Every so often, the Top Ten Tuesday theme is all about the books you’re hankering for right now, and sharing your wishlist so that people can get them for you if they feel so moved! So let’s see.
- Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works, by Helen Pearson.
This was reviewed recently in New Scientist, and it sounds like an intriguing look at how evidence-based science works! - If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation, by Daniel Hahn.
I saw someone mention this (I think Keira?) and it sounds fascinating. Translation is such a knotty problem, and Shakespeare is extra difficult because there’s a double-barrier of time as well as language. - A Widow’s Charm, by Caitlyn Paxson.
I’ve seen some good reviews of this, and it sounds like fun! - Murder at the Black Cat Cafe, by Seishi Yokomizo.
It’s always interesting to broaden my experience of crime/mystery stories and read in translation, so I’m curious about this one. - Charlotte Brontë’s Life Through Clothes, by Eleanor Houghton.
Clothes tell us so much about the period they came from, the person who wore them, and the kind of life they lived. I’m very curious. - All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now, by Ruby Tandoh.
I’ve been curious about this one for a while, as food history is another thing that I enjoy dipping into. - The English House: A History in Eight Buildings, by Dan Cruickshank.
I’m a sucker for histories that are a history of X in Y things… and while I’m not super into architecture, it’s still a field where buildings of the past tell us an awful lot, and I’m capable of being interested! - The Apothecary’s Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity, by Karen Bloom Gevirtz.
I haven’t heard much about this, but the topic is fascinating! - Ode to the Half-Broken, by Suzanne Palmer.
This doesn’t seem to be out yet in the UK, but Amazon has it, and I’ve been reading some very positive reviews! It sounds right up my street. - The Nightmare before Kissmas, by Sara Raasch.
I’m not sure that Raasch’s books are 100% my thing, but I’m happy to try outside my comfort zone, especially since I’ve been seeing glowing reviews from people I trust! So I’d like to give this one a shot — though I’d have been interested in The Entanglement of Rival Wizards instead if it’d been out in paperback in the UK, so I wouldn’t mind an ebook copy of that if it fell into my ereader, ahaha.
 
My Amazon wishlist is here, and I’m also game for ebook copies if you’d rather buy a book voucher for me to get an ebook with, in which case I suggest a National Book Token or Kobo voucher, since I prefer not to use Kindle anymore. My email address is bibliophibianbreathesbooks [at] gmail [dot] com.
(Buying me Kindle books and sending them to that email address does work as well, since I do have a Boox ereader and can still access the Kindle app, it’s just not my preference. Kobo deserves more love!)
Excited to peek at other people’s lists and spread a bit of bookish love today!
Beyond Belief sounds right up my alley as well!
And I will have a review of Ode to the Half-Broken on my site in a few weeks. Just finished reading it. 🙂
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I’m really eager to read both! I was disappointed this weekend to realise that the UK bookshops don’t have Ode to the Half-Broken yet, because I really want that one.
Oooh The Apothecary’s Wife sounds really intriguing! I love all things medical history. It’s so COOL to see how we got to where we are today
100%, it’s not one of my major interests but it’s related, so I’m looking forward to trying that one.
Life Through Clothes sounds fascinating! I’ll be keeping an eye out for that myself.
I’m looking forward to that one!
All Consuming sounds so interesting to me! I’m an immigrant from an Asian country to a Western one, and the difference in my diet then and now has been challenging to navigate. Very curious to see what the book says about that and other dietary changes through history.
Yes, exactly! There’s so much fascinating stuff about food history and different food traditions meeting.
I just sent you one of these by email. Let me know if someone else sent you the same!
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Thank you, that’s very kind!
Food history interests me as well. That book sounds fascinating.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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It can tell us so much about people and lifestyles! I’m looking forward to giving it a shot sometime.
I’m really looking forward to Ode to the Half-Broken too. Enjoy and I hope you get one of these granted!
I’ve heard such good things about it!
The Sara Raasch series is really cute and fun! And I do like the UK cover
I really want to give it a shot, even though it’s a bit outside my usual fare. In part because of your reviews!
There are 3 or 4 titles here that intrigue me. Now to decide which ones to add to my TBR list.
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Always the question, hahaha.
Beyond Belief looks really interesting. Enjoy your list!
I’ve heard very good things, so I hope it turns out good when I get to it! Thanks for dropping by.
I hope you’ll get all of these soonish.
Thank you! I will be on the lookout for them when I’m shopping, for sure.