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 a Top 5 anticipated reads for Q3 2025. Meeghan says, "Uhh, I’m trying not to do this every week (or every month in my TBR), but can I just say WOW. We’re halfway through 2025 friends. And honestly, I really thought I was going to get here under my redaing goal for…"
I have given up on these and would have skipped this week if Meghan hadn't done another topic for her freebie last week: Top 5 books of 2025… so far!!
I have done two lists on that: and Mid Year Book Freakout and Six in Six. However, choosing my five favourites is not really among them.
Brooks, Geraldine "Year of Wonders" - 2001
A story about a village that struggled during the plague, that hat the idea to shut themselves off from the rest of the world in order not to bring this horrible disease to others. The village existed, the people in the book were based on real people.
Hansen, Dörte "Zur See" [At Sea] - 2022
We meet the family of a captain, who live on an unknown island in the North Sea. Many of the residents make their living from tourism, since fishing is no longer profitable. You'll see the world through the eyes of the landlords and the islanders, who have to endure all the tourists in the summer. (Unfortunately not translated into English but one of her others has, so maybe one day ...)
A story about a village that struggled during the plague, that hat the idea to shut themselves off from the rest of the world in order not to bring this horrible disease to others. The village existed, the people in the book were based on real people.
Hansen, Dörte "Zur See" [At Sea] - 2022
We meet the family of a captain, who live on an unknown island in the North Sea. Many of the residents make their living from tourism, since fishing is no longer profitable. You'll see the world through the eyes of the landlords and the islanders, who have to endure all the tourists in the summer. (Unfortunately not translated into English but one of her others has, so maybe one day ...)
Hislop, Victoria "The Figurine" - 2023
The heroine of the book has a Scottish father and a Greek mother. And her family does the best thing one can do to a bi-cultural child, they send her to her grandparents for the holidays so that she becomes a fully bilingual child.
The story is so exciting, not just from the language or the Greek point of view, there is so much going on and we can follow Greek history recent and ancient in this one novel.
Tartt, Donna "The Secret History" - 1992
A very impressive story. A group of students does something really bad and can only get out of it by doing something even worse.
A very impressive story. A group of students does something really bad and can only get out of it by doing something even worse.
Worsley, Lucy "Jane Austen at Home" - 2017
A fabulous biography. Lucy Worsley really "visited" Jane Austen at home and accompanied her on all her visits to friends and family.
A fabulous biography. Lucy Worsley really "visited" Jane Austen at home and accompanied her on all her visits to friends and family.
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Fun to see your top read so far this year. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. When I saw Meeghan had done this, I just had to take up the idea.
DeleteJane Austen at home is on my interest list!
ReplyDeleteIt's a great non-fiction book with lots of information. Enjoy, Stephen.
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