this is a very weird and dark story. I’m thinking to conclude it this evening so I’m waiting to see how things pan out. I have started listening to The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. It’s early days but I’m enjoying it so far.
Next Week’s reads
Well, I’d like to complete Between Two Fires before this post goes lives if possible (haha, the best laid plans though). I’d then like to pick up my backlist book for this month which is The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry – I am so excited to pick this up, I’ve read a couple of books already by this author and loved them. I will be continuing with The Raven Scholar and if possible might pick up How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson, this is another March review book so I’d be really happy to squeeze it in but equally not going to stress about it.
Reviews Posted:
- Temple Fall by RL Boyle
- Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons
Outstanding Reviews
- Boudicca’s Daughter by Elodie Harper
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
15 February 2026
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Tags: Book Review, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Fantasy, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
The bad weather has lessened which is a relief. I mean, it’s not brilliant, but it is better. I have been busy this week for some reason but I’ve still managed to squeeze in a couple of books. Here’s what I’ve been up to. I completed Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward, I enjoyed it but beware because it’s very dark. I also read Temple Fall by RL Boyle. I had mixed feelings with this one which is a bit of a shame, my review should be up tomorrow. I am currently reading Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons (which is one of my March books). In other news I did pick up Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes but this was a DNF for me at 30%. I’m also listening to Boudicca’s Daughter by Elodie Harper which I’m hoping to finish next week.
Next Week’s reads
Well, I’d like to complete Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons and also finish listening to Boudicca’s daughter by Elodie Harper. If I manage that I was thinking I would then pick up Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. But, the best laid plans, etc, etc. Watch this space.
Reviews Posted:
- Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
- Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
Outstanding Reviews
- Temple Fall by RL Boyle
January Round Up: What’s on My Plate for February
31 January 2026
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Tags: Backlist books, Book Reviews, book-blog, Bookforager's Picture Prompt Book Bingo 2026, Books, Books Bones and Buffy, February reads, fiction, January Round Up, reading, What's on my Plate
This year I’m once again going to try to post a wrap up for the end of each month, mainly to help me to keep track of my reading and at the same time look at what I’m intending to read during the month ahead (inspired by Books Bones and Buffy’s What’s on My Plate.
My Monthly Wrap Up: January
I had a really good reading month in January. I managed to complete all my review books, plus I read two of my February books. I also picked up one of my backlist books. I have three reviews outstanding which I am hoping to post next week. Here’s what I read:
- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
- A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St James
- Rings of Fate by Melissa de la Cruz
- The Wolf and the Crown of Blood by Elizabeth May
- Fiend by Alma Katsu
- Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis
- Traitor in the Ice by Karen Maitland
- Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill
- Storm by Rachel Hawkins
- A Forest Darkly by AG Slatter
What’s On My Plate: February:
- Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill – Already Read
- A Forest Darkly by AG Slatter – Already Read
- Temple Fall by RL Boyle
- Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
- Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
- Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes
- The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry (Backlist book)
Backlist Book
Traitor in the Ice by KJ Maitland (review to follow next week)
February’s Backlist book: The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry
Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt Book Bingo
And the ‘wordy’ version:
Picture Prompt Book Bingo 2026 (text version)
| 1. A teacup and saucer | 2. A set of weighing scales | 3. A moth | 4. A hand holding some fanned out playing cards |
| 5. A hot air balloon | 7. A human eye | 8. A cooking pot hanging over a campfire | |
| 9. A griffin | 10. A large, old key | 11. A hand holding a threaded needle | 12. An octopus |
| 13. A plant being repotted | 14. A skull and crossbones | 15. A decorative water fountain | 16. A pinch-clip purse |
This month I’m going to tick off No.6 – An acorn by using Nightshade and Oak (which feels very appropriate) – I mean, check out the cover:
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
25 January 2026
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Tags: Book Reviews, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, reading, The Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
The weather is still horrible, rain, rain and more rain. Anyway, reading and blogging has been okay this week. I finished Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis which I really enjoyed and I also read Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill. In audio I started Rachel Hawkin’s The Storm which is turning out to be a very quick story.
Next Week’s reads
Next week I’m hoping to make a start on my first Backlist book, Traitor in the Ice by KJ Maitland. I’d also like to finish listening to The Storm by Rachel Hawkins and maybe make a start on another February review book – A Forest Darkly by AG Slatter.
Reviews Posted:
- Enchanting the Fae Queen (Queens of Villainy #2) by Stephanie Burgis
- Fiend by Alma Katsu
- The Wolf and the Crown of Blood by Elizabeth May (The Broken Accords #1)
Outstanding Reviews
- Outlaw Planet by MR Carey
- Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill
Books and travelling with Lynn 