Top Ten Tuesday

TTT – Who Runs The World? Girls

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Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.

It has been a super busy week in my world, so packed full of appointments and other non-fun, grown-up activities that seven whole days got away from me without getting much else done. The one highlight of this past week has been attending a baby shower for my bonus niece. Everything was so wonderful—the venue, the weather, the decorations and the way that everyone there felt more like one giant family (as opposed to different groups just sharing a space)—but it’s hard to tell which parent-to-be was more excited, and while she’s ready to have the baby, she was also absolutely glowing. 

It’s wild to me to see my oldest brother absolutely doting on his newest granddaughter, and realize that he learned how to first take care of a baby when I was born. I think what got me right in the feels was being a part of this gathering to shower them with love from family. There were so many fantastic gifts, and while she received a plethora of baby blankets, only one was hand crocheted by me, so that was clearly the best blanket. 

Since spending time with family was the best part of my week, I want to keep my post fixated on that high note. So I’m going to be listing my ten favorite books with the word ‘girl’ in the title. Here they are in no specific order:

  1. Nowhere Girl by Cheryl Diamond. This memoir is about a child who is brought up by parents on the run, and was so powerful.
  2. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth. I can’t resist a good mystery, especially featuring long-held family secrets.
  3. The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad. Another powerful memoir, this woman is a powerful voice bringing light to the genocide of Yazidi men and boys, and the plight of women who were captured and sold into sexual slavery by ISIS.
  4. The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. We all know the story of Achilles and the Trojan War, but we’ve never heard the tale told through the eyes of the women who were involved.
  5. Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins. I really love her writing, and this mystery will never have you looking at traveling by sailboat the same.
  6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson. Although this is the first book that turned me onto Scandinavian mysteries, beware—there are some pretty heavy and graphic trigger warnings.
  7. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden. This is not the first book in the series, it is such an outstandingly written fairy tale set in ancient Rus.
  8. Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon. You know me, just taking every chance I possibly can to shout about my love for this book.
  9. Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust. A sapphic romantasy before romantasy was a subgenre, this book was a fever dream of a novel.
  10. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. I haven’t read this one yet, but I do have a copy sitting on my shelf waiting.

Have you read any of these? What are your favorites featuring the word ‘girl’ in the title?

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  1. I think I read about Rachel’s books once upon a time (that cover style/look is very famliar) and they did sound interesting. I also always think Weather Girl looks fun, too. 🙂

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    • It really did work out to be a great word choice. I have another Lisa See book on my shelf waiting to be read, and I’m going to have to make sure I get to it soon.

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  3. That sounds like a lovely get together. Hand crochet blanket definitely sounds the best.

    It is strange how time moves on. How my kids have parents born in the 90s (or late 80s for my partner 🤣) and grandparents born in the 60s. When my grandparents were born in the 30s and my great grandparents were just about Victorian (possibly – you get the idea) 😱

    I have read Reckless Girls and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I want to read Weather Girl at some point!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog 

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    Top Ten Tuesday – Books with the Word “Murder” in the Title

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    • It was a really fun time, and she was surprised at how soft it was. I think that you’d really like

      It’s funny, because I was born in the early 80s, and my siblings were born in the 60s. My PARENTS were born in the 30s and my grandparents were born around the turn of the last century.

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      • Bless. I suppose that if you use good materials then it will be soft.

        Ahhh a later addition. It’s scary isn’t it?! I was born 1990. It’s strange to think that with only a decade between us the generations are so different.

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      • I know! It doesn’t hurt that my nephews were born in 1986 and 1989 and their experience was so different from mine. But things move so faster now because of technology that each decade brings so much change.

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      • Hahahahahahhaha when i was a kid, our television had a knob on the front as a remote. How’s that for touch screen? 😂 And we didn’t have cell phones so you just had to answer the house phone if you want to find out who was calling. Damn, I’m old.

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      • 😂 I always remember a remote but there weren’t many channels. Technically even less for me because my mum would only allow BBC 🤣

        My dad was fairly early with a mobile. I remember him having them 🤔 I got mine when I went to secondary school at 11 years old (2001). I still have the same phone number 😂 it shocks me when I drop my son off at school that there are kids using mobile phones. What do they need them for?

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      • My brother worked in the cell phone field, and he hooked my mom up with a phone that was installed in the car! We used to have to leave random fast messages in the short period of time they left for you to say your name on a collect call, and then the person says no, they won’t accept the charges when IGotOutOfSchoolEarlyAndNeedARideHome called.

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      • Hilarious 🤣

        I remember having to count the words so that it didn’t become two texts 🤣 so expensive! I used to pay £5 a month. I now pay £6 and get unlimited texts and calls 🤣 obviously I only get a small amount of internet but I’m at home with the WIFI so

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      • We never got free. I was with Orange (now EE). Once I moved out of my parents house I then moved to Giff Gaff which I am still with. They are excellent value!

        My first phone was a Nokia. Ergh typing a text was work wasn’t it 🤣 I did enjoy snake. I was terrible at it

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      • That was my first phone as well, but I got one because I was going to college. But those things were like bricks – indestructible! And snake was fun but no one was good at it!

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      • Mine was a Nokia so was fairly small.

        Ergh these days my phone has a chunky case and an extra glass sticker over the screen to protect it when the kids get hold of it. It’s ridiculous 😂

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      • Sometimes I just think that we go backwards. It’s like how did the Romans have all these wonderful wash rooms and underfloor heating yet decades on the Georgians didn’t? Mindblowing!

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    • It is always nice to have a fun, peaceful weekend with family. I love that you enjoyed Weather Girl, and I haven’t found a single one of her books that I haven’t loved.

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    • Thank you! I really thought it was going to be easier to find ten, and a surprising number of them are in the dark and twisty world of the mystery/suspense/thriller genre. I did try to include a little of everything, so it wasn’t just all one type of book. Can’t wait to see what you chose!

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    • You should totally try a Sally Hepworth book! It’s funny, my oldest friend read this post and then tried out Darling Girls and loved it. Hopefully you’ll read one of her books at some point. Sorry for the late response, but happy reading!

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  8. Aww congrats on your newest family member to be! What a sweet story, of your brother learning to care for babies by taking care of you! And they will cherish that blanket forever. When I go through Wyatt’s baby things, I remember the women who made him blankets when I pull them out. Such a beautiful keepsake. And I love how you tied all this up in your post today. It made me smile!

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    • I actually came up with the idea of using the thick chenille yarn to make a blanket for my dad when he was always cold. But after he spilled something on it and I discovered how much softer it was after washing, and since then, all the babies get a blanket from Aunt Leah. My youngest great-nephew found his when I was visiting for his fifth birthday, and he pulled it out and used it as a throw blanket when we were on the couch. 😍

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  9. I’ve read Reckless Girls and The Girl in the Tower – very different reads, haha

    One that comes to mind, that I used to love for the title, is Bachelor Girl – the last of the Rose Years series by Roger Lea MacBride (I loved the story too, but the title always struck me as so good)

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    • Yeah, I try to challenge myself to populate my top ten lists with a variety of genres, and hopefully introduce others to some of my faves.

      I’ve never heard of Bachelor Girl, but the title makes me immediately curious!

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    • So disturbing! But it was such a fantastically written story. I haven’t read the books that were taken over by another author after Larsson’s death, but heard that they just aren’t the same.

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    • Thank you, Carla. I’m curious to see what you ended up going with. Plus, there’s so much difference between our reading tastes, that even when I use the same word that others do, I always get introduced to a whole new group of books!

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  17. I enjoyed hearing about the baby shower. Your thoughts on it are so sweet and you can hear the joy in your words. I love that you made the baby blanket!

    I haven’t read any of these. The only book I can think of that has girl in the title is Girl, Wash Your Face.

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    • It’s hard not to be happy at a baby shower! I started making them as gifts for my nephews’ children. When I went down for Thanksgiving, it was the perfect size for my 5 year old great-nephew to use as a throw blanket, and he was so excited.

      I remember hearing about that book, but it just seemed like one of those super-hyped books, so I never read it.

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