Top Ten Tuesday: One-Word Reviews

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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:

One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read

  1. The Faerie Handmaid by Louisa Morgan – fickly-fae
  2. A Waltz of Sinister Import by Stephanie Burgis – Cosy
  3. Sleepers in the Snow by Joanne Harris – Haunting
  4. A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts by Genevieve Cogman – Fun
  5. The Thrice Bound Fool by Christopher Buehlman – Brilliant
  6. Royal Witch by Philippa Gregory – Intriguing
  7. The House of Cursed Daughters by C.J. Cooke – Unputdownable
  8. The Bookshop Book by Mark Lawrence – Clever
  9. The Porcelain Sisters by Daryl Gregory – Madcap
  10. The Wolves of War by John Grwynne – Outstanding

The above are the last ten books that I read. I still have outstanding reviews for two of these which I shall be posting this week. I’ve added my one word review to each book title (I may have cheated with my first book and used two words, sneakily hypenated to make it look like one, oh well, needs must, etc, etc).

Here are the covers:

Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Freebie

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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:

A Halloween Freebie

Check out these covers and very brief descriptions and links below:

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison – A cult of the unexpected

The Porcelain Sisters by Daryl Gregory – An Absolute Blast With Dolls

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton – World End Scenario with Animals

The Corset by Laura Purcell – Stitch in Time Gothic(y) Goodness

The Last Witch by CJ Cooke – Fantastic Historic Fiction With Witches

Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater – Good vs Evil, Highly Entertaining

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison – Vampires doing what they do

Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher – Insect Horror with a Twist

You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce – Tricksy Fae or Maybe Not

Run by Blake Crouch – Very Entertaining Race to Survive

I had so many books for this that I feel like I should do a few different horror style posts. I tried to find a selection that all had slightly different feels. So, vampires, zombie feel, fae, insect, angels and demons, Witches, Animals, dolls, cults and gothic horror.

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Covers Featuring Autumnal Colors

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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:

Book Covers Featuring Autumnal Colors

Ahh, this prompt makes me happy. Looking at covers. Here are my autumnal choices:

Do you have a favourite? I really like The Haunting of Hill House for the colours – even the naked trees which are also really fitting.

Top Ten Tuesday: Freebie for Fall/Autumn

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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:

Fall Freebie

Today is going to be a nice easy freebie that fits in with the season, the drawing in of the nights and the strange desire to read something creepy. Here are my choices for some books that give you the heebies. Plenty of choices here, (in face I had a lot of books to choose from which makes me thing I could do a few more of these posts) reviews below the covers:

The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty

The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

The September House by Carissa Orlando

Worry Box by Chris Panatier

The Children by Melissa Albert

The Gathering by CJ Tudor

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

A Forest Darkly by AG Slatter

Murder Road by Simone St James

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2026 To-Read List

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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:

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.

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