#readingfromhome

So I’d just quickly like to thank @inhalingwords​ for making such a great summary. And now I’m gonna make a brief list of the books I’m going to be tackling: 

Winter by Ali Smith

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

No Filter by Orlagh Collins 

Rubicon by Tom Holland

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor

The Sport of Kings by CE Morgan

The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

Harry Potter: A History of Magic by The British Library

The Children’s Book by AS Byatt

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Room by Emma Donoghue 

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini 

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

Artemis by Andy Weir

Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie

I think I have more than enough to be getting on with and there is NO EXCUSE for me to buy books until I have made my way through ALL of these**

Good luck pals, can’t wait for another year of booklr!

@theaspenreader and @schoolenthusiast have created a wonderful reading challenge for 2018 called A Year of #readingfromhome, the objective of which is to read (and reread) books you already own in order to get your unmanageable physical TBR pile in control and to reduce the amount of money spent on books. I’ve decided to join in on the fun since I own about 50 books I’ve yet to read (or completely finish) and that number is, frankly, horrifying. However, I’m confident I’ll be able to read all of the books during 2018, and I’m also really looking forward to revisiting some of my old friends via rereading😊

Here are the books from my TBR pile that I’m most excited to get to this year:

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar 1-3 (Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves 1-3) by Jonas Gardell

Tiranan sydän (“The Heart of Tirana”) by Pajtim Statovci

The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko, translated by Nina Shevchuk-Murray

Obras selectas de Federico García Lorca (Selected Works by Federico García Lorca)

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Där vi en gång gått (Where Once We Walked) by Kjell Westö

I’ve actually read two books since I last posted! I’m on spring break and finally had time to myself to read! I read the Queen’s Lover by Francine du Plessix Gray and then The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones. Queen’s Lover was good as I like historical fiction but there was just TOO much history at times. There were too many names and places and relationships I had to try to keep straight and I don’t LOVE having to think really hard when reading for fun-school yes, recreational no. The Hearts We Sold was a much better read. Some of the shenanigans at the end I didn’t love but it all was wrapped up fairly well so I was happy about that. 

One day I’ll catch up to the most recent Owlcrate book and the ones I get will be the next ones I read-but today is not that day. Nor is it in my near future. I forget how far back I am now...August after I just did some looking. Once I graduate from my grad program in May this TBR list won’t know what hit it!

Hope everyone’s been doing well! 

@theaspenreader @schoolenthusiast