I saw this tag on many blogger’s sites in the summer and decided to have a go for myself – I decided to pick favourite reads of all time – I confess, my biggest problem was finding four books that started with the letter O, but I finally located those that deserved a place!
So without further ado I give you CLEOPATRA LOVES BOOKS, in books
Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White
One of my favourite books from childhood
Little Lies – Liane Moriarty
My favourite read by this author who injects so much humour into this dark tale
Emil and the Detectives – Erich Kastner
Possibly my very first introduction to crime fiction where Emil and his friends catch a thief
Out of the Silence – Wendy James
A fantastic combination of fact and a historical crime
Precious Thing – Colette McBeth
One of those books I simply couldn’t stop reading
A Judgement in Stone – Ruth Rendell
The best opening line – “Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write“.
Thursday’s Child – Noel Streatfeild
My favourite book from childhood – Margaret was my heroine, I read this book hundred’s of time although it sadly out of print now.
Rubbernecker – Belinda Bauer
A sensitive piece of crime fiction featuring a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome
Asta’s Book – Barbara Vine
My favourite of the psychological fiction books written by Ruth Rendell under the name of Barbara Vine which depicts Asta’s life from the turn of the twentieth century.
Like This Forever – S.J. Bolton
The third in the brilliant Lacey Flint series
Only the Innocent – Rachel Abbot
A relatively new addition to my must read list of authors and a fellow channel islander, this is the author’s first novel
Victorian Murderesses – Mary S Hartman
Although published in 1976, this is a fascinating look at the social lives of women during the late nineteenth, early twentieth century as well as detailing some historical crimes.
Evil Games – Andrea Marsons
A fabulous new series which has a complex plot and is backed up by well-formed characters.
Shadow Baby – Margaret Forster
Probably the book I have re-read most as an adult, a well told dual time-line tale, well researched and totally captivating.
Burnt Paper Sky – Gillian McMillan
A fresh and innovative debut
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe – Agatha Christie
There simply can’t be a list which doesn’t feature the amazing Agatha Christie so while this isn’t her best novel, it did start with an O
One Last Dance – Judith Lennox
A historical saga set during the First World War, this is a story of sibling rivalry and a grand house.
Keep Your Friends Close – Paula Daly
Domestic noir at its best
Someone Else’s Skin – Sarah Hilary
There aren’t enough adjectives to describe the sheer brilliance of this book
Whoa, I didn’t dare do my entire blog title, I had trouble finding a book with the starting letter of my name ‘N’ itself!
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Haha – I dismissed it at first too but then I got thinking and spent so much time weighing up the merits of one book against another – so glad I finally got around to pressing publish 🙂
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That must have taken a lot of thinking time. If I did my real name I would be there forever trying to think of books with the letter K
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🙂 It seems we all have dodgy letters – It took me far longer than it should have as I weighed up my favourites for each letter.
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This has started my Monday morning off well. I may have to come up with one myself. Thanks, Cleo.
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Oh – that’s great – it was good fun once I found books starting with the letter O!
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Fab choice of books here Cleo. It reminds me of the Reader Acrostic a few weeks ago – Susan made me do it ;P – so if I reused what I have for poppypeacock technically all I needs is 4 more for pens… but if I remember my rightly P was my nemesis to your O… great fun 🙂
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Oh yes – even more Ps than my Os!! It was fun though!
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I’ve got a book bingo & an opposites attract blog posts that sound like fun lined up too…
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Oh I have Book Bingo that I’m doing in November… I loved it last year – I will have to check out your opposites attract though!
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I saw it on Bookboodle’s blog: The Opposites Book Tag – http://wp.me/p36K8M-2a9
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What a lovely idea, beautifully executed. And well done for covering such a long phrase – not that I don’t think you’d have read enough books 😉 but finding the letters is a challenge!
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Thank you so much Moira – I have a perfectionist streak so I didn’t want sub-standard books for the letter O – but I finally found four I approved of 😉
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Well done finding everything to match – what an novel (haha) idea!
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Thank you – I’m glad you liked it, took a while but I got there in the end!
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Oh, Cleo, this is so clever!! Not only did you do your entire site name, but with all sorts of different mysteries, too! And explanations. I am really impressed! What fun!
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Thank you Margot – you’re so kind!
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I love this! So interesting and I’ve read several of the books you listed and want to read others. I like the way you mixed up the age group and types of books. I may have to think about doing this sometime soon. It’s a fun way of sharing several favorites.
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Thank you! It was great fun to do, I’d love to see the books that you’d choose.
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Wow! I am definitely impressed…maybe I’ll try this…LOL.
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Oh I’d love to see what you’d come up with 🙂
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Great List, Cleo! I grew up with Emil and the Detectives and Charlotte’s Web, so nice to remember them and get some new ideas! I have to save this list, so I can add the books I don’t know to my to-read stack:-)
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Aw that’s really lovely of you 🙂
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This is a fun idea. And, a good way to represent your blog name with your favourite books. I just might give it a try. Do you know where the tag originated?
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I’m really sorry I don’t know – but even though I couldn’t link back I just had to give it a go!
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Hehe! Good fun! Oh dear, I’ve only read four of these and another couple have been fishing around on the TBR for ages – I refuse to add all the others and you can’t make me!!
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Oh not any 😉
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746? That’s a non-starter right there! Great list though, I’ve heard lots of good things about Sarah Hilary.
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Hmm.. you would have a problem 😉 Sarah Hilary’s books are brilliant though (obviously once you’ve got through your little pile)
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Well done – an excellent piece of work. I’d have a go myself but I think two Z books are going to be even harder than four O’s… Maybe I’ll do the blog title – but that is rather long.
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Aw thank you – yes I think both your options are harder than mine was although there were precious few books to choose from with titles that start with an O!
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Well, I spent far too long doing it, but my attempt is here: https://classicmystery.wordpress.com/2015/09/23/my-blog-name-in-books/
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But what a fine job you did – I can imagine how long it took, my name is shorter and I spent an absolute age!
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Finding how to resort my posts into alphabetical order helped…
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This is fab. I might have a go myself. Love the idea of book bingo too so look forward to hearing more about that.
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I’d love to see what you came up with – my link to last years reading bingo is here – https://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/reading-bingo-for-2014/
I’m trying to go in blind and see how many squares I complete this year 🙂
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Thanks for the link, that’s another great idea will give it a go.
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Oh how fun! I’d have such a hard time coming up with something for my own name. haha
-lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com
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Oh I’m sure you could think of something 🙂
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nice post Cleo! I am back to your space after a long hiatus and this one proved to be a perfect welcome-back 🙂 I think I will try doing this too 🙂
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It would be great if you had a go too!
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very soon! 🙂
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That’s a jolly task/list. If I do this one there will be a lot of Ls to find!
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What a fabulous idea! *puts thinking cap on…
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This puts the old noggin to task.
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