Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is Spring Cleaning Freebie (for example, books you’re planning to get rid of for whatever reason, book’s you’d like to clean off your TBR by either reading them or deciding you’re not interested, books that feel fresh and clean to you after winter is over, etc.).
My choice is to clean out a draft blog post from a few weeks ago. The theme on February 23 was books which made you laugh and I had created a list of potential choices but I was too busy with work to put any words in place or pictures or anything else and so it was still sitting in draft unpublished.
Pratchett, Pratchett, Pratchett - doesn't really matter which book really..
Jasper Fforde - I was a big fan of the Thursday Next books.
Beach Read by Emily Henry - My romance reading has completely changed over the years. Once upon a time I read mainly historicals, with some paranormal and the occasional contemporary romance. Now I read a lot of contemporary romance, with some historical and no paranormal at all. This was a fun, read in one sitting contemporary
Jenny Colgan is great at the funny story with a lot of depth. I have really enjoyed a couple of her series!
Marian Keyes -another author that makes me laugh, especially her early books. The later ones not so much!
The Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters - an eccentric archeologist family gallivanting around Egypt, stumbling onto mystery after mystery! So much fun.
The Prenup by Lauren Layne - a recent fun contemporary read
Chocolate Cake for Breakfast by Danielle Hawkins - So many contemporary women's fictions novels have the balance between romance, issues and humour just right! This author gives us a great Kiwi spin on the genre!
The early books in the Stephanie Plum series were makes you cry you are laughing so hard. The later ones make me roll my eyes in exasperation, but I had to include her because of those early books.
I mentioned contemporary romance novels earlier in this post, so it's only right that I includes a historical novelist as well. Tessa Dare makes me laugh every time I read one of her books!
Agree, agree, agree. I'm all caught up in a whirl of mood-boosting books myself, and Pratchett is on my list. And Janet Evanovich is always good for a laugh.
ReplyDeleteMood boosting is exactly what we need right now Deb!
DeleteOooh, v good interpretation of today's theme -- and I love the list! Tessa Dare pretty much kept me sane last year.
ReplyDeleteThanks Audra
DeleteGood for you for finishing this post! Yay!
ReplyDeleteMy post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-about-fresh-starts/
Cross that one of my to do list right Lydia!
DeleteI have that Marian Keyes book and haven't read it yet. It's been languishng on the shelf. I ought to see to that!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favourites by her Tina.
DeleteHmmm...interesting list!
ReplyDeleteHere’s my TTT!
Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog
Thanks Ronyell!
DeleteI enjoy Colgan's books, too! They're funny and have so much heart :)
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT (on a Saturday)!
i love pratchett! i read all his books over and over; they are comfort books to be read when miserable or tired or depressed...
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