"Top Ten Tuesday" is an original feature/weekly meme created on the blog "The Broke and the Bookish". It was created because they are particularly fond of lists.
It is now hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.
Since I am just as fond of them as they are, I jump at the chance to
share my lists with them! Have a look at their page, there are lots of
other bloggers who share their lists here.
I haven't done any TTT for a while. But that doesn't mean I want to give it up altogether. I will come back from time to time.
This week, our topic is April Showers - Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt (books with rain on the cover/in the title, that have rainstorms in the story, or that have anything to do with rain)
So, i thought rather than talking about the negative parts of April and rain, I will list the positive ones, gardens and flowers.
Buck, Pearl S. "Peony" - 1948
Burnett, Frances Hodgson "The Secret Garden" - 1911
Dash, Mike "Tulipomania" - 2000
Diffenbaugh, Vanessa "The Language of Flowers" - 2011
Leapman, Michael "The Ingenious Mr Fairchild: The Forgotten Father of the Flower Garden" - 2001
Marini, Lorenzo "The Man of the Tulips" (IT: L'uomo dei tulipani) - 2002
Pavord, Anna "The Tulip" - 2004
Titchmarsh, Alan "Trowel and Error" - 2002
Turner, Nancy E. "The Star Garden" - 2017
Wilde, Oscar "The Nightingale and the Rose" - 1891
I found lots and lots of books about tulips. Not so surprising, since I lived in the Netherlands and, as a member of an international book club, we would always try to read something about our host country, and often those were stories that included tulips. But I only chose some that were stories about them.
📚 Happy Reading! 📚
It’s nice to see you around again, Marianne!
ReplyDeleteI’ll have to read Peony sometime.
Thanks, Lydia. That is very kind of you.
DeleteI have not been able to blog as much as I used to, some challenges just fell under the radar. And often, I had the impression, I've done this topic lots of times before. Still, I've earmarked a few from the next ones.
Peony was my first book by Pearl S. Buck and I loved it so much that I read lots and lots of her other stories. It is still my favourite, probably because Peony introduced me to a wonderful author.
The Tulip looks like a good read.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Astilbe
Thanks, Astilbe. It was a book club read and we all loved it. Totally interesting story.
DeleteThis looks like a fun event and you can showcase some good books!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Tina. It is very interesting and always fun to find books that fit the topic. Thanks.
DeleteI like the flower angle!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stephen. I often have to find a twist to not come up with the same books again and again.
DeleteGarden and showers was fun! I loved the titles you chose.
ReplyDeleteOoooh, that's nice. Thank you, Deanna.
DeleteSome great suggestions there. I really enjoyed The Language of Flowers.
ReplyDeleteIt was totally interesting, Joanne. I'm not really into all these things what means what but the book was great. Thanks.
DeleteLovely collection of titles!
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/april-showers-books-with-spring-shower-vibes/
Thank you, Pam. Flowers always work, don't you think?
DeleteThis is great! Welcome back and thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like it. And thanks for your nice words.
DeleteWelcome back, Marianne! I've been a bit MIA as well. I'm trying to get back into the groove :)
ReplyDeleteI do love the rain and cold, but I admit I got a little tired of it in the U.K. over the last two weeks. It's already too warm here in Arizona, though. Spring flowers are always fun to watch out for. Great list.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Thanks, Susan. Yes, you've been rather quiet lately.
DeleteWe had a lot of rain this winter, ours is not much different from the UK. So I can imagine that you got tired of it, not being used to our weather.
Looking forward to reading your list.
I love Tulips so all in for books abut them. Tulipomania is a fantastic tale and real. I have read Tulip Fever, but not these two: The Man of the Tulips and The Tulip. Will have to look for them.
ReplyDeleteI have read Tulip Fever, as well, great book. I just didn't mention it because I had it in my lists so often before.
DeleteSame as you, Lisbeth, I love tulips. My favourite flowers are peonies and hydrangeas but tulips certainly belong on my list.