This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from The Broke and the Bookish is near and dear to my heart (and my library checkout/holds lists):
Top Ten 2016 Releases We Meant to Read But Didn’t Get Around To (But TOTALLY Plan To):
- Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star (in progress)
- Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s Gemina (on hold at the library)
- Susan Dennard’s Truthwitch (own it)
- C.B. Lee’s Not Your Sidekick (in progress)
- David Arnold’s Kids of Appetite (checked out)
- Brittany Cavallaro’s A Study in Charlotte (checked out)
- Eliot Schrefer’s Rescued (Christmas present)
- Matthew Desmond’s Evicted (audiobook on hold)
- Zadie Smith’s Swing Time (checked out)
- Ta-Nehisi’s The Black Panther (on hold)
How about you? What new books did you not quite get to this year that you hope to tackle in 2017?
Finally, I just wanted to give a final tally for Bout of Books 18. In addition to the three books I finished and reviewed last week (the first two were already in progress, so it’s really less impressive than it sounds), I also made progress on two other books, Jay Asher’s What Light, another of my Christmas books, and my current non-fiction read, Dear Data, by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec.
Clearly, the reading portion of my goal-setting was a success. I didn’t visit anyone else’s blog, only gave a couple updates, and only participated in the one challenge, in addition to doing the Twitter chats, so the social aspect of my goals left something to be desired. However, I did actually post reviews of the completed books, so I’m not considering it a total washout.
Let us know if I should get The Sun. I’m curious.
Here’s my list!
Comment by Deb Nance 01.10.17 @ 6:38 amThis is the second blog today that has a Ta-Nehisi recommendation on it! I am adding a couple of his books to my list now! Thank you!
Comment by AsKatKnits 01.10.17 @ 8:34 amSo many books last year and so little time! Also in my case I was not in the mood of reading a lot, I am getting older and I get too tired that when I sit to read I fall sleep
Comment by Mariela 01.10.17 @ 11:15 amGemina is seriously so good! I hope you enjoy it! 😀
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Oh Gemina is on my list this week too!! I kind of can’t believe I haven’t read it yet?!? But I definitely will make it a priority this year haha. I also really want to read Not Your Sidekick and Kids of Appetite!! So much to read, eeep!
Here’s my TTT!
I’m reading A Study In Charlotte at the moment. It’s pretty good 🙂
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/top-ten-tuesday-91/
@Kat: I think we’ll need to read more of his books in these coming years.
@Leslie: Awesome! Thanks for stopping by!
@Mariela: I read a ton of books last year and still only scratched the surface!
@Jo: I’m really looking forward to starting it. Hopefully next week!
Comment by soe 01.18.17 @ 3:18 am@Krystianna: I’m having a hard time forcing myself to read an overdue book instead of cracking this one open!
@Cait: Agreed! My library took a surprisingly long time to acquire Gemina, or else I’d definitely have read it sooner.
@Deb: I’ve finished it up — and yes! read it!
Comment by soe 01.18.17 @ 3:22 am