Since starting this blog, I have been able to better define what kinds of books I like. I have also read reviews and book lists put together by other book bloggers. This has resulted in a long list of books that I want to read but haven’t bought because I’ve yet to find a second-hand copy.
My mother bought me some of these books for my birthday (thanks mum). The rest of the books on this list are one’s that I bought myself at books sales thinking that they looked interesting or fitted in with the kinds of books I enjoy.
So without further ado, here’s my current (as of August 2020) TBR list.
Books I got for My Birthday
Love Beyond Reach
I really have a thing for time travel romances at the moment, and Love Beyond Reach has Scottish, time-travelling romance written all over it. There is another book in this series (Love Beyond Time) that is also on my list, but I didn’t want to waste money on another book by an author that I may or may not like.
Tangled in Time
One of my favourite, most-read books of all time is Cross Stitch, the first of the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon. Tangled in Time by Barbara Longley often makes it onto lists of books recommended for Outlander lovers, so it made it onto my TBR list.
What the Wind Knows
This is another book that is recommended for Outlander lovers and is a time-travel romance; I just had to read it. Set in early 20th century Ireland, What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon is a bit outside the setting of what I usually read; I’ve read a lot set in Scotland, but not much set in Ireland.
A Plague on Both Your Houses
I picked up the fourth book in this series (A Deadly Brew) at an Op-Shop last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I was unable to find more books by this author (Susanna Gregory) at book sales and op-shops, so when I had the opportunity to get one brand-new, I chose the first of the Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles.
The Conqueror’s Queen
This is the third book in Joanna Courtney’s Queens of the Conquest trilogy (read my review of the first book: The Chosen Queen). I had picked up the other two books at book sales and have been keeping an eye out for this one for years but was unable to find it second hand.
Books I already own
- Lady of the English – by Elizabeth Chadwick. Historical fiction about Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry II, and her fight for England’s crown.
- The White Queen – I have most of Philippa Gregory’s Tudor/Plantagenet novels and just haven’t gotten around to reading them. The White Queen seems to be the highest rated of her books.
- The Other Queen – another Philippa Gregory Tudor/Plantagenet novel. The Other Queen makes it onto a lot of books to read before going to Scotland and best books to read set in Scotland lists.
- The Book of Fires – by Jane Borodale. This looks like the same old type of historical fiction that I usually like.
- Kitty – by Deborah Challinor. My mother bought this book for me when I was living in Dunedin and needed a bit of a distraction. I read it then, but it’s been a while and I want to read it again.
- Tapestry – by Fiona McIntosh. This is a time-travel romance that I stumbled across at a book sale all by myself. Add in 18th century Scotland and I had to buy it.
- Burial Rites – by Hannah Kent. I’ve been trying to expand the range of places that the books I read are set in, and this one is a mystery set in Iceland. I’ve not read a book set in Iceland before.
- Lord Hamlet’s Castle – by Hunter Steele. This looks like it might be a retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet; I must have thought it was interesting at the book sale.
- Holy Spy – by Rory Clements. Since getting into Ellis Peter’s Brother Cadfael books, I’ve been on the lookout for good medieval mysteries.
