I have realized I have a pile of ARCs that need to get read and reviewed, plus I have books I’ve just had given to me, and it’s super disrespectful to be given the chance to read (and either review or write about) a ton of books FOR FREE and not do it. Also, there are some books I want to read for “research,” and there are other books I want to read in anticipation of not having time to read anything written for adults in 2013 (the reason for which I will hopefully be able to announce at some point).
So, though this is more for my use and keeping-myself-accountable-ness, if you’re interested, here is what I will be reading over the winter, in no particular order:
- Paradise Hunger by Henry W. Leung
- Splintered by A.G. Howard
- City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte
- No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Michaux Nelson
- Dreamland by David K. Randall
- The Secret Wish of Nannerl Mozart by Barbara Kathleen Nickel
- The Milk of Birds by Sylvia Whitman
- Daughters Who Walk This Path by Yejide Kilanko
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- Adaptation by Malinda Lo
- Secret Saturdays by Torrey Maldonado
From there, I’m hoping to find some really great nonfiction (or choose from the many titles already on my to-read list, based on libraries and used bookstores) to read and also to read some of the classics already on my Kindle, because my object is to take as few paper books in my suitcase as possible, since I know I will be acquiring quite a few while I’m home. Also, you know, my parents and my sister and brother-in-law actually own books because they are humans. So I can borrow theirs.
You know what would be cool? If anyone else is planning on reading one or more of these books, maybe we could, like, both read them at the same time and, like, converse with each other about them. Sometimes I forget that even though I am not a book club person, it can be productive and interesting to talk to other people about books, even when one is not in a classroom. Let’s do it.
I’d have loved to do a read with you – almost like having an accountability partner, except in a fun, fun way – but m’afraid none of those are on my to read list. Boo!
But good luck with the to-read list!
There are many more things I’d love to read! What’s on your winter to-read list?
My books tend to sit squarely in the Sci-fi and Fantasy genre. For ARCs, I’m reading Devil’s Bargain by Rachel Caine and The Great North Road by Peter F Hamilton. I also plan to read:
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovich
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
This Alien Shore by C.S Friedman
The Black Company by Glen Cook
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
I wouldn’t mind being coaxed into reading something more lit – say, by Kingsolver, or Connie Willis, or Atwood – but that’s my list so far.
How do you feel about Nnedi Okorafor? I’ve read Who Fears Death and The Shadow Speaker, but I’d love to read more of her. Or Helen Oyeyemi’s Mr. Fox, which I started and never had a chance to finish, and now I really need to start it all over?
How about Okorafor’s Akata Witch?
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7507944-akata-witch
I was hoping you’d pick that one! Deal. Can we start after December 9 so I have time to go to the library when I get home?
I like that plan. I’ll need to get to my library as well, so it’ll be the perfect time buffer.
Winning! Perhaps I will email you and we can do some co-blogging fantasticness with all this?
Not if I email you first!
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