Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2026 To-Read List
22 September 2026
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Tags: Autumn 2026, book-blog, bookish, Books, Books on my Autumn 2026 to-read list, Fall books, reading, TBR, That Artsy Reader Girl, 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:
Books on My Fall 2026 To-Read List
Okay, well, I always consider September, October, November to be the autumn months so with that in mind and given I’ve read quite a few of my September books already I’m going to keep this list to October and November – there are some cracking books to look forward to so check them out below. I have gone slightly over the allocation but I couldn’t leave one book out – it would have been so mean!
Sleepers in the Snow by Joanne Harris
I love this author so I’m absolutely bursting at the seams to pick this one up. Hopefully I can pick this up in the next few days. Excitement am I.
A Waltz of Sinister Import by Stephanie Burgis
This is the third in the Lady and Lord Riven Series and I already have a copy. I loved the first two books, the characters are simply amazing – another book that I shall be picking up with positively indecent haste.
A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology and Other Dark Arts by Genevieve Cogman
I just finished this author’s Scarlet Revolution series and loved it so can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.
The House of Cursed Daughters by C.J. Cooke
I think this author could make a shopping list compelling to read – I love her books and this sounds amazing. Happy days
The Bookshop Book by Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence, what can I say, I adore his writing, his books are a joy to read and on top of this he gives us a title like this! The Bookshop Book – I mean, it’s frankly impossible to even contemplate not reading this book. It might even be illegal to not read a book with such a title. And I don’t want to be arrested and thrown into an oubliette for the rest of my days so I shall be reading this.
The Porcelain Sisters by Daryl Gregory
This is a novella (I think – 200 pages maybe) so I’m going against my own golden rule here because (1) Daryl Gregory. And (2) this is a horror story and I’m already perfectly horrified by the cover alone. Of course I have to read this. It’s an absolute no-brainer.
The Wolves of War by John Gwynne
The description for this one sounds incredible. It has some of the most glowing reviews already and coupled with that is the fact that this is an author that I already thoroughly enjoy reading. This promises to be fantastic fantasy and I cannot wait. Also, please can I direct your attention to that cover – yes, I am that unashamedly fickle and I love a stunning cover – and this is certainly stunning.
Mazywood by Tananarive Due
I nearly gave myself whiplash requesting this book. I loved. Loved. The Reformatory.
The Last Star in the Void by Melissa Caruso
Ahh, the concluding episode to what has been a brilliant series packed with imagination. I’m so excited to see how this series concludes. It’s early days but it’s already gathering some very positive reviews so I’m very excited.
Pinfeathers by Christina Henry
Check out the description. This sounds super creepy and it’s the perfect season to be giving yourself the heebies. My last read by this author was brilliant so I’m hoping for another banger.
Thorns in the Hollow by Laura Purcell
The Queen of Gothic – no need to elaborate really.
Bookish Resolutions for 2026
10 January 2026
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Tags: Beat the Backlist, book-blog, Bookforager's Picture Prompt Book Bingo 2026, bookish, Bookish Resolutions, Books, reading
Well, this may be a little bit later than my usual style post but I didn’t want to be double posting. This year I’m going for a very simple and easy format for this. I don’t want to set myself any unrealistic goals or resolutions just keep it nice and simple.
For 2026:
I aim to be very careful about book requests. Last year I had a few episodes where my reading lessened for one reason or another and I fell behind, which just leads to massive feelings of guilt. So, this year I would like to be reasonable and keep my bookish requests to about 6/8 per month.
I would really like to raise my Netgalley stats. I mean, they’re not as bad as they could be but the recommended level of feedback is 80%. At the moment I’m teetering on 76/77 and I would like to improve this (although I do now have over 1,000 reviews submitted). It’s difficult because for a couple of years I went a bit crazy with requests being totally unrealistic with the books I asked for. Like I didn’t quite comprehend that those books needed to be read within a given period and feedback provided. Believe me, I am a lot, lot better, but, I did cause some damage in the first couple of years. My aim this year to do better – learn from my mistake people.
With the above in mind I would also like to read some backlist books. I did start to do so this year but then everything went to hell in a handcart so this year I would really like to read one per month. I just need to stay focused and with that in mind I thought I’d choose 12 books. Here they are (have you read any of these, and if so, do you recommend – this list is still up for debate):
I would actually like to write my reviews quicker. I used to write my reviews almost immediately upon finishing the book and I liked it that way, writing while everything was fresh and the emotions were running high. I really don’t like getting behind with reviews is the other reason.
I’d like to read 100 books this year. This is quite a normal figure for me in terms of books but due to personal reasons I didn’t read as much this year. Hopefully, 2026 is a nice smooth year. One can but wish.
I’m joining in with Bookforagers Picture Prompt Book Bingo. I love this bingo, it allows me a lot of artistic license so that I can complete the full sheet and everyone loves a challenge that they can complete don’t they?
I’m also considering taking part in another couple of challenges, I really like the A-Z book challenge and also the Spell the month in books. I’m still considering those and don’t want to overdo things so we’ll see.
That’s it for me. I’ll see you all around the blogosphere. Wish me luck and I wish all of you the best for 2026.
Top Ten Tuesday: Things Characters Have Said
4 March 2025
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Tags: book-blog, book-blogger, bookish, Books, reading, That Artsy Reader Girl, Things Characters Have Said, 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:
Things Characters Have Said
I’ve decided to have a bit of fun with this one. I’ve chosen ten, fairly (I think) well known books/quotes. They’re highlighted below. See if you can guess the book (scroll down for answers):
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“There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
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“Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.”
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“Sir,”she said,”you are no gentleman!”
“An apt observation,” he answered airily. “And, you, Miss, are no lady.”
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
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“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.”
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“Once again…welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.”
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“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
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“Always winter but never Christmas.”
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“Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.”
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“My Oberon, what visions have I seen! Methought I was enamored of an ass.”
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Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol
JRR Tolkien – Lord of the Rings
Margaret Mitchell – Gone With the Wind
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
Stephenie Meyer – Twilight
Bram Stoker – Dracula
Daphne Du Maurier – Rebecca
CS Lewis – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
EB White – Charlotte’s Web
William Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream





































