Booking Through Thursday
An idea I got from The Toddled Dredge (via K for Kat). Here’s what she said:
“So here today I present to you an Unread Books Challenge. Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your bedside table, hidden under the bed or standing in your shelf – the books you have not read, but keep meaning to. The books that begin to weigh on your mind. The books that make you cover your ears in conversation and say, ‘No! Don’t give me another book to read! I can’t finish the ones I have!’
“So here today I present to you an Unread Books Challenge. Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your bedside table, hidden under the bed or standing in your shelf – the books you have not read, but keep meaning to. The books that begin to weigh on your mind. The books that make you cover your ears in conversation and say, ‘No! Don’t give me another book to read! I can’t finish the ones I have!’
Several times I've posted the picture of the shelf by my bed that holds most of my TBR books waiting to be read. So instead of posting that again, I'll attempt to write a little list of what's currently on that shelf:
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Fablehaven #3 by Brandon Mull
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M. T. Anderson
The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vvonnecut
Oil by Upton Sinclair
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The House of the Spirts by Isabel Allende
Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Clapton by Eric Clapton
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Peony in Love by Lisa See
Okay, okay. I'll quit now! But as you can see, I don't really need to be buying more, checking out more, or listening to any of you suggesting more! But what's the fun in that? You know I'll never stop doing any of those things, so on with the huge TBR!
The Namesake has been in my TBR forever!
ReplyDeleteI liked The Road in a depressing sort of way.
ReplyDeleteThe Road and The Sparrow were both amazing reads in their sometimes gut-wrenching ways.
ReplyDeleteGossamer and The Good Thief are in my "towers" somewhere and I'm looking forward to them!
TBR madness seems to be a real blog theme lately. I captured a visual of my TBRs in a vlog I made this last week. What timing, ey? :o)
I know. I really don't need anymore books, but it is fun to bring more books in the house, so I will do it anyway!
ReplyDeleteHow can you possibly choose which of these wonderful books to read?!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder they are all sitting on your shelf!
You must read Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time -- it is fantastic!
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