Hello!
On today’s Top Ten Tuesday, from The Broke and the Bookish, is ten books I’ve recently added to my to-be-read list.
1. Book: Flight Before Dawn
By: Me!
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4. Title: Mansfield Park
Author: Jane Austen
Why I picked it: It’s the last of Jane Austen’s for me to read.
Books 5-9, I picked up at a bargain book charity event recently. I was able to purchase all five of them for a combined total of €1!
5. Title: Two Brothers
Why I picked it up: It’s historical fiction, set in Berlin in WWII.
6. Title: The Messenger
Author: Daniel Silva
Why I picked it up: I love art history and I’m intrigued by the idea of an art history spy. Although this is part of a series, I haven’t read the others before. I’ve been curious about this series.
(Also, this book is hardback and still had its €28 sticker on it!)
7. Title: The Secret Keeper
Author: Kate Morton
Why I picked it up: Secrets. Secrets that span generations through history… sounded intriguing!
8. Title: The Paying Guests
Author: Sarah Waters
Why I picked it up: I haven’t actually read anything by Sarah Waters before, but of course I know of her and I remember reading about The Paying Guests when it was on Publishers Lunch (a literary email for those in the industry…)
9. Title: L is for Lawless
Author: Sue Grafton
Why I picked it up: The key on the cover intrigued me. Sue Grafton is another author on this list that I’ve not read before. The back of the book described secrets and WWII. That’s a combination that I find intriguing in my reading and in my own writing.
10. Something seaonsal- I always pick up a book that is related somehow to the season. I’m considering Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan this year. It’s a work that many early Americans read and, although not about American pilgrims, the idea of journeying forward on a path of faith is very in line with the pilgrims.
My best to you all,
Megan
Connie Keller
November 8, 2016 - 3:43 pm ·I'm in the midst of reading Flight Before Dawn. 🙂
I've read Mansfield Park–it's very different from Austen's other novels. I'm not fond of it, but my daughter loves it.
As for Silva, I'm a big fan of his novels. (My husband and I just finished his newest book, The Black Widow, which we did as a read aloud.) I hope you enjoy the one you're reading.
Megan Easley-Walsh
November 8, 2016 - 10:48 pm ·Thanks! Yes, I'm familiar with the story of Mansfield Park, as I've seen the BBC production of it (it is different from the others, you're right!) Silva's is interesting so far!