To Be Read | My Entire Owned TBR 2021 Edition

January 24, 2021January 18, 2021 bookishluna25 Comments

Hello and welcome to a post where I share all of the books that are on my owned TBR. Now, in 2020 I actually hit 0 books on my TBR, then the holidays showed up and I have a larger than I would like TBR again, but not nearly as much as it was. I just wanted to take a moment and share those books that made their way onto my shelves. Note: This is accurate up through the month of January 2021.

Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Shadows by Alex North
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
The Devil in the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon
Written in my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon
The Beautiful Struggle by Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Cursed Objects by Ocker, J.W.
Tomie by Junji Ito
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
The Whisper Man by Alex North
Piranesi by Susanna Clake
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Titian by Ron Chernow
Loretta Little Looks Back by Andrea Davis Pinkney
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
This is Close to Okay by Lessa Cross-Smith
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
The Removed by Brandon Hobson
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Mrs. Dalloway by Virgina Woolf
The Unwanted by Michael Dobbbs
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Sons of Cain by Peter Vronsky
White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
Lady Killers by Tori Telfer
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas

Total: 43 Books

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Reading Challenges

Reading Challenge | Books I Want to Read in 2021

January 7, 2021January 6, 2021 bookishluna21 Comments

Hello and welcome to a list or challenge of sorts. I wanted to share some of the many, many books I want to read in 2021. I thought it would be fun at the end of the year to look back and see if I ended up reading this books or if I ended up liking them. I will be completely honest, there is a reread on this list of one of my favorite books so that one I know I will already love. Anyway, on to the books!

The Books

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Carrie by Stephen King
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Not Pictured-PreOrdered)

What books do you really want to read in 2021?

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To Be Read

My Owned TBR | June 2020

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 bookishluna12 Comments

Hello and welcome to my little post about my owned TBR. Last June I shared a post called My Owned TBR | June 2019, I figured it would be fun to look back and see how my list has changed over the last year. I am also going to be doing something a little new, so please let me know if you like it!

2019 Owned TBR

Here is my Owned TBR from last year. At this point in time I only had 44 books on my my shelf that needed to be read. Looking back at this list I can see that I read or unhauled every single one of these books and that kind of blows my mind.

My Current Owned TBR

LGBTQ Stats by Bennett Singer and David Deschamps – non-fiction self educated
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri – non-fiction educate myself
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams – really awesome sounding book.
The Hunger by Alma Katsu – mytbr.com
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi – Have finally picked up this book
The Changeling by Victor LaValle – mytbr.com
Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz – I love Little Women, I needed to give this a try
The Incarnations by Susan Barker – mytbr.com
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager – picked because she is such a great author

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson – really wanted to give this author a try
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan – an amazingly strong author talking about mental health
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd – A very interesting idea by a talented author
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold – Amazing gift from Reg!
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd – magical realism, yes please
The Canary Keeper by Clare Carson – A lovely gift from Adrianna!
If It Bleeds by Stephen King – Do I need to say anything? I love horror.

Emma by Jane Austen – I have been in the mood for a classic
Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz – Buddy read with Jenna and Reg
Firestarter by Stephen King – Bookcon / Strand 2019
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare – Shakespeare Challenge
March by Geraldine Brooks – Civil War from the perspective of the father from Little Women
Skin Deep by Liz Nugent – on of the best thriller authors
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman – talented author and recommened
Civil War Wives by Carol Berkin – Women of the war
Color Therapy Plain Simple by Nina Ashby – gift from family
The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski – enjoyed the first one
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak – Man Booker Shortlist 2019
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King – Bookcon / Strand 2019

Celtic Mythology by Philip Freeman – A wonderful gift from Ariel!
The Night Country by Melissa Albert – Wow, I have quite a few series I want to finish for someone who doesn’t favor series anymore
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – Wow, I have quite a few series I want to finish for someone who doesn’t favor series anymore
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas – suggested reading
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon – Wow, I have quite a few series I want to finish for someone who doesn’t favor series anymore

I hope you liked this type of writing and comment on my book stacks. I figured I have Procreate, I might as well use it now and again for my blog. Anyway, that is my owned TBR list. I have a total of 33 books, less than I had this time last year I feel like that is a win for two reasons. The first being my TBR is going down and second I want to get my TBR to around 5 by the end of the year. I decided to give To Be Read Time by Read it Forward to see how long it would actually take me to get my TBR to 0. According to this and if I keep up my reading pace of finishing a book every 3-4 days I will finish my TBR by October of this year. I am tempted to give this a shot so I might be posting more about owned TBR list.

So, how fast will I be able to prove this wrong? 😂 To do this I will need to finish a book every 3-4 days and not read any library books or buy any new ones. pic.twitter.com/abP3HH1stm

— bookishluna (@BookishLuna) June 9, 2020

What books are on your TBR?

Are any of these books on your TBR?

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To Be Read

To Be Read | March 2020

March 1, 2020February 29, 2020 bookishluna7 Comments

To Be Read

Hello and welcome to another TBR post! This month I am keeping my TBR nice and small so I can have some random picks as the month goes on and also not put too much pressure on myself because as many of you know I am starting to study a new language. But, I still want to keep reading and I am really excited about the books on my list!

The Magicians by Lev Grossman, I am buddy reading this with reading this with Reg and Jenna this month. This has to be a series I have been interested in this series for what feels like years. I am expecting to love this book so much I actually bought the series bundle.

Girl Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo, I have been reading this book on and off since January. The main reason I have been reading this book for so long is because I thought I lost this book, turns out it was in my trunk. When I was reading it, I was really enjoying it so I am happy to have found it.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, this is my March Shakespeare of the month for my Shakespeare challenge, if you want to know more about this, check out my most recent installment, 2020 Shakespeare Challenge | February. I am a bit worried about this one, I feel like the tragedy were my most disliked. plays when I read them in high school, but this is one of the most popular one of them all. So, I am hoping that this one wont be as bad as I think it is, fingers crossed.

What books are you planning on reading this month?

What book are starting the month with?

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Lists & Recommendations

Lists | Top 5 Books I Want to Read Before 2020

October 27, 2019October 10, 2019 bookishluna18 Comments

Lists

Hello everyone, today I wanted to take a moment to talk about the top 5 books I want to read before the end of 2019. We are officially into the last quarter of the year, which always goes by super quickly. It is a time to focus to meet my goals if I have not already. On top of that, there is one Beat my Backlist book that still needs to be read and I will have read all the books I bought before 2019. Anyway, on to the books!

The one I think I am most excited to get to would be The Institute by Stephen King. It is no secret that I really enjoy creepy/horror reads and I really enjoy King’s works. I am really excited to have my hands on his most recent release and I want to read it before the year is through.

Next in line would be It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo & Translator Elizabeth Bryer. I am really excited to be reading a book set in South America. I don’t know about you, but it is not a setting I come across often in books and I would honestly like to read more.

Now, The Overstory by Richard Powers is one I need to read for my Reading Goals | Reading a Shortlist 2019 challenge so I really need to get my butt in gear. I have two books left to go and for some reason this one is the one I have owned the longest, but have not felt the need or want to read. So, I am hoping putting it on this list will really put my butt in gear. At this one I have the other from the library and plan on starting it within the week. *Update* I have read this since prewriting this post, I am updating this to the final book on this list I need to read, The Long Take by Robin Robertson. This is what happens when I prewrite posts too darn early.

Then, we have Middlemarch by George Eliot. I picked up this classic it sounds so interesting. I decided that I would read it over the summer when I was enjoying the weather outside… well. Summer is now over and I still have not read it. I would say that now my goal is to just read it before the year is finished. I feel like Classics are really good cold weather reads anyway.

Lastly, we have Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. I am really interested in this series, but I always out it off because it is digital. While I do enjoy reading on my kindle, I always find myself only really using it for library books not for my owned TBR books. I need to change this ASAP and read this. Also, it is the oldest owned book on my owned TBR. So, it is really time to get my butt into gear.