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Top 10 Tuesday — Books Based on Classics

18 Nov

Happy Tuesday! Today’s TTT topic is modern day classics — contemporary books that will one day be recognized as classic pieces of literature. Honestly, I am just not feeling this topic so I am going in another direction. Shocking, I know. I am going with books that are based on or inspired by classics, ones I have read (denoted with an asterisk) and those that I’d like to. Let me know if you would read any of these. Sorry/not sorry for all the Jane Austen-inpired books.

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Top Books Based On/Inspired By Classics

Dear Mr. Knightley (Daddy Long Legs) by Katherine Reay*

The Heart of Bennet Hollow (Pride And Prejudice) by Joanne Bischof DeWitt*

Jane Fairfax (Emma) by Joan Aiken*

The Lady’s Guide to Death And Deception (Pride And Prejudice) by Katherine Cowley*

Longbourne (Pride And Prejudice) by Jo Baker*

March (Little Women) by Geraldine Brooks

Mrs. Elton in America (Emma) by Diana Birchall*

The Murder of Mr. Wickham (various Austen novels) by Claudia Gray*

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Unmarriageable (Pride And Prejudice) by Soniah Kamal

Wide Sargasso Sea (Jane Eyre) by Jean Rhys

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Top 10 Tuesday — I Like(d) Big Books!

19 Aug

Happy Tuesday! Today bloggers are featuring their favorite books with BIG page counts. In my youth, I was a big reader of chunksters. The longer the better. But my advanced age, limited free time, and reading deadlines keep me from choosing those mega-books. I know, I know — I am retired. But my husband’s retirement earlier in the year really impacts my reading time. LOL! So today I am going to highlight my favorites from the distant past and those books that qualify as BIG books that I have read more recently and enjoyed. I define a Big Book as 450+ pages.

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Top Big Books!

Five from The Past

Bleak House by Charles Dickens (800+ pages)

Exodus by Leon Uris (500+ pages)

Poland by James Michener (600+ pages)

The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas (500+ pages)

Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd (900+ pages)

More Recently Read

Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (450+ pages)

A Noble Calling by Rhona Weaver (450+ pages)

When We Were Young And Brave by Hazel Gaynor (450+ pages)

The Women by Kristin Hannah (450+ pages)

The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray (500+ pages)

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Top 10 Tuesday — Book Wishes

10 Jun

Happy Tuesday! I have a tiny library in our cottage in the woods that holds books we love, artwork from my daughter, and family treasures. I have managed to fill most of the shelves, but I have some space that I am saving for books that we have loved that have been published with beautiful covers. I have been looking at them for some time, but have yet to hit the purchase button. Aren’t they beautiful?

What’s on your book wishlist?

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Top Books on My Wishlist

Emma by Jane Austen

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Peter Pan by James Barrie

Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sense And Sensibility by Jane Austen

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