Tuesday 22 September 2015

Top Ten Tuesday - Books on my Autumn TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created over at The Broke and the Bookish. An ideal feature for those of us who love a good list. Each week there is a different list to take part in. 

This week the list is -

Top Ten Books On My Autumn TBR

I love Autumn. When there is an abundance of blackberries and apples to bake with. When the weather starts to turn cold and you desperately want to curl up in front of a fire. And don't even get me started on Halloween, which I love just as much as Christmas! So it does feel good to choose my possible reads for the season.
Although it took me quite a while to decide. I lost count how many times I changed my mind. It feels so permanent when you create a list and post it out to the world. And this list only features books that I phyisically own. So I've decided to make two lists and also show my Top Ten Kindle reads for Autumn too, which I'll post later today. So please don't hold it against me if I don't read all these, but these are books I am hoping to read this autumn along with the summaries. 
1) Silence is Goldfish by Annabel Pitcher
Tessie-T has never really felt she fitted in and after what she read that night on her father's blog she knows for certain that she never will. How she deals with her discovery makes an entirely riveting, heart-breaking story told through Tess's eyes as she tries to find her place in the world.
2) The Boy Who Sailed The Ocean In An Armchair by Lara Williamson
Becket has no idea why his dad takes him and his brother Billy to a new home in the middle of the night. But he's determined to find out.
So Becket sets out on a journey of discovery with Billy, a snail called Brian and a Jedi Knight. It's not plain sailing but then what journeys ever are?
3) Counting Stars by Keris Stainton
Big city, big dreams, no money, no problem...
Six 'friends', one flat, big dreams... what could go wrong? When eighteen-year-old Anna leaves school and moves to Liverpool, she feels like her life is finally beginning. She's landed her dream job at a theatre, and she's moving into an exciting (if not slightly run-down) flat on a buzzing street lined with shops, bars, and buskers. Best of all, her new flatmates are kind, welcoming and a lot of fun - what more could she ask for?
But although her new life is fun, it's also a little overwhelming. Anna's job quickly falls through, and then she realises that although her new friends are great, they're also a little mixed-up... and it's not long before Anna starts using her blog to talk about her experiences, from the hilarious to the ridiculous to the little-bit-scary. But when Anna spills a bigger secret than she can handle, suddenly the consequences are all too real. She'll have to prove she has the mettle to make it in the big city, or risk losing everything she thinks she wants.
4) The Snow Sister by Emma Carroll
Ever since her sister, Agnes, died, Pearl has a tradition every time it snows. She makes a person out of snow. A snow sister. It makes Christmas feel a little less lonely.
On Christmas Eve, her father receives a letter about a long-lost relative's will. Is their luck about to change? In anticipation of a better Christmas, Pearl goes to beg credit at Mr Noble's grocery to get ingredients for a Christmas pudding. But she is refused, and chased down the street where she is hit by a hansom cab. The snow is falling so hard that they can't take her home. She'll have to stay at Flintfield Manor overnight, in a haunted room... Will Pearl make it home for Christmas?
5) Monster by CJ Skuse
t sixteen Nash thought that the fight to become Head Girl of prestigious boarding school Bathory would be the biggest battle she’d face. Until her brother’s disappearance leads to Nash being trapped at the school over Christmas with Bathory’s assorted misfits. As a blizzard rages outside, strange things are afoot in the school’s hallways, and legends of the mysterious Beast of Bathory – a big cat rumoured to room the moors outside the school – run wild. Yet when the girls’ Matron goes missing it’s clear that something altogether darker is to blame – and that they’ll have to stick together if they hope to survive.
6) Longbow Girl by Linda Davies
A stunningly exciting and dramatic story set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, where the brave and beautiful Merry Owen, the Longbowgirl, travels back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry V111 to save her ancestors.
Steeped in history, ancient lore and crackling with tension between the central characters Merry and James, Longbowgirl explores the themes of who we are and who we can become when fighting for those we love and for our very lives. Are we prisoners of our history or can we break free? Can we become all that we need to be to meet the ultimate challenge of life and death in the King’s Tournament and in the dungeons of the Black Castle?
7) Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis
The thrilling, heartbreaking, and inspirational new story from award-winning storyteller Gill Lewis. Deep in the heart of the African jungle, a baby gorilla is captured by a group of rebel soldiers. Imara and Bobo are two children also imprisoned in the rebels' camp. When they learn that the gorilla is destined to be sold into captivity, they swear to return it to the wild before it's too late. But the consequences of getting caught are too terrible to think about. Will the bond between the gorilla and the children give them the courage they need to escape?
8) George by Alex Gino
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.
George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. 
With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.
9) These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
Set in gilded age New York, These Shallow Graves follows the story of Josephine Montfort, an American aristocrat. Jo lives a life of old-money ease. Not much is expected of her other than to look good and marry well. But when her father dies due to an accidental gunshot, the gilding on Jo’s world starts to tarnish. With the help of a handsome and brash reporter, and a young medical student who moonlights in the city morgue, Jo uncovers the truth behind her father’s death and learns that if you’re going to bury the past, you’d better bury it deep.
Josephine Montfort is from one of New York's oldest, most respected, and wealthiest families. Like most well-off girls of the Gilded Age, her future looks set - after a finishing school education, she will be favourably married off to a handsome gentleman, after which she'll want for nothing. But Jo has other dreams and desires that make her long for a very different kind of future. She wants a more meaningful and exciting life: she wants to be an investigative journalist like her heroine Nellie Bly. But when Jo's father is found dead in his study after an alleged accident, her life becomes far more exciting than even Jo would wish. Unable to accept that her father could have been so careless, she begins to investigate his death with the help of a young reporter, Eddie Gallagher. It quickly becomes clear he was murdered, and in their race against time to discover the culprit and his motive, Jo and Eddie find themselves not only battling dark characters on the violent and gritty streets of New York, but also their growing feelings for each other.
10) All About Pumpkin by Natasha Farrant
t's the summer holidays and Flora has gone off with Dad to the exotic set of his new film and Mum is at home having a much-needed rest with baby Pumpkin. Bluebell, Twig and Jas have been sent to stay with Grandma at Horsehill in the countryside.
With Grandma keen that the children get as much fresh air as possible, they are sent off on bikes to go wild swimming and befriend the boys next door. With so much freedom, they can't help but get into trouble, and Grandma doesn't seem to be as capable as looking after them as she should be...


So that's the Top Ten Books on my Autumn/Fall TBR, pop back later to see my Top Ten Kindle Books on my Autumn TBR!




10 comments:

  1. I saw most of these books on Netgalley. I've been so excited to read it them! Especially Silence is Goldfish. I'm so excited to find another Middle Grade lover!

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  2. Shallow Graves is definitely on my list, and Longbow Girl sounds really good. Thanks for sharing. A lot of these I had never heard of so yay more books to add to my towering to read list hahaha! :)

    My TTT- http://rachelwritesthings.blogspot.com/2015/09/top-ten-books-on-my-fall-tbr.html

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  3. These Shallow Graves and Longbow Girl look great!! My TTT

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  4. OMG How did I manage to forget to put Silence is Goldfish on my list this week?! That would be my 11th ;) I also have Monster on my list.

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  5. Counting Stars and Silence is Goldfish look really good! Great list :)
    My TTT
    Leslie

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  6. Silence is Goldfish, the boy who sailed... and counting stars all look good to me. Plus I love some of the really cool covers! I totally judge :-) Monsters has me intrigued.

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