Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Dark Reads for Winter Nights

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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:

FREEBIE

As we’re approaching the end of the year and fairly soon everyone will be posting their favourite books for 2024 I thought I’d look at some of the books I’ve read during the last few years and give them a little shout out.  Today, I’ve gone with a dark theme but I think I might post again with some other favourites from the past.  Here are my choices:

The Memory Wood by Sam Lloyd

You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Come With Me by Ronald Malfi

A Dowry of Blood – ST Gibson

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The God Game by Danny Tobey

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by CA Fletcher

Friday Face Off : Freebie

Posted On 27 September 2019

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Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme created by Books by Proxy .  This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite book covers.  The rules are fairly simple each week, following a predetermined theme (list below) choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite.   Future week’s themes are listed below – the list has been updated to help out those of you who like to plan ahead – if you have a cover in mind that you’re really wanting to share then feel free to leave a comment about a future suggested theme.  I’ve also listed events that take place during the year, that I’m aware of, so you can link up your covers – if you’re aware of any events that you think I should include then give me a shout.  This week’s theme is:

A Freebie – YES!!

Okay, nobody should struggle with this week’s theme eh?  Unless you like to make life difficult for yourself that is LOL.  This week I’ve gone with a series that I’ve yet to finish – hopefully soon.  The Nevernight Chronicles by Jay Kristoff and I’m going to compare two sets of covers:

 

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I like both sets of covers.  The first set is very moody and it has a beautiful font, but, the second set is the winner for me.  I love that I keep finding extra little details the longer I look at these covers plus, Mr Kindly is in all three.  Which set is your favourite or do you like a mix of both?

Like last week I’ve added a Mr Linky here so that you can leave a link if you wish or please leave me a link in the comments so we can all visit and check out each others covers.  Thanks

I’ve updated the list and included themes through to the end of 2019 – I’ve also included events that I’m aware of so that you can perhaps link your themes up where possible (if you know of an event you’d like to share that let me know in the comments).  I also have a list prepared for 2020 and so will set up a separate page soon for forthcoming themes.  As always, if you wish to submit an idea then leave me a comment.

Next week –  A cover that is 60s horror

Future themes: (if you’re struggling with any of these themes then use a ‘freebie’ or one of your favourite covers)

2019

4th October – “Feed me Seymour” – A cover that is 60s horror

11th October – ““And, though there should be a world of difference between the smile of a man and the bared fangs of a wolf, with Joss Merlyn they were one and the same.”  – a cover featuring an Inn/Hotel

18th October – “It’s your favorite scary movie, remember? He had on the white mask, he stalked the babysitters.” – A cover featuring a scream

25th October – for Halloween – pick any scary cover you like

(I’m hoping that November will once again bring to us SciFiMonth – Twitter @SciFiMonth)

1st November – A cover that is predominantly grey

8th November – “big badda boom” – a cover that features an explosion

15th November – “No thinking thing should be another thing’s property, to be turned on and off when it is convenient.” – a cover featuring a robot

22nd November – A cover that is Futuristic

29th November – “When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.” – a cover that is 60s sci fi

6th December – Now is the winter of our discontent, Made glorious summer by this sun of York”  – a cover that puts you in mind of winter

13th December – A cover that features a temple/or religious icon

20th December – Longest Night –  a dark and foreboding cover

27th December – the festive season – a cover that is glittery or sparkling

(2020 – January is Vintage SciFi month so I’ll be including possible themes to take that on board.