Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, this week it is a Freebie week so I have chosen 10 books that make me think of summer. It was quite hard to find books that I haven’t mentioned so far, but I have managed it!
Short Story – Mini Review – Buried by the Beach by Ellen Jacobson – COSY MYSTERY
This cosy mystery is set on the beach and the main characters live on a boat!
Book Review – Death in Paradise by J.E.Trent – COSY MYSTERY
This is set around Hawaii and the cover is also quite summery (and sinister at the same time!).
Book Review – The Keys To My Diary – Fern by Ann Omasta – ROM COM
This is set in the Florida Keys. As it is in a “diary” format you get to travel around with the character.
Book Review – A Killer Cupcake by Fiona Grace – COSY MYSTERY
This is set on the beachfront so you get to be in a shop near the beach!
Book Review – Bakeries and Bones by Nic Roberts – COSY MYSTERY
Again another shop near the beach.
Book Review – Aloha Hideaway Inn by Elana Johnson – ROM COM
Holiday rivals – the traditional Hawaiian B&B verses the brand new expensive hotel.
Book Review – Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella – ROM COM
When the main character goes on a writing retreat to Italy. A peaceful, beautiful place.
Book Review – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson – ADVENTURE
Sailing a boat to an Island – the travel side of a holiday!
Book Review – Origin by Dan Brown – THRILLER
This takes place in Barcelona. I immediately wanted to travel there after reading this!
Book Review – The House in the Cerulean Sea by T J Klune – FANTASY
The cover reminds me more of summer than the story, but again there is travel involved for the main character.
What books would be on your list?
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Great list and interesting prompt. I want to read so many of these books on your list, especially The House in the Cerulean Sea and Origin.
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-12-best-sequels-read-2022/
Have a great week 🌴
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Fab list!
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Thank you 🙂
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Great list! Mine is Top Ten Books Featuring Animals: https://bonniereadsandwrites.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/top-ten-tuesday-top-10-books-featuring-animals-toptentuesday-bookswithanimals/
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Thank you 🙂
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I’ve heard so many good things about The House in the Cerulean Sea.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-an-outdoor-adventures-reading-list/
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I recommend it. Just a lovely read.
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These covers are so pretty and summery too! Great list 🙂
FangirlFlax @ FangirlFlax
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Thank you 🙂 it worked out fairly well 🙂
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Great picks for this week. Found the cozy mysteries interesting – adding it to my never-ending TBR.
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Thank you.
That’s the problem with Top Ten Tuesday!!!
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Haha 😂
This is my second time as a TTT participant so I wonder how long my TBR would be in a couple of months.
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Haha. So long. I love TTT. It’s always my most popular post and I love visiting everyone else’s blog ☺️
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Oh I love this and yes, they all definitely scream summer! Wouldn’t have thought of Origin, but clever choice. That was a good book….
Thanks for visiting us earlier!
Elza Reads
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Thank you. I love all Dan Brown books so it it was hard to pick just one.
That’s ok 🙂
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Great list this week! I have only read Treasure island on here.
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Thank you. I have to admit that I did not like Treasure Island. I decided that I needed to read it to my son, but I didn’t enjoy it. He was still in his cot at the time so he has plenty of time to re read it when he is older!
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Some very summery sounding books on your list here!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/top-ten-tuesday-377/
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Thank you 🙂
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🙂
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I haven’t read any of these, but the covers sure do shout SUMMER!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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I recommend most of them. Not Treasure Island. I couldn’t get on board with that.
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I love the cover of Buried by the Beach and also Bakeries and Bones. But summery covers are always great. Fun TTT list! 😀
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They were cute Kindle finds. They were free at the time… Thank you 🙂
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Anything island or beach makes me think summer, too.
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They just gives off those vibes don’t they?!
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The Beachfront Bakery cover makes me want a cupcake now, lol. I love the Sophie Kinsella book too. Great topic choice!
https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2022/07/19/top-ten-tuesday-topic-freebie-ten-romance-authors-i-still-need-to-meet/
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Definitely!
Thank you. Can’t go wrong with a Sophie Kinsella.
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I love the cover of Death in Paradise. Although, based on that title, all is not as idyllic as it looks. 🙂
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It’s great isn’t it. The different layers in one picture! It was a free kindle book at the time 🙂
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Buried by the Beach has a really summer/ vacation feeling look to it!
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It was a cute read 🙂
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These are all so summery. I love the cover of The Keys to My Diary.
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Thank you. Yes, it is great and the story was good too ☺️
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The House in the Cerulean Sea is on my TBR list and A Killer Cupcake sounds interesting!
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I highly recommend House in the Cerulean Sea ☺️ yes it was good – nothing like cake and murder ☺️
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A cozy in a beach setting sounds great! I used to read more cozies and enjoyed the ones with maritime settings. Hawaii sounds pretty good too! 🙂
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Yes! I went through the free kindle cozies a while ago and found these. It is such a great setting!
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These look fun, and definitely give off strong summer vibes. Great list!
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Thank you 🙂
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House in the Cerulean Sea is a great pick!! Love your list. I hope you have an amazing week! ❤
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Thank you 😊 you too 😊
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🙂
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Great topic! I love how you featured different genres. I have Aloha Hideaway Inn on my TBR and plan to read it for one of my challenges sometime this year…
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Thank you. I like to add genres so that there is something for everyone (as far as possible!). That was a lovely book 😊
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I’ve only read 2 of these but I particularly loved Cerulean Sea!
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It was great wasn’t it ❤️
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I haven’t kept up with Elana Johnson’s new books and didn’t know about Aloha Hideaway Inn. I love her Elevated book.
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I need to look at her other books. That one was cute 😊
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These all give me summer vibes too. 🙂
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Yay 😊
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I really still need to read Cerulean Sea! There’s some definite summer vibes here!
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I highly recommend. Such a great book! Thank you 😊
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House in the Cerulean Sea is definitely on my list!
Other books that feel summery to me – not necessarily because they take place in the summer, but because I can see myself reading them on vacation:
Murder on the Med by Ann Sutton
The Sweetest Thing by Sasha Summers
A Royal Murder by Verity Bright
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors – Sonali Dev
Stop by and see my first ever Top Ten Tuesday!
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Kinsella’s book is on my tbr. I always enjoy her books. And I read Treasure Island a few years ago with my son. We really enjoyed it! Happy summer reading!
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Yes, they are my light go to books. I need to read The Shopaholic series.
I wish I did. I wanted to.
Thank you. You too.
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The House in the Cerulean Sea does remind me of summer too! And I love the cover and title for A Killer Cupcake haha.
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It’s just a nice book. Haha it was a good story too 🤣
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I absolutely love The House in the Cerulean Sea! Also I think it’s been ages I’ve read a book that reminded me of summer, so I might have to pick up one of your other suggestions.
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It is such a great book isn’t it. I need to read more TJ Klune! I recommend them 🙂
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I don’t recommend Treasure Island. I tried to enjoy it as it is a classic, but I couldn’t get on board with it
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What a fun list! I enjoy Treasure Island so much — I read it aloud to my kids a couple years ago and had a blast doing Long John Silver’s voice 😀
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Thank you. Maybe that is where I went wrong – I didn’t do the voice!
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I loved Cerulean Sea! 😍 These covers are perfectly summery. Great list 😃
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It was such a good book wasn’t it. Thank you 😊
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Love your choices! They definitely feel like summer. I agree that the cover of The House in the Cerulean Sea looks a lot more summery than the actual story is. xD
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