Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Books I’d Gladly Throw in the Ocean (submitted by Beauty & Her Books), but I have a hard time destroying books, so my list would mostly be textbooks or books that didn’t agree with my political views, so I decided to twist it a bit this week and go with books set on the ocean. 😉
Hello Readers! How is everyone? Today I’ll be getting my second vaccine dose! I’m excited to be fully protected. Bookstores, here I come! 😉 We’re also supposed to have warmer weather this week and I’m hoping to spend more time outside—with a book, of course.
Today I did a bit of a twist. I’ll be sharing five books set on the ocean that I enjoyed and five that are on my TBR. I’m a sucker for a good book set at sea. I’ll happily take any recommendations!
(Link to Goodreads synopsis through book title.)
Read and Enjoyed
- Float Plan by Trish Doller – I came across this “road trip on the sea” book just when I needed the escape. It had heart and atmosphere, two of my favorite things in books! My Review
- Fable by Adrienne Young – Fable was one of my surprise hits from last year. I was totally enamored with the characters and setting. I still need to read the sequel Namesake, but I hope it has just as many ocean escapades. My Review
- My Last Continent by Midge Raymond – This was a backlist read for me, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I still find myself thinking about it, which makes me wonder if I should have rated it higher than 4.25 stars. 😉
- Voyager (Outlander, #3) by Diana Gabaldon – The Outlander book that spends a lot of time on the ocean is one of the most memorable Outlanders for me. I’ve currently only made it through Book 6 of the series, and I can only hope that there will be more high sea adventures in one of the next books. But no spoilers, please! 🙂
- A Night to Remember by Walter Lord – Is it just me or does everyone go through a Titanic obsession faze? Many years ago I watched/read everything I could get my hands on concerning the ill-fated ocean liner, and this one is a must-read!
From my TBR
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon – The description of “water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard” sounds utterly unique. And that cover!
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys – This one is waiting on my shelf, and it’s one of those books that I repeatedly overlook but should really be at the top of my TBR. It’s a fictionalized account about the single greatest tragedy in maritime history—no, it’s not the Titanic—during World War II.
- Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie – This is the next Agatha Christie film by Kenneth Branagh, coming in February 2022, and I hope to read it before I see it.
- The Lion’s Den by Katherine St. John – So this is a mystery/thriller set on a yacht in the Mediterranean. Maybe a modern version of Death on the Nile??
- Shipped by Angie Hockman – This is a recently published enemies-to-lovers romance between two fellow employees on a cruise to the Galapagos Islands. Many reviewers say it’s fun, and I could use more fun travel rom-coms. <3
What’s your favorite book set on the ocean? Let me know in the comments!
Happy Wandering!
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Hi Dedra! I love your twist in the tail. Marg at the Intrepid Reader had the same idea as you! Some great picks you have here. Salt to the sea was such a lovely book and Death on the Nile is one of my top 5 favorite Agatha Christie novels. Night to remember is on my kindle, but I haven’t read it yet! I go through a Titanic phase every year….!
Ten Books I’d gladly throw into the ocean (for the mermaids to read)
Thank you! I’ll have to check out Marg’s post. I figured we might see some fun twists this week. 🙂 I’m happy to hear you enjoyed Salt to the Sea and Death on the Nile. I really need to pick those up soon. Haha, I never tire of reading more about the Titanic either.
Great twist this week! I couldn’t bring myself to throw any books in the ocean either, so I did a quote post this week. I wish I’d thought of your idea instead, that keeps it closer to the official topic.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2021/04/06/top-ten-tuesday-still-more-favorite-book-quotes/
Oh, I love quote posts! I bet there are a lot of twists this week. Book lovers have a hard time with even the thought of throwing books in the ocean. Ha!
Yeah, from what I saw only about half of the people used the actual prompt. There were a lot of twists! My favorite was probably the one who was throwing books into the ocean… to provide the mermaids with reading material! 😉
Haha! Yes, Elza Reads wins this week. <3
Absolutely!
Yeah for being fully vaccinated. I hope you have few (or no) side effects. I took a similar approach to this topic, and Float Plan won a spot on my list too. It was quite a journey! I loved Shipped too. The ecco cruise was really interesting.
Woohoo to being fully vaccinated!! I did have a rough day yesterday. I haven’t slept so much in a long time. Totally worth it, though. 😉 I’m excited to pick up Shipped. I love when authors put a new spin on something that’s probably been done before.
Great twist Dedra. I have Fable and Float Plan on my list for summer reading hopefully.
Oh yay!! I’ll be excited to hear your thoughts, Carla!
Hehehe… instead of throwing them into the ocean, you picked books set on the ocean. Cute!
Yep! I just couldn’t do it… Haha.
Yay! You and I both took the same twist on the topic! These are the books I chose that belong in the sea, only because they feature the sea prominently!
I have been meaning to read Salt to the Sea now for so long!
Haha, great minds think alike, right?? I like how you twisted the title… very clever! Hopefully we’ll both get to Salt to the Sea soon. 🙂
I love books that take place at the sea! The only one that I’ve read is The Deep, and I really enjoyed it! I highly recommend the audiobook. It’s narrated by Daveed Diggs from Hamilton, and he does so well narrating!
Oooh, thank you for the recommendation! I need to make a note to listen to the audiobook. 🙂