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August 4, 2020


top ten colorful books on my tbr list
posted by soe 1:02 am

My (ahem) 3000+ tbr list on Goodreads includes, as you might imagine, more than a few books with colors in the title. Here are ten of them I’d like to read sooner rather than later, per this week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl:

  1. White Oleander by Janet Fitch (I’ve owned this for two decades…)
  2. White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Ditto to this one. Hardcover from the year it came out.)
  3. Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy A. Taylor (I’ve read two novels in the past couple years where The Green Book has played a role, and I feel like I’d like to know more.)
  4. Black and White by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge (Superheroes and superfrenemies)
  5. Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl (My favorite Avenger!)
  6. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (Everything she writes is great.)
  7. Bluecrowne by Kate Milford (A prequel to the events of the Greenglass House series.)
  8. Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy (raidergirl, do I want to read this one?)
  9. The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke (Time travel back to the 1980s — I am old.)
  10. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (Potentially dangerous magical orphans and a middle-aged introvert set in his ways.)

Have you read any of these books?

Category: books. There is/are 9 Comments.



Great list and great colors. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/08/ttt-080420.html

Comment by Patrick Prescott 08.04.20 @ 1:39 am

Great list! I want to read The House in the Cerulean Sea, and I’ve heard really good things about The Girl with the Red Balloon.

Comment by Jess @ Jessticulates 08.04.20 @ 3:02 am

You have a surprising number of books with colors in the titles in your TBR. I say yes to Marilla especially, during this disturbing time. It’s a calming book.

Comment by Deb Nance at Readerbuzz 08.04.20 @ 5:42 am

Marilla of Green Gables was amazing! I highly recommend it.

Thanks for stopping by earlier.

Comment by Lydia 08.04.20 @ 7:13 am

I haven’t read any of these, but I hope you enjoy them when you get a chance! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday

Comment by Poinsettia 08.04.20 @ 8:59 am

Great list! I’ll have to check out The Girl with the Red Balloon since I enjoy time travel books.

Comment by Tanya @ Girl Plus Books 08.04.20 @ 9:55 am

I agree with the others – I very much enjoyed Marilla!

Comment by raidergirl3 08.04.20 @ 4:53 pm

I need to read Klune’s book.

Lauren @ Always Me

Comment by Lauren @ Always Me 08.04.20 @ 7:44 pm

Great list. I have read none of these. Here is my TTT.
https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/top-ten-tuesday-8/

Comment by Danyelle 08.05.20 @ 8:34 am