Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is actually all about my top ten
books with sensory reading memories. However, when I’m reading, I’m not really
paying much attention to anything going
on around me. Even if I’m eating as I read. I just dive straight into the
story, and I don’t really notice, much less remember, anything else but that
novel. So, I’m giving this topic a little bit of a twist, and talking about
novels that I distinctly remember
reading. In other words, I can actually remember where I was or what was going
on when I read these novels. Which is a pretty big accomplishment for me. Let’s
get to these books!
To Have and To Hold
To Have and To Hold
is a collection of three love stories that are set in the fall and is a part of
the A Year of Weddings collection.
The three novellas are written by Betsy St. Amant, Katie Ganshert, and Becky
Wade. I remember reading this story while sitting by the lake on one of our
weekend trips, I honestly can’t remember much of anything else about that day,
I just remember sitting in a bag chair right in front of the lake and reading
to my heart’s content.
The Illusionist’s Apprentice
by Kristy Cambron
The Illusionist’s Apprentice is the second book in Kristy’s Jazz Age Entertainers series, coming after The Ringmaster’s Wife. I distinctly remember reading this book in
my family’s camper while on one of our vacations, I honestly think I read
almost the entire thing in one sitting. I don’t remember where we were exactly,
I think Myrtle Beach, but I know I definitely remember reading it on the seat
around the little table in the camper.
The Captain’s
Daughter by Jennifer Delamere
The Captain’s Daughter
is the first book in Jennifer’s London
Beginnings series, and is another book I remember reading on vacation. A
couple of summers ago my whole family—a couple of aunts, uncles, and quite a
few cousins included—went on vacation to Cherokee, North Carolina. I remember
sitting out in between our camper and my aunt and uncle’s camper, playing games
and hanging out, and I know that it was during one of those times that I read
this novel.
The Measure of a Lady
by Deeanne Gist
The Measure of a Lady is
a stand-alone novel, and is—surprise, surprise—another book I remember reading
on vacation. Apparently I do a lot of my reading on trips! This book I know I
read on a trip to the beach, though I honestly have no idea what beach we were
visiting. I just remember sitting with my feet in the sand and this book in my
lap.
A Royal Christmas
Wedding by Rachel Hauck
A Royal Christmas Wedding is the fourth book in Rachel’s Royal
Weddings series, coming after Once
Upon a Prince, Princess Ever After,
and How to Catch a Prince. However,
this novel had a little bit of a less exciting backdrop, I took it with me to
school one day back when I used to commute to college and have long class days
with lots of hours of break between classes. I think I was eating lunch some of
the time while I read this, but I definitely remember sitting outside at one of
the tables that are scattered around, this particular one being underneath a
tree.
The Convenient Groom
by Denise Hunter
The Convenient Groom is
the second book in Denise’s Nantucket series,
coming after Surrender Bay. This is
another vacation novel, and is another one I read on vacation with the whole
family of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Only this trip was to the beach, and I distinctly
remember reading this entire book while sitting in my beach chair on one of our
days in the sand.
Bringing Maggie Home
by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Bringing Maggie Home
is a stand-alone novel, and is another one I remember reading on vacation. This
one I read at the beach as well, but I believe I remember being in Charleston
when I read this. So it must have been at one of the beaches there, though I’m
not entirely sure where we stayed.
Like Never Before by
Melissa Tagg
Like Never Before is
the second book in Melissa’s Walker
Family series, coming after From the Start. This is another one I read on one of our many weekend trips to the
lake, but this one I remember reading even more. Without so much as checking
the date I have listed on my Goodreads, I can tell you exactly when I read
this: in August on our last weekend trip before my sophomore year of college,
at Hamilton Branch state park.
Keep Holding On by
Melissa Tagg
Keep Holding On is
the third book in Melissa’s Walker Family
series, coming after From the Start and
Like Never Before. This is my last
vacation novel—for this post anyway—and is one I remember reading on one of our
weekend camping trips during the school year. I remember it distinctly because I
was supposed to be working on homework because I unfortunately had a lot (I was
taking Hermeneutics, that alone explains everything) and had to bring it with
me.
My Stubborn Heart by
Becky Wade
My Stubborn Heart is
a stand-alone novel, and is another one I remember reading at school. Since I commute,
I don’t have a dorm room, and therefore have limited options of places to relax
in-between classes. One day I just couldn’t find any place that wasn’t already
occupied, so I went down to the basement of one of the buildings where there
were a few couches, and sat and read this to keep me busy until it was finally
time for my next class.
Well, those are some of the books I actually remember
reading, or at least where I was when I was reading them. What about you? What
are some of your sensory reading memories?
Happy Tuesday and happy reading!
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly linkup hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
To see full reviews of any of these novels, just click on the coral-colored titles.
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