Books I'm Most Looking Forward to Reading

I just pulled together my 2016 TBR and there are already 33 books on it! And it's only the first of January!  We all know there are books I'll discover, or just books I'll pick up, or even books that I simply forgot to put into my list.







With all of that I simply had to narrow it down a little.  So I made a "Must Read in 2016" list.  These are my priority books that I will do my best to finish reading this year.  This will change--I'm sure.

So here are 12  13 books that I will absolutely read this year:

The Art of Racing in the Rain has been on my reading list forever and I figure it's time I fit it in! 

 I love the idea of Bram Stoker's sister and Sherlock Holmes's niece working together to solve mysteries! I've heard good things, but haven't made it a priority.

This seems like a book that my students would really enjoy reading and I've owned it for a little while, but haven't started it.

 I've been eyeing The Good Girl for awhile now.  I love the cover.  The premise sounds great too.

 The Shadow Throne is the last book in the trilogy by Jennifer Neilsen and I would like to know how it ends.

 Why haven't I read Crenshaw yet?  No idea.

 The Rest of Us Just Live Here sounds like an interesting read.  I heard about it recently and it just came out in October.

 The Thing About Jellyfish sounds heartbreaking.  Why do I want to read something so sad?  I don't know, but it also sounds like a beautiful idea.

I love Mindy Kaling.  She's funny and confidant and I loved her previous book, so why wouldn't I love this one?  Why Not Me? has got to be good!

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!  Can I please say this again?  And can I read it again?  LOVED An Ember in the Ashes and can't wait the sequel!!!

I may not come out of 2016 with my emotions in tact.  I need to know what happened.  Now, please. The Rose and the Dagger couldn't get here soon enough.

Ummm... saved from a cult?  In a detention center?  What?  I'm thinking this one might not be a *pleasant* read, but I desperately need to know what The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly is actually about.


This was a last minute addition to my "must read" list, but I just read another review and decided that I couldn't possibly miss the world building that A Court of Thorns and Roses apparently has.




What do you have on your Must Read in 2016 list?

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5 Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading by the end of 2015

So there are a few books in my TBR pile that I'm really really looking forward to reading soon!  Some I own, some I want to own, and some I'm just waiting to be released.  Here they are:


First and foremost, I have to talk about Winter, the fourth book in Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer.  It's being delivered to school so that I have it as soon as possible and drop whatever I'm reading right away and join in with my kids during Silent Reading Time!!

 

Next is Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty.  I have this one sitting on our dining room table (which we only use when we have company) and I see it taunting me every day to finish the book I'm on so I can get to it.

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalup sounds incredibly good and it's been on my list for a few months.  It's one I'd like to have finished before the year is up.  Also, it sounds terrifying and will probably make me more anxious than I already am.  Maybe I should stop reading so much dystopian/post-apocalyptic books... Or whatever.

I recently put 1984 by George Orwell on my list because I've never read it.  Can you believe that?  This is another must be read by the end of the year.

I saw the movie version of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro on accident.  I didn't realize it was a book when I started to just watch it on TV.  I didn't pay attention to the name and by the time I looked at the title, I thought, isn't this a book?  It was too late.  I was sucked in.  However, that was a few years ago and although it's vaguely familiar to me, I believe it's time that I can read it without thinking too much of the movie.

I have plenty of other books that I'll be reading around these books, but my plan to hopefully finish reading these five by the new year.  Fingers crossed!!

Are there any books you can't wait to read?  Did mine surprise you?

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