Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is Books that Surprised Me (in a good or bad way)
I wasn't sure how I was going to go about this topic, but in the end I found ten books which surprised me in different ways
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The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley - I was recently looking through the reviews that I have written for Susanna Kearsley books, and I came across this review for The Rose Garden where I said that I gasped in surprised when I read the big twist!
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult - This was a surprise in a bad way. That ending made me want to throw the book against the wall. And I have never read another one of her books in the 20 years since.
White Mulberry by Rosa Kwon Easton - The surprised for me in this one was that I didn't know that Japan had occupied Korea for so long! I knew that they had invaded Manchuria in the years before WWII but not Korea.
The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke - I searched my blog for the word surprise and this is one of the books that came up. I do love this book! (my review)
Undercover Billionaire by Amy Andrews - The surprise for this one was that I forgot to add it to my blog tours list and suddenly realised I had to read and review it in the space of a couple of day! Surprise! (my review)
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Return to Virgin River by Robyn Carr - I was surprised that this book was released 8 years after the previous book in the series. Still haven't read it!
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson - I am a bit surprised I haven't read any more of Helen Simonson's books given how much I loved Major Pettrigrew's Last Stand which I reviewed here. I will be reading this one soon!
A Christmas Surprise in Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen - I was surprised I had so few books with the word surprise in the title! (my review)
Midnight in Paris by Gillian Harvey - I am a bit surprised I have had so many 5 star reads so far this year. Normally I have two or three but so far this year I have had 6! This was the first. (my review)
Pictures of You by Emma Grey - And this was the most recent!
I agree with you about Helen Simonson -- I also loved Major Pettigrew's Last Stand long ago ... but I haven't read her since then. I still want to read her novel The Summer Before the War, so I need to get to it sometime. I have not tried Susanna Kearsley yet but I want to. Good list.
ReplyDeleteI remember being surprised by the twist in The Rose Garden too. I've read all three of Helen Simonson's books and can definitely recommend all of them!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Midnight In Paris and the Jodie Picoult book as well. I love being pleasantly surprised by a book.
ReplyDeleteI loved The Rose Garden and The Hazelbourne Ladies!
ReplyDeleteThe end of My Sister's Keeper destroyed me! I hope to read The Hazelbourne Motorcycle Club this year, I didn't realize it was the same author as Major Pettigrew.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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(scribbling down title) I must remember to look for Midnight in Paris this summer during Paris in July.
ReplyDeleteThat turned out to be a fun list to read!
ReplyDeleteI haven't gotten to White Mulberry as yet. I know the Korean population in monocultural Japan were not fully integrated but maybe modern times have changed that somewhat.
ReplyDeleteIt’s always fun to be surprised by a book!
ReplyDeleteoh I didn't know about Return to Virgin River - will have to read that one! My TTT
ReplyDeleteI haven't read these, but several of them sound interesting. I'll have to look them up! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe only one I read was My Sister's Keeper, it was very well-written.
ReplyDeleteLove your list, Marg. I also searched for surprise on my blog. Interesting what you said about My Sister's Keeper. I've never read anything by this author, though I think I have one book here. Thanks for sharing.
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