5 Fandom Friday: My To Be Read Pile
I have followed The Nerdy Girlie for awhile now (thanks to Lauren) and obsessively read her blog and now with Clever Girls in full swing I think itās time to join in on the fun! Every Friday, the Nerdy Girlie and a bunch of other bloggers participate in 5 Fandom Friday where everyone writes about the same topic. This week isĀ āMy To Be Read Pileā and it could not be more perfect.
I am constantly adding new books to the list of the ones I want to read. Sometimes I buy books with every intention of reading them and then put them on the shelf only to pick up another one. These are the books currently at teh top of myĀ āto be read pileā.
1. Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanĀ
I know this is Laurenās favorite book and itās been on my list for awhile now. I bought it on Amazon on a whim and I plan on reading it this year for sure! I need a magical book in my life and the best part is, I really have no idea what itās about! Which is my favorite way to go into a new story.
2. The Zookeeperās Wife byĀ Diane Ackerman
I love nothing more than reading a book before the film comes out. I have been eager to read this book based on a true story of a Polish woman and her husband who hide Jews in their zoo during World War II. The film version (directed by Niki Caro and starring Jessica Chastain), is coming out in March so I plan on reading it mid-February to see how closely it stays to the source material.
3. The TrespasserĀ by Tana French
Tana French is one of my favorite writers currently working today. Her Dublin Murder Squad series follows the detectives from the fiction Dublin Murder Squad on their cases. Each book is loosely connected to the next, with characters you come to love and twists that will blow your mind. The TrespasserĀ is her newest book and I canāt wait to see what it has in store.
4. When Dimple Met Rishi byĀ Sandhya Menon
Someone I follow on Twitter did a giveaway contest for this book and even though I didnāt win, I have not been able to stop thinking about it. When Dimple Met Rishi is a YA novel about two Indian-American teenagers attending the same summer program who have been set up in an arranged marriage by their parents. It sounds adorable and potentially really funny. I really want to make a point to read moreĀ books by diverse authors this year so I will definitely be checking it out when itās released in May.
5.Ā Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs
Ever since watching Hidden FiguresĀ (which is phenomenal btw), I have been wondering how many other women from history I donāt know about.Ā
Wonder WomenĀ seems like the perfect book to read to learn more about history that has been erased or forgotten (or never told at all). There has never been a better time to read a book about women changing the world. (Plus itās written by one of my favorite geek girls, Sam Maggs!)
Whatās on your to read shelf?