The ladies over at the Broke and the Bookish have asked us this week to pinpoint 10 books from our TBR shelves that we will definitely read this summer:
I've taken some time off this summer. It was really a necessity...time off or insanity.
I already decided that there was no better time than now to tackle my TBR shelves...I'd also signed up for the annual Challenge over at Roof Beam Reader's blog, so I might as well start chipping away.
Gulp...I'm embarrassed to show you 1 of my TBR shelves :(
I've been making steady progress, but I'm still ashamed to say that these are some of the beauties still waiting:
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - I've been trying to trick myself with this one...you see, the longer I put it off, the more I can keep pretending that I don't have to admit the story is over :(
2. The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Isles - I'm a Greg Isles fan and specifically a Penn Cage fan...I don't go all mooney over many characters...but I'd marry this guy...oh yeah. This is one I want to take down when I can just read...straight through...with no interruptions. Just me and Penn ;)
3. Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean - Um, I love my GSD, Layla...so...duh, right??
4. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - I know, I know, this one is sooooo good...I'll get to it, I promise!
5. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain - another one everybody's read except me :(
6. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman - very interesting that I have several "Wife" novels on this list...this one was a gift to me from a blogging buddy...I. must. read. it. now.
7. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick - extra, extra embarrassing about this list is that I was just commenting on someone's blog the other day about Goolrick's new book, Heading Out to Wonderful. I commented that I hadn't read A Reliable Wife but needed to put it on my WishList.
Um, then I found it...last night...it's already on the TBR...blushing now.
8. Jerusalem Maiden by Talia Carner - this one comes highly recommended from some bloggers whose choices I take very seriously.
9. Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen - another highly recommended choice...but one I want to take slow and savor.
10. Great House by Nicole Krauss - As I was reviewing Picture This last week, I actually thought about this book. In Picture This, the house is given a perspective...not very well, I'm afraid...but it made me anxious to read this one where the house's perspective is done very well...or so I've heard.
Well, there you have it...I'm going to be a very busy girl this summer...and I'm gonna love every minute of it :):)
I have a few of those on my TBR as well. I still haven't read any of the Larsson series yet.
ReplyDeleteOh Sarah, you haven't met a heroine till you meet Lisbeth Salander! You need to read Larsson! :)
DeleteOh, the Devil's Punchbowl is great. :-D You know he's coming out with another novel this December?
ReplyDelete(That's an impressive to-be-read wall, by the way...;))
I didn't know, but it will be on my auto ship list from Amazon...my husband and I both are Greg Isles fans...of course the husband isn't interested in marrying Penn Cage ;)
DeleteI just checked out Isles's website; did you know he was in an almost fatal car accident?? Still recovering and in a wheelchair most of the time, he's trying to finish the new book, which is called The Bone Tree and is such a whopper that it will be published in 2 volumes!!
Thanks so much for getting Isles back on my radar! :)
Almost all of your selections are on my TBR shelves (yes, SHELVES) as well. And The Bird Sisters really needs to find its way there because I'm always taken with how gorgeous the cover is. Happy Reading!
ReplyDeleteBrooke, I can very easily be drawn in by a beautiful cover as well :) I hate it when the publishing companies change the covers too! I think The Bird Sisters has a different color for the paperback version :(
DeleteI loved the Thirteenth Tale. We read it for our bookclub and I think everyone enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait! I actually don't thing I've seen a negative review :)
DeleteI have been wanting to read The Paris Wife, it looks like a good one!
ReplyDeleteAnne, I've skimmed a lot of positive reviews on it as well...it's not that big of a book either! :)
DeleteGreat list! I love that I have The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest on my list as well. I'm horrible at reading series because I just don't want them to end!
ReplyDeleteCheck out my list at http://thebountyofmybookshelves.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-ten-books-on-my-summer-tbr-list.html
I can let go of some series...it's just that Larsson's death makes is so very absolutely final that it makes me sad. I guess I need to put my big girl britches on and just get to it though. ;)
DeleteHmm, interesting about Nicole Krauss' book! I read History of Love and liked it, I might give that one a shot.
ReplyDeleteGreat House will be my first by her but I'd heard so much about this one that I put it on my Christmas list a year or so ago :)
DeleteI haven't read any of your books! I've started the Millennium Trilogy, but I'm still on Girl Who Played with Fire. I have them all though, so hopefully one day I'll finish. Hope you enjoy your reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my Summer TBR List!
I loved the Millennium Trilogy...obviously there were parts that were difficult to read...but Lisbeth Salander is kick butt if there ever was a female heroine who fits that description! :)
DeleteI enjoyed A Reliable Wife (highly discussable) and The Thirteenth Tale (moody and melodramatic). I hope you have good luck with all your summer picks!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Andi!
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