Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme asks participants to look at some of the unread books that have been on their shelf for the longest. I’ve decided to give you the five oldest books as well as the five newest unread books.
Here are the oldest:
1. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell. A throwback to the old BBC Big Read days.
2. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Oh my stars. I’ve started this and given up again more times than I can remember. It’s embarrassing.
3. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. One day, Bulgakov, one day.
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Officially the oldest unread book on my shelf. It’s been there years and years and years.
5. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Another BBC oldie but one that I hope to get round to fairly soon.
And the newest:
6. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimimanda Ngozie Adichie. Purchased entirely based on the recommendations of the blogging community!
7. Byron: Life and Legend by Fiona MacCarthy. A lovely birthday present but one that will probably have to wait until a holiday when I can laze around reading for days at a time.
8. Shylock is my Name by Howard Jacobson. Another birthday present but one that I’m looking forward to jumping into quite soon.
9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Purchased for a whopping 19p from the British Heart Foundation shop in town.
10. The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood. Another birthday present but not for me (sadly). I bought it for a friend last week and am having to resist the urge to read it before I hand it over!
A very quick and easy TTT this week!
the blue bore 
Oh, I’ve read quite a few of those! Though The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists got a bit too political for my liking in the end. Good thing I got the audiobook and Tony Robinson as narrator made up for it! Here’s my TTT.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Picture of Dorian Gray are literally my two favorite books. Doooo ittt. Doo it nowwww. 😀
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That’s quite a recommendation! I’m going to do it, I promise!
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower was on my list this week too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/top-ten-tuesday-71/
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Nice list of books!! The Master and Margarita is a MUST read!!
Here’s a link to my TTT post for this week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2016/08/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-that-have.html
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I’d bet the Byron book would be a good one! Happy reading.
Check out my TTT.
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I have heard so much about the perks of being a wallflower, I am thinking of giving it a serious go myself!
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