Top Ten Tuesdays are hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is the top books we're looking forward to reading this fall.
I only recently began adding books to my To Read shelf on Goodreads again, and I've been exercising a lot of restraint so it's not (yet) out of control as it used to be. Of course in some cases I've just put the books on hold at the library and then frozen the hold, which is basically just adding another list altogether. At any rate, I have grand plans to fly through my To Read list(s) before the end of the year. I still have some things to read for the Community Read committee and my personal reading challenge, but still. I have more than 3 months to do all of this. No problem, right?
Here's what I'm most looking forward to reading this fall:
1. Middlemarch by George Eliot
Ok, this might put a cramp in my plans to "fly" through my list. This isn't even technically on my list, but I recently made plans with some friends to read it together beginning in October. I just bought my own copy and I really love the cover. I'm excited!
I have a library copy and plan to start it later this week. I adore E. Lockhart and the reviews for this new novel have been pretty great.
3. Hunger by Roxane Gay
She's just an incredibly talented writer, and I've heard from two different friends that this book is amazing. Also, I've already bought a ticket to see her speak in March!
4. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
New John Green! I don't even know what it's about! It doesn't matter!
5. Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
A new book by Tom Perrotta is always cause for celebration. And reading.
Initially I wasn't thinking I'd necessarily read this, but it's a pretty short book with a compelling premise, and I'm still rather haunted by the last Claire Messud book I read.
7. Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun
I don't even remember where I heard about this. It's a graphic novel about a lonely alien sent to observe Earth, and I just now discovered that it's based on the author's Twitter account. Anyhow, it looks so adorable I might die of cute overload.
8. What Happened by Hillary Clinton
At this point I just want to read it because everyone right now is so indignant about the fact that she had the audacity to write it, and honestly is there anything she can do that people won't be upset about?
Speaking of unruly women and books that have gotten flak for stupid reasons...
10. We Are All Shipwrecks by Kelly Carlisle
I think I mostly added this to my list because it's my favorite book title that I've seen in a while. But it also sounded pretty good from the reviews.
There are so many exciting books that didn't even make this list, but these are the ones that I'm the most urgently interested in right now. Which, obviously, could change at any moment.
What are you most looking forward to reading this fall?
3 comments:
Moxie is going to be great!
Lauren @ Always Me
I kind of envy your nice, short to-read list. Mine definitely falls into the "out of control" category. I have around 600(!!!!!) books on my to-read and maybe-to-read lists! Maybe it's time for a purge.
Reading "Middlemarch" with friends sounds so fun! I recently did a buddy-read with a good friend and it was so nice to have someone to chat about the book with as I read!
So excited to read Moxie!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/top-ten-tuesday-125/
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