Created by and with thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s theme is fitting for the sodden summer we’ve had here in England this year: water!
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1. The Wicked King by Holly Black
When I say the watery moment in this one still haunts me… My doesn’t-know-how-to-swim, mortally-afraid-of-drowning ass is serious.
2. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
So much of it takes place on a boat, hunting a sea serpent, after all!
3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Funny for a book with ‘fire’ in the title, but this book has one of the most iconic features of water I’ve ever read.
4. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Fishing town setting, spicy scenes on fishing boats, a fisherman love interest–you can almost taste the salt water while reading!
5. The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris
Finishing on a double whammy: I thought this was going to be a seaside mermaid book, but it’s actually an oceanic selkie affair. Still water!
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What’s the strongest watery book memory you have?
FangirlFlax 
Is it bad that I can’t remember the water aspect of Catching Fire? Hmm. It has been a long time since I’ve read these books, and I’m drawing a complete blank.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-tuesday-water-on-the-cover/
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Haha–maybe it’s ingrained on my mind alone! It’s the arena, part-beach, part-rainforest, part horrific water fake-ocean. Haunts my nightmares!
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Oh, yeah, I had forgotten. Then again, when I read that series I read them all back-to-back (and quickly) so I don’t always remember where the line is drawn between books.
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They’re easy to do that with, though! So I get the temptation, haha.
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It’s also because I didn’t know about the series until it had been fully released! I can imagine that reading them upon release it would have been easier to keep the book plots separate.
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Ah, that makes sense! I read them as they were released, but mostly what I remember is the sheer excitement to, haha.
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The Blue Salt Road is beautiful, and sounds really interesting!
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There are some really stunning illustrations throughout, too!
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I’m with Nicole. I’ve read CATCHING FIRE, but it’s been so long that I don’t remember a water feature either. Curse my aging memory!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Hahaha–I think it’s just that I can’t swim, and the potential for water trauma sticks it in my mind! (It’s the beach/rainforest/hell scape arena. Water that spins like the hands of a clock, and offers up blood rain once every 12 hours. PASS.)
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