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I have previously blogged about mermaids, rubber ducks, and wetlands, so it took me a little while to come up with a good spin for this week’s water freebie theme.
Large bodies of water like lakes and the ocean can be beautiful on a calm summer day.
They‘re treacherous during a hurricane or other violent storm.
They can be a safe place to swim, boat, or play.
They’re often a good food source.
What else can they be? Well, depending on what sort of books you read, they might also contain sea monsters. Here are ten titles about that exact scenario.
1. Jaws (Jaws, #1) by Peter Benchley
2. Black Water Horror: A Tale of Terror for the 21st Century : Creature from the Black Lagoon
by Larry Mike Garmon
3. Slime by John Halkin
4. How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fight Back When Monsters and Mother Nature Attack by Andrew Shaffer
5. Goliath by Steve Alten
6. Creature from the Black Lagoon by Vargo Statten
7. Zomby Dick or, The Undead Whale by J.D. Livingstone
8. The Origin of the Crabs by Guy N. Smith
9. Orca by Arthur Herzog III
10. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
11. The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
Fab twist on the theme!
Thank you. 🙂
“mermaids, rubber ducks, and wetland” XD I love your variety! Sea monsters were a great choice though! Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters sounds really unique.
Heh, thank you.
I love your take on this week’s water theme! So fun!
My TTT: https://www.literacious.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-tuesday-water/
Thanks. 🙂
What a fun twist on the theme!
Thanks for stopping by myblog!
You’re welcome. 🙂 And thanks.
Fun twist!
And I am so so glad you went up to 11, because now I need to read this one by Lovecraft. Funny, I never read modern horror novels, nor watch horror movies, but I read At the Mountains of Madness, and was very impressed: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4642933832
Oh, yay! Enjoy.
I have not read At the Mountains of Madness yet, but it sounds fun.
I haven’t read them but I hear the Austen ones like Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters & Pride and Prejudice and Zombies are quite fun! And thanks for reminding me I really need to get around to trying Lovecraft. 😅 Great twist in the TTT today! Have a great week!
Thank you. Happy TTT!
Oh, I love your take on this week’s topic. I’ll need to check out some of those titles.
Thanks. 🙂
Hahah, I was hoping to see Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters today. I haven’t read it, but my library used to have it and I keep meaning to find a used copy.
May you enjoy it!
I love where you went with this water post! I would never have thought to do sea monsters. So cool!
Thank you. 🙂
Interesting take on the theme! And I love me some Lovecraft!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Thank you. Lovecraft told such scary tales.
I have an MG fantasy on my list today that features a mysterious deep-sea creature! Great take on today’s prompt! 😃
Aww, fun! I saw this just a few minutes after commenting on your post. 🙂
Love how these are all water related stuff in the title! So fun
Thank you. 🙂
Despite loving The Little Mermaid as a kid, I don’t think I’ve ever read a “sea monster” type story. I did read the Kiera Cass mermaid novel, though probably not anything else. Thanks so much for visiting my website today, Lydia. Appreciate this.
I loved The Little Mermaid as a kid, too. And you’re welcome.
Great twist on the theme! Here is my post.
Thank you.
Fun take on the theme! Your rubber duck comment reminded me about a book I have on my physical TBR shelf waiting to be read: MOBY-DUCK. I should have used it in today’s TTT!
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-tuesday-water-on-the-cover/
Ooh, that sounds fun! Yeah, it would have fit in perfectly today.
Nice twist, Lydia. I saw the movie Jaws, but never read the book. I haven’t read any of these, but I don’t read horror or scary books.
Thank you. I’ve never seen the Jaws movie!
A goodly list. Mine stops at Moby Dick.
Cool. 🙂
Wow! Great spin!
Thank you.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters has been on my TBR for years! Love your spin on this theme.
FangirlFlax @ FangirlFlax
https://fangirlflax.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-tuesday-five-watery-books/
Thanks. I hope you like that one whenever you may read it.
Great take on the topic. For some reason I dream about orcas a lot so I will never read Orca by Arthur Herzog III haha
Heh, I can’t blame you for that. Hope you have lots of nice orca dreams instead. 🙂
Great twist on the topic! Even if I do prefer reading about mermaids or rubber ducks over sea monsters haha 🙂
Heh, thanks.
Yes indeed, large bodies of water have all those qualities.
🙂
This is a wonderful spin on the prompt this week! Zomby Dick oe the Undead Whale was a particularly inspired pick, I have to say!
Thank you!
LOL, great creative tweak!
Thanks. 🙂
I love how you twisted the topic this week! Two of the books you’ve got here feature animals my daughter loves (sharks and orcas).
Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/book-covers-featuring-water-recent-reads/
You’re welcome. Sharks and orcas are very cool!
I love sea monsters. what a fun topic, and now I wish I had done it this week. 🙂
Jaws is of course an excellent pick, and I love creature from the Black Lagoon!!!
Thank you! I hope you’ll join us next week.
Oh you might like this
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Oops. Helps if I include that link
https://www.amazon.com/Tidepool-Nicole-Willson-ebook/dp/B08L6YNSN6
That does sound good! Thank you. I’ll see if my local library has it.
I love that you went with sea monsters! 😀
Heh, thanks.
What a fun twist on the theme. Here’s my TTT https://busybusylearning.com/top-ten-tuesday-water-covers-titles-or-bodies-of-water-in-books/
Thank you!
Great List. Jaws is one of my favorite movies but I have yet to read the book.
Isn’t it a good movie? 🙂
Great twist on the theme this week!
Thanks. 🙂
WHAT a fun topic!! I’ve been Nessie hunting at Loch Ness in high school in 1977 [ancient history]. Most Original Topic Tweak Award to you!
Heh, thanks. Hunting for Nessie must have been so much fun. I’d love to visit Loch Ness someday.
Sea Monsters!
I love it!
Thank you. 🙂
I’m still traumatized from watching 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as a kid! LOL. I don’t do sea monster books/movies anymore. I’m way too wimpy for that.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Good for you for knowing your limits, Susan!
I love the topic! I just read a book that seems like it would fit– Whalefall. And yes, it’s about a whale, not an actual sea monster, but it’s scary enough that I think it counts!
Ooh, it sounds good! Thanks for sharing.
Great twist on the water topic, Lydia. I haven’t read any of your books but absolutely loved your choices.
Thanks for visiting my TTT this week.
You’re welcome. Thanks for your kind words. I liked your post, too.
Hurray for sea monsters! Great tweak to the prompt this week.
I’d include Moby Dick.
Good pick. And thanks, Deb.
This is such an amazing topic, and so outside the box. I love visiting your TTT posts because they’re so creative! I’ve wanted to read Jaws for a long time, but some of the other books on your list definitely caught my eye – I’m so curious about how to survive a sharknado!
Aww, thanks, Leah! What a nice compliment.
I hope you like the sharknado book if you read it.
Love your take on this week’s theme and your choice of books!
Thank you. 🙂
Some fun sounding titles! I will check them out as options for my next round of creature features… 😏
My TTT: https://cathysreadingbonanza.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/top-ten-tuesday-water-looking-at-my-tbr-pile/
Yay!
I love this twist! Jaws and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters are on my tbr. Someday!
Thank you. I hope you love them both. 🙂