Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week the topic is Books with an Adjective in the Title, which was submitted by Nicole @ How to Train a Book Dragon.
Hands up if you had to take a minute to think about what an adjective is. It has been a long time since I was at school. Don't have to think about verbs or nouns but adjectives... I did have to think a little! I hope I got them right! If I haven't, don't tell me.
I'll start with the two best books I have read so far this year!!
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
The Beautiful Words by Vanessa McCausland
The Great Passage by Shion Miura
The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe by Alexander McCall Smith
The Little Breton Bistro by Nina George
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Book of Lost Threads by Tess Evans
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wai by Junot Diaz
The Garden of Happy Endings by Barbara O'Neal
How did you go with this week's prompt?
Parts of speech were drilled into me as a child, so I had no problem finding adjectives. Not sure how useful that is for me as an adult!
ReplyDeleteI think it is just something that I don't think about as an adult Deb.
DeleteYes! I did have to think about it because while some adjectives are obvious—tall, short, hard, soft, sweet, sour, etc.—others are NOT. I ended up not doing this topic at all, actually. You did a great job with it!
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
I did think about trying to twist the topic Susan but I couldn't come up with anything else!
DeleteBook of Lost Threads sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI read it several years ago now Lydia. I remember enjoying it!
DeleteI think this is the only other reference on a reader's blog that I've seen to The Gilded Hour. I read it because I had recently finished my dissertation on 19th century women physicians when it came out.
ReplyDeleteI have quite a few references to Sara Donati on my blog Mary. She's one of my favourites.
DeleteLooks like a nice assortment of books. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting Cindy.
DeleteI'm a language teacher, so nope - it was all there, straight from the dictionary!
ReplyDeleteThe Island of Missing Trees is in our Book Club and I think I will take it next time. I've heard it's a gorgeous book.
Great list Marg! Here's our: Ten Books to better describe your Wardrobe
I loved Island of Missing Trees Mareli! It will definitely be one of my books of 2022.
DeleteNice list! I'll have to check these out. Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Poinsettia!
Deletethere's something very appealing about an adjective in a title. call me odd!:-) I loved the Red Tent. such a great book.
ReplyDeleteIf there is a single book that started me on my blogging journey it is The Red Tent Sherry. Such a good book.
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