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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Top Ten Tuesday

 
Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly meme hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week's theme? Things that instantly make me want to read a book. 

I've done posts similar to this one before with Favorite Settings and Irresistible Premises & Plots. So I decided to tweak this week's TTT a tiny bit and go with...


Words and phrases in a blurb that always make me want to read the book:


Lost Treasure

Archaeological Quests

Rare Books (or manuscripts)

Search-and-Rescue Dogs

"Snowed-in"

Remote Island

Wilderness Survival

Homesteading

Crumbling Ancestral Estate

Artists/Stolen Art


Happy Reading!

56 comments:

  1. Love your answers, Lark! :)

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    1. Hi, Melody! I'm looking forward to our next buddy read.

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  2. 'Archaeological quests' oh my gosh, yes! ( In fact quite a lot of the others too....)

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    1. But aren't archaeological quests so much fun? If you run across any be sure to let me know so I can read them, too. :D

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  3. It's always fun to see what draws others to pick up books. I haven't read too many remote island settings but there have been a couple that I really enjoyed.

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    1. I like that air mystery a remote island suggests, you know?

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  4. I like crumbling ancestral states, too.

    Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.

    Lydia

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    1. There's something so intriguing about them. I always want to go exploring when I read a book set in one.

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  5. This was a fun list because it is completely different from any other I've seen today.

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    1. I tried to mix it up this time around. ;D

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  6. Yes! What a fun list! Pretty much all of these phrases make me want to pick up a book too. :)

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    1. We do love to read many of the same kinds of books. :D

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  7. Most of these are ones that appeal to me as well. I especially love remote settings - they ramp up the tension in a book and just add an exotic element that I can't get enough of.

    Happy TTT!

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    1. They really do! I love extreme settings like the Arctic or Antarctica for that same reason.

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  8. There are some interesting phrases on your list! Some of them catch my attention as well.

    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/recent-additions-to-my-physical-tbr-may-2023/

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    1. I'm glad. :D Can't wait to check out your TTT list this week.

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  9. Islands, archaeological quests... all of these really. :)

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  10. I can totally see that. I think words for me would be shifter, enemies, paranormal. lol

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    1. Shifter and paranormal are big draw words for me, too. :D

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    1. They just make for such fun books...full of mystery and adventure. :D

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  12. I like all of those. Have a great week

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  13. A lot of these tempt me too! Search and rescue dogs, snowed-in, remote island, wilderness survival, homesteading, and crumbling ancestral estate! This would've been a difficult TTT for me and you worked it brilliantly! :)

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    1. Thanks. I struggled with what to go with and toyed with the idea of favorite romance tropes, but then I went this direction instead, because I do love all of these things! :D

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  14. That's an interesting list. Those would intrigue me as well.

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    1. There are certain trigger words that make me instantly want to know more about a book...and these are ten of them. :D

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  15. Yes to 100% of these! My greatest disappointment is that my family has failed to leave me a crumbling ancestral estate with attics full of treasures! I love anything involving treasures and stolen art and can never resist any book with dogs - especially working dogs.

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    1. lol. I've always been disappointed I didn't get to inherit an old estate with an attic full of treasures, too. :D

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  16. Ooh, fun list! Lost Treasure, Rare Books, and Snowed In are all good ones for me. :) And remote islands and wilderness survivals -- absolutely!!

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    1. Those are some of my favorite kinds of books!

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  17. I could read very happily from each and every thing you listed.

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    1. I am not surprised. We are very similar readers. :D

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  18. Love your list. Rare books would be on my list too! Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/things-getting-in-the-way-of-reading/

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    1. Rare books...and bookstores...are always big draws for me when it comes to books. Thanks for commenting! :D

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  19. I like that twist, Lark. Some of these (Search & Rescue Dogs, Snowed In and Remote Island) all pull me in as well.

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    1. Aren't they fun to read about? They'd work well together in a book, too. ;D

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  20. What a fun twist on the theme!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/top-ten-tuesday-421-the-literary-dinner-party-2022-tag/

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    1. Thanks. I had fun coming up with my ten this week. :D

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  21. Homestead, stolen art, and rare books would buy me in every time! And "snowed-in" too, I guess, especially in a crime fiction.

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    1. Snowed-in works great in crime fiction...and also in romances. ;D

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  22. Crumbling Ancestral Estate would do it for me, too, and Rare Books has got to be a winner

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    1. Even better when those two things are combined! ;D

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  23. Great twist! Yes to "snowed-in". Especially if I'm snowed-in, as well. 😃

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  24. I'm with you 100%--every single one of them!

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    1. :D That's why we like so many of the same books.

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  25. Archeology quests, rare manuscripts, and crumbling ancestral estates would be on my list too!

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    1. They're all such fun things to read about!

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