#TopTenTuesday | 25th February 2025: Books Set in Another Time #Top10Tuesday #bookblogger #bookish #amreading #TTT #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles

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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 a Books Set in Another Time (These can be historical, futuristic, alternate universes, or even in a world where you’re not sure when it takes place you just know it’s not right now.) Riiiiiggght. Cue blank mind and mild panic! I don’t tend to read a lot of historical or futuristic fiction. However, I am taking the wording of this week’s topic to mean that providing the book isn’t set in February 2025, I can include it. Is a book set in 2019 historical? It’s the past, it’s happened – been and gone, and 2019 DOES – in particular – feel like a completely different world as it was pre-COVID. Sooooo much has happened since then, sooooo much has changed. But can you class a book set in 2019 as historical fiction? I’ll leave you to ponder on that one whilst I scour my bookshelves…

1. Estella’s Revenge by Barbara Havelocke

2. Sharp Scratch by Martine Bailey

3. Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

4. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

5. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

6. Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

7. What July Knew by Emily Koch

8. Calling WPC Crockford by Ruth D’Alessandro

9. The Thirty-One Doors by Kate Hulme

10. The Fervor by Alma Katsu

I’ve learnt something today. I can’t for the life of me remember when most of the books I’ve read are set. UNLESS, that is, the era is as much a part of the story as the characters, the plot, the setting, the storyline. I’ve been staring at my bookshelves with a confused yet blank look on my face trying to figure out when books I’ve read fairly recently were set. Thank goodness for covers that give the game away! A selection of which you will find above 🤭

Have you read any of these books? Are there any on my list that take your fancy? Do you read a lot of historical or futuristic fiction? Or are you like me and more of a contemporary fiction fan? 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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  4. I thought I was quite familiar with the new releases in the past, but apparently these books weren’t read by bloggers I was interacting with, because i don’t know any of them except for Grady Hendrix. But I haven’t read it.

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  8. Welcome back!

    I relied heavily on my Goodreads list and Googled for exact dates.

    These look good. I’ve had my eye on a couple, The House Keepers and Witchcraft for Wayward Girls.

    Have a great week!

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  10. I’m a big hist fic reader and I’ve definitely pondered the question of what qualifies as historical fiction. I Googled it one time and the answer was something that is set at least 50 years in the past. I don’t know if I agree with that or not, but it’s definitely weird to think of a book set in 2019 as historical!

    Happy TTT!

    Susan

    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

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