Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Top Ten Tuesday

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

This week's theme is Books With Weather Events in the Title... or on the Cover.


I managed to find ten books that fit the theme that I've actually read, liked and would recommend. Here they are:


Lightning by Dean R. Koontz



Outage by Ellisa Barr



Whiteout by Adriana Anders



Storm Front by Jim Butcher



Waiting on the Rain by Claudia Conner



The Fog by James Herbert



Flood Tide by Clive Cussler



Thunderhead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child



Sandstorm by James Rollins



The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin




Happy Reading!

51 comments:

  1. Great list! I've read one, Storm Front, and seen a film of one other, The Fog, from 1980... lots of times as it was always on TV back in the day and I loved watching it. :-) This is a good subject, because like a true Brit I 'love' weather!

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    1. Your weather-related TTT list this week was so great. It was a fun list to put together imo.

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  2. I think Lightning was the first book I ever read by Koontz (back in the 90's) and I remember loving it at the time. I don't recall much about it but now I kind of want to reread it.

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    1. Lightning is one of my favorite Koontz books. I wouldn't mind rereading it sometime, too. :D

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  3. Impressive list you came up with. Only one I can recall at the moment is The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger. ha Lol.

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    1. Well that one certainly fits the category! I came up with my list just by looking over the books on my bookshelves.

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  4. Outage looks interesting.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

    Astilbe

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    1. I enjoyed Outage, but then I like those kind of apocalyptic disaster books.

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  5. The Children’s Blizzard was such a good and sad read.

    Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.

    Lydia

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    1. It really was! One of the better nonfiction books I've read.

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  6. I used to like James Herbert's books - I haven't read any for years but remember enjoying The Fog. Great list!

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    1. The Fog is a fun one. It'd make a good October read. :D

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  7. Waiting on the Rain! I loved that book. Great choices today!

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    1. I loved Waiting on the Rain, too. I need to read some of Conner's other books.

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  8. Clever grouping, Lark. I've only read The Children's Blizzard of this group, but I'm curious about the apocalyptic sounding Outage. That "Powerless Nation" bit caught my eye...one of my nightmare scenarios is a longterm power outage caused by terrorism or warfare. We would all be at each other's throats in a week, I'm afraid.

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    1. Have you read Ted Koppel's excellent nonfiction book Lights Out? He talks about our power grid and its weaknesses and what would happen to us as a country if it went down....and it's one of the scariest books I've ever read.

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  9. That's a good list, I am only familiar with a few of them. My husband read The Children’s Blizzard, and liked it so well he still has his copy. I have thought about reading Storm Front, the first of the Dresden Files.

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    1. I love Butcher's Dresden Files. They're very fun urban fantasy books.

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    1. I had a fun time putting together this list.

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  11. An interesting list. I have not read any of them.

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    1. Well, I thought they were all good. I'd recommend them all. :D

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  12. Whiteout's been on my list for ages. I love a little scariness mixed in with snow :)

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    1. I love that snowy suspense kind of book, too. Especially when it's set in Antarctica!

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  13. You did good finding those covers. I haven't read any of these.

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    1. There are a few on here I think you'd probably really like. Like Whiteout and Waiting on the Rain. :D

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  14. Yay for Whiteout! I almost included Waiting on the Rain as I enjoyed it too. I have Sandstorm but haven't read it yet. Great list, Lark! :)

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    1. I'm a big fan of James Rollins, and I thought Sandstorm was a fun read.

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  15. Haven't heard of any of these.

    My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2023/10/17/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-weather-events-in-the-title/

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    1. Thanks for commenting. I can't wait to check out your TTT list this week.

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  16. The only book from your list that I have read is Storm Front, which I loved.

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    1. I love Harry Dresden, too. It's such a great series! :D

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  17. This week has taught me that there are a surprising number of books with weather. I had a hard time coming up with 10, but I've discovered a million new ones that I'd never heard of.

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    1. Right? And I think I added half of them to my TBR list;. ;D

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  18. Oooh! I love the Lightning book! Great list!

    Here’s my TTT

    Rabbit Ears Book Blog: WORLD’S WEIRDEST BOOK BLOG!

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    1. Lightning is one of my favorite Dean R. Koontz books. That and Watchers. :D

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  19. What a fun list! I read Storm Front years ago and really enjoyed it. I really need to get back to that series. :)

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    1. Fool Moon is a really good one in that series...one of my favs.

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  20. Great list! You found a lot of weather events. I haven't read any of them but I know a few are on my TBR.

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    1. Well, they're all good reads. (At least I think they are.) :D

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  21. This is a great prompt this week! John Sandford's HEAT LIGHTNING and Mindy Mejia's latest TO CATCH A STORM immediately came to mind.

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    1. Two perfect titles for this week's prompt! To Catch a Storm is one I really want to read.

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  22. Interesting list, Lark. I'm not surprised we all found more titles with not so nice weather conditions. It's a more interesting theme to write about.

    Thanks for visiting my TTT this week.

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    1. And the covers are more dramatic, too. Though I do love a beautifully sunny beach day on any book cover. :D

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    2. I totally agree, those covers are prettier but I prefer to read the books with the more sombre ones.

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  23. The Children's Blizzard is on my tbr! And I'm a Koontz fan but I don't think I've read that one. Happy reading this week!

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    1. There's a really good twist in it that I liked a lot.

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  24. Great choices! And I haven't read Dean Koontz's for ages. I miss his older books.

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