Hey bookworm friends. May is here and the flowers are on their way…they might be taking their time since it’s been a bit colder than usual this season. Last time I did the ‘May Flowers’ TTTopic, I focused on the most recent flowery covers I had added to my tbr. So this time around I thought it’d be fun to look through the oldest books on my tbr, find flowery covers and see if I’m still interested in reading them or not.
Link-ups
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Don’t forget to check out her post and link up!
Oldest Flowery Covers On My TBR
1. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Added: 2013
Still Interested?: No. I just don’t care for contemporary romance, wish it was historical.
2. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Added: 2016
Still Interested?: Yes. There’s a dragon and I haven’t read any Novik yet!
3. Heart of the Fae by Emma Hamm
Added: 2018
Still Interested?: Yes. Beauty & The Beast Meets Irish Mythology? What else could I need?
4. The Hidden City by Michelle West
Added: 2019
Still Interested?: Yes. I am craving Fantasy from the 2000s written by a woman.
5. The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
Added: 2019
Still Interested?: Yes. Historical Fantasy set in Muslim Spain and there’s a cool map-based power.
6. Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest by Kate Elliott
Added: 2019
Still Interested?: Reluctant Yes. Other MTG books have disappointed me in the past but I still want to give it a chance.
7. The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Added: 2020
Still Interested?: Yes. I’ve heard polarizing things about it which makes me curious.
8. The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Added: 2021
Still Interested?: Yes. I have loved other stories by this author and need to read more.
9. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Added: 2021
Still Interested?: Yes. The premise is compelling.
10. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Added: 2021
Still Interested?: Yes. Sounds like a lovely nonfic that celebrates the natural world and teaches lessons.
Let’s chat in the comments!
What’s your favourite flower? Mine is the Sunflower 🌻! Or, have you read any of these? 🖤
Beauty and the Beast in Ireland is an interesting premise! Mercedes Lackey has a novel called Beauty and the Werewolf that was..entertaining to a degree.
Yes, that is what caught my attention! And oh thank you for the recommendation, you know I’m about to add it to my tbr 😃!!
Fab list! I love the covers for the Lost Apothecary and World of Wonders!
Thank you, me too I love how bright and colourful they both are!
I read The Language of Flowers with a local library bookclub and enjoyed it, butni really thought it wouldn’t be my thing at all.
Hmm interesting, sounds like it surprised you in a good way 🤔!
World of Wonders sounds right up my alley.
I can see that being a book you’d like and actually me too! 🙂
Yes I’d still like to read the Harrow and Penner books. I like how you have looked at your TBR and decided what you wanted still to read and what you wanted to jettison. Good idea.
Me too, they both still intrigue me! Thank you, too bad I didn’t get rid of more than one but the one I jettisoned is the oldest one and perhaps my tastes have changed a bit since 2013.
Once and Future Witches is a perfect spring read. I enjoyed listening to the audiobook while walking along the river in the spring.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/even-more-may-flowers-book-covers-with-flowers/
Oh that sounds like such a fabulous combo, Harrow + nature walks?! Brilliant & glad you enjoyed it, Pam 🙂
These are amazing looking covers!
My list:
https://thegentlechapter.blog/2026/05/12/top-ten-tuesday-may-flowers/
Thank you, Ashley! I think so too :D!
I have the Grace of Kings too – picked it up on kindle because it looks really huge! I’ve heard mixed things also.
Ah, interesting. Sometimes mixed reviews turns me off but in this case it’s only making me more curious and yeah the size of it is mildly daunting haha!
I loved Uprooted. I haven’t read anything else by the author, but I really enjoyed this one. The Bird King looks really interesting. I think it’s on my TBR. I read a couple of volumes of Ms. Marvel was she was doing them.
Aw I’m so happy to hear that! 🙂 & I only learned that she did Ms. Marvel while looking things up for this post that’s cool! 🙂
Once and Future Witches is a favorite – enjoy!
Ah, awesome I’m so glad you love it. Nice to see how many people seem to & thank you 😀
I love this approach!! Absolutely yes for The Once and Future Witches! It’s such a good one and all her books have been amazing.
Thank you :)! Yes I’ve only read one book and one short story by her but I’m convinced I’ll love her other works! (and yet still haven’t picked them up)
The Lost Apothecary is stunning. I’ve had it on my TBR for ages. Should probably read it at some point. Excellent choices!
Ahaha exactly how I feel about it too! & Thank you, Eva! 🙂
What a fun approach to this topic! And so many pretty covers too. World of Wonders has my attention.
Thank you & I love so many of the covers too 🙂 World of Wonders sounds like an interesting mix of nature writing and memoir, I’m not sure but I’m intrigued!
The Language of Flowers is very good
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
I’m glad to hear you liked it! & Thank you for stopping by 🙂 !!
The Once and Future Witches is one of my favorite Alix E. Harrow books😁
That’s awesome, It truly sounds so good! 🙂
I honestly love that cover for The Grace of Kings. I don’t know what about it is just so eye-catching but it does me every time! This reminds me that I have the Lost Apothecary on my TBR as well and it’s been on there for way too long 🫣 Great picks and I hope you enjoy these whenever you get to them!
It is very eye-catching! The combination of the starkness of the helm with the brightness of the flower. Oh haha I know that feeling lol! Thank you, Dini :D!
OOh nice ones! Some of these are familiar to me but most are totally new to me ones. Loving the subtle floral look to them though! Hope you’re able to read them some day soon!
Thanks for visiting my TTT!
Thank you :D!! I did think some were maaaybe a bit too subtle but I’m glad you appreciate that haha! Thank you and my pleasure! 🙂
Oooh I’ve never heard of Heart of the Fae and it sounds so good! Anything with Irish mythology, and I’m hooked. I’ve also had The Once and Future Witches on my TBR for soooo loooooong! That procrastination got me
It does sound so good right!? I do enjoy stories with Irish Mythology! haha I know that feel! Hopefully we’ll both be able to get to that one sometime soon!
I love the idea of using this to re-examine old books that have been on the shelf a while!
Thank you! 😀 I almost wish there were more I would have gotten rid of but alas they mostly do still sound good to me lol.
Ooh what a fun way to go about the topic and potentially reduce your TBR a little too without it becoming an overwhelming experience. I love that cover for Uprooted 😍 and I’m glad to see its also one that’s sticking around. Heart Of The Fae sounds intriguing. And I’m sure I’ve seen some rave reviews for the author over on Instagram 🤔 Im intrigued by the next two you’ve mentioned too. This post is apparently a bad one for my own TBR 😂🙈
Yay so glad to see The Once & Future Witches sticking around too. That became my surprise favourite back when it came out 😍 I have The Lost Apothecary on my Kindle and really must get to it sometime. I’m curious about the Ken Liu series too. And as to the non fiction I need to know what the pink kind of fantasy looking creature is on the cover 😂
My favourite flowers a dahlia but I do love a sunflower too.
Hehe I thought so too 😃! & Yes I love the cover for Uprooted as well! Have you read that one? Ah, cool. I heard about Heart of the Fae from a booktuber a few years ago and I’m glad you’ve seen good things about the author too!
Oops 😂😉! Glad some of them appeal to you though!
Ahh okay knowing it was your surprise fav that year is making me want to pick it up soon, I can’t believe I still haven’t! Oh nice haha, I hope you can get to that one soon!
The pink creature on the nonfic book is an Axolotl, or at least I’m like 90% sure of that.
& Dahlias are also super nice and given you have some in your yard I should have known they’d be your favs!
Not yet but I really want to. I’m not sure if I have the ebook or not. I have one of the authors fairytale style stories but can never remember which. Both are definite must reads on my TBR though.
Thats lovely, hopefully it’ll be an addictive read then.
I really hope it works for you too 🤞 but feel free to be honest if it doesn’t. Have you read anything by the author yet? Thank you. I hadnt heard of them before but they do look the same having Googled them. Some of the pictures look unreal almost. As does the blobfish that showed up beneath 😂. Last years havent came back yet so I got two more. I don’t know what happened to them as I had a few last year 😪 at least they’re reasonably cheap to buy and always have plenty to choose from
I’ve been meaning to read The Once and Future Witches for ages. Thank you for stopping by Long and Short Review’s post earlier!
Glad it’s not just me, honestly 😂! & My pleasure!
It’s nice that you’re still interested in reading most of the books on your TBR. I feel like I need to do a big sort of my lists on Goodreads because I know there are many on there that I’m just nto that keen on anymore. I’ll get around to it one of these days…I hope you enjoy all these!
Happy TTT (on a Thursday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
It does look like at least my tastes have remained similar over the years! 🙂 & That’s a good idea though I know how time consuming that is haha Good luck :)! & Thank you!!
Ahh, I love this take on the prompt! I remember liking Uprooted a lot, think I was ambivalent on The Grace of Kings.
Thank you :D!! & Okay that’s really good to know because I feel like I often hear people say they prefer Spinning Silver to Uprooted so it’s nice to hear when someone says they like Uprooted lol.
I haven’t read any of these yet, but I’m curious about The Once and Future Witches. Happy reading!
Yes I’m super curious about The Once and Future Witches, too! And happy reading to you too, thank you 🙂 !