Tuesday, 4 June 2024

Top 5 Tuesday ~ Red


Top Five Tuesday was originally created by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm, but is now hosted by Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads. To participate, link your post back to Meeghan’s blog or leave a comment on her weekly post. I found this on Davida's Page @ The Chocolate Lady.

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This week’s topic is Red Books. Meeghan says: "June’s flower of the month is the rose, and the fruit of the month is pomegranate. So, we are doing our top 5 red books."

I have found plenty of books with a lot of read on the title but I chose the ones that are entirely red with just the title on them.

Döblin, Alfred "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (GE: Berlin Alexanderplatz) - 1929

Mahfouz, Naguib "Midaq Alley" (arab: زقاق المدق/Zuqaq El Midaq) - 1947

Marini, Lorenzo "The Man of the Tulips" (IT: L'uomo dei tulipani) - 2002

Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich "The Communist Manifesto" (GE: Das kommunistische Manifest) - 1848

Wodehouse, P.G. "The World of Jeeves" (The Inimitable Jeeves #2) - 1923

They are all very different but all great books.

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🌹Happy Reading!🌹
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15 comments:

  1. I've read Mahfouz before, though not that title.

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    1. You probably read his Cairo trilogy, Stephen. This is like a short version. Not the same people etc. but it takes place in Cairo. I've read several of his books, and they are all beautiful.

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  2. A red cover always does attract the eye...... [grin]

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    1. That's for sure, Kitten. I was surprised how many red books I had red.

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  3. Those are some very red covers!

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    1. Thanks, Lark. I picked the ones with the most red.

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  4. Red is a great way to catch someone's attention. These are gorgeous.

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    1. Thanks, Sarah. As I just said to Kitten ^^, I was surprised to find out how many red books I read.

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    2. That's why topics like this are always fun, to find all the different colored covers.

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    3. For sure. They are my favourite, Sarah!

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    4. Mine too. Turns ut I have TONS of books with purple covers, which is also my fave color.

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    5. That's interesting, Sarah. I don't choose books according to their colour, although I must admit, I don't really grab anything pink from the shelves.

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  5. neat! Not sure how I missed the theme for this week, I would have had time to do it. I enjoyed a lot your #2, but DNFed #1!

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    1. I did that the other day, Emma, and only listed five when it was supposed to be ten. Will have to think about that the next time.

      Mahfouz is a great author, I'm not surprised you enjoyed his book. Same as the Döblin book, this is supposed to be the German equivalent of Ulysses. It still was very interesting.

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