Hello and a very warm welcome to damppebbles. It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve decided to take part in That Artsy Reader Girl’s Top Ten Tuesday meme to mix things up a little here at dp. My original plan was to participate as and when I had the time to put a post together. That then turned into posting ‘weekly without fail’ until I was forced to take a break following surgery to both shoulders (that recovery happened to coincide with a complete and utter loss of reading and blogging mojo 🤷🏻‍♀️). But now I’m back and I’m going to take a much more chilled approach to all things bookish. Which means TTT will return to being a regular feature on damppebbles but a ‘no pressure’ one (that’s the plan anyway!).

The meme was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish but has lived with Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl since January 2018. It was created to encompass a love of books, of lists and to bring readers together. If you would also like to take part then you’re very welcome: the more, the merrier. Just make sure you link back to Jana’s post every week. If you don’t have a blog then no problem, just add your list to the comments below.

This week’s theme is Books to Read During a Storm (these can be cosy/comfy reads, books with storms in them, atmospheric reads for dark and stormy nights, light reads to combat the heavy weather, etc.) Submitted by Astilbe.

🤔 Ooooh. My mind has gone straight to a TTT post I wrote in April about April Showers and how I should probably avoid every single book I mentioned in that post! I don’t read a lot of cosy/comforting books, I don’t feel I can describe anything I read as ‘light’ either. Gosh, I’m not sure where to take this one! Ah, I know. Where do you want to be during a storm? At home. Warm and dry, reading a good book. I will do my best to come up with a list of books with houses or buildings on the cover. Wish me luck. I think I’m going to need it…

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1. A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson
Peter Swanson is one of my favourite authors. A Talent for Murder is the third book in the Lily Kintner & Henry Kimball series (not a lot of Henry in this one) and it’s another cracker of a read. I read this shortly before I took a few months off from blogging so look out for my review in the New Year.

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2. Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
This was the first book I read by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it! A great family-based psychological suspense novel.

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3. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
We Used to Live Here is a chilling psychological horror novel where you end up willing Eve, the main character, to lock, bar and bolt the front door to her new home and never, ever, ever open it again under ANY circumstance. But *spoiler alert* no, she opens the door.

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4. How to Kill with Kindness by S.R. Masters
This is another book I read just before the blogging slump hit (nothing to do with this book!). I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It’s my favourite of the author’s books to date so make sure you look out for my review on the blog in the New Year.

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5. Keep Your Family Close by Annette Dashofy
I read this book last year. And that’s all I’m going to say about it 🤭

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6. The Drowning Place by S.W. Kane
This is the second book in the Detective Lew Kirby series and I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed the first book (quite a lot!). I can’t wait to read book three and hope there will be some news about its imminent release soon!

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7. The Last Goodbye by Tim Weaver
The Last Goodbye is the twelfth (TWELFTH!) book in the David Raker series but the first I’ve read. I was a tad worried I would be a little lost as 12 books into a series, not everything is going to be explained in detail. But I wasn’t. The mark of a brilliant writer.

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8. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
I love Grady Hendrix’s books and this is no different. If you’re not a fan of creepy dolls though, I would avoid. One of my favourite Hendrix books.

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9. The Way It Is Now by Garry Disher
Back to my love of Australian crime fiction. I really enjoyed this standalone novel from an Aussie crime master. Looking forward to getting stuck into Disher’s police procedural series as soon as time allows.

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10. The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
I love this series! This is the first book from a much loved author who has turned her hand to detective fiction. DC Ffion Morgan has quickly become a favourite and I cannot wait for book three in the series to hit bookshelves next year!

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Quite possibly one of the easiest lists I’ve come up with since I first started taking part in TTT! Book cover designers love to use houses it seems. I’ve skirted over and completely ignored large, imposing mansions and gone for more homely homes. Places where normal people could live. I’m quite pleased with the end result.

Have you read any of these books? Are there any on my list that take your fancy? Are you taking part in Top Ten Tuesday this week? Let me know in the comments.

So there we have it! If you fancy joining in next week then head on over to That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog to find out what the next topic is!

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