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:

Longest Books I’ve Ever Read

The page counts are approximate so don’t hold me to them!  And, I think these are possibly the longest books I’ve read although It’s equally possible that I’ve forgotten one or two here and there.  I suspect that we may all share a few books this week:

1. JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings 1200 pages (Not sure if this one really counts because technically speaking this is three books.  But, I read it as a whole so I’m going for it.
2. Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson just over 1000 pages
3. A Song of Ice and Fire by GRR Martin just over 800 pages
4. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell over 1000 pages
5. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Duman1276 pages
6. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 1006
7. The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding over 900 pages
8. Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey over 1000 pages
9. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 700 pages
10. American Gods by Neil Gaiman over 600 pages

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:

Books By Some of My Favorite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read

I’ve decided to go all female for this week’s theme.  Below is a list of author’s that I’ve loved in the past and would like to make time to read more from in the future:

1. Agatha Christie – I’ve read a few of Agatha’s books but currently feel the need to pick up some more  – I have a copy of And Then There were None which I hope to get to soon.
2. Diane Wynne Jones – I loved Howl’s Moving Castle and a good friend bought me a copy of Charmed which I’d love to have chance to pick up.
3. Seanan McGuire – The Toby Daye books are amazing and I seriously intend to catch up soon – I’ve read the first 8 and have A Red Rose Chain waiting patiently to be picked up.
4. Patricia Briggs – similarly to the above (No.3) I really enjoy the Mercy Thompson books,  again, I’ve got as far as No.8 so have Fire Touched to look forward to.  Note to self to catch up.
5. Donna Tartt – The Secret History is one of my all time favourite books so I’m not sure why I haven’t yet picked up The Goldfinch – well, apart from the fact that time is elusive of course.
6. Daphne DuMaurier – Rebecca is another one of my all time favourite reads, Plus Jamaica Inn and My Cousin Rachel.  I need to pick up more books by this author and particularly fancy The House on the Strand.
7. Kate Atkinson – I’ve read a number of Ms Atkinson’s books and thoroughly enjoy her work, particularly Case Histories and Life After Life.  I believe there is a new book on the horizon called Transcription which sounds really good.
8. Lisa Tuttle – I love the recent Jesperson and Lane supernatural mystery series, I think there are only two released to date so I have my fingers crossed that more are in the pipeline.
9. Tracy Chevalier – I’ve read quite a few of this author’s books and loved Girl with a Pearl Earring and Remarkable Creatures.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what she comes up with next and in the meantime I would also like to catch up with At the Edge of the Orchard.
10. Maggie O’Farrell – I think I’ve read about 6 of this author’s books so far.  My absolute favourite is After You’d Gone and I very much like the sound of This Must Be the Place.
11. Sarah Pinborough – I’ve read about 10 or 11 books by this author.  I don’t know what she’s currently working on but whatever it happens to be I am in for the count.

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:

Hidden Gems

(books that I want everyone to be aware of and reading)

1. It Happened One Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton
2. Stranger of Tempest by Tom Lloyd
3. hope and Red by Jon Skovron
4. HeartStone by Ella Katharine White
5. The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
6. Devil’s Call by J Danielle Dorn
7. The Nine by Tracy Townsend
8. Kin by Snorri Kristjansson
9. The Last Sun by KD Edwards
10. You Die When you Die by Angus Watson