I’ve been off work all week and have been crazy busy making Christmas presents, making pumpkin pies and roasting one mammoth of a turkey. I have barely read a word all week!
Oh, who am I kidding? I’ve barely read a word in several months that wasn’t like pulling teeth.
So, this weekend, my mission is to take back my reading. I’m going to pick through books until something sticks and them I. Am. Going. To. Finish. It. This is war, my friends. I need easy to read, engaging, fast… I need something to looooooove.
My list of possibilities:
- The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan. If Rick can’t do it, I’m seriously concerned no one can.
- Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. I was planning to read that during last months readathon. It… didn’t happen.
- Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham. We all know my blind adoration for Mr. Willingham.
- Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor. Something…horrible…happened this past weekend and I needed some retail therapy. The cover just called out to me!
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. One of my favorite books. Maybe I need a favorite comfort reread?
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King. Ditto above.
- Chime by Franny Billingsley. I want to see why this was better than Shine by Lauren Myracle.
- The Novel in the Viola by Natasha Solomons. Well, I seriously adored her first book. Maybe this one will click with me as well.
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making by Catherynn M. Valente. I’ve been meaning to read this one for way too long.
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce. Hello? Fairytales? Sounded good to me! And the stinking library didn’t have her new book yet. Which sounds even better. *grumble*
- The Vanishing of Katharina Linden. Don’t take it off my list Debi!
That should be a promising start. If you’ve ever seen the view from my computer, you know I have plenty of books to pick from. I will conquer this reading slump! I will! What do you think I should read? What’s grabbed you by the nose-hairs lately? Help me!
And Happy Thanksgiving!
This time of year is terrible when it comes to reading! If I didn't have a stockpile of review posts, my blog would be merely the sound of crickets. Hope you get to enjoy some Thankfully Quiet Reading Time this weekend. I have Chime on my list for the holiday for the same reason as you do. I like me some Billingsworthy, but man, Shine was ahMAYzing, how could it have been beaten out?
Fingers crossed that this is the magic weekend that sparks your reading mojo. So glad you're joining in. I'm hoping to get to Wonderstruck this weekend too. But I'm lost in the fantastic biography of Catherine the Great and nothing else will do until I finish it.
I hope you find something that grabs you, Heather! About Chime, I don't know if it's better than Shine, but I did think it was an absolutely brilliant book. It made me cringe to see so many people dismiss it as a silly and vapid fantasy about a teenage witch when the whole train wreck happened (I know that's not what you're doing here, btw!). I completely get why people were upset, but Chime is so the wrong target for their (perfectly valid) frustration. And I couldn't help but wonder how many of those people had actually read it. Anyway, rant over
Happy reading and a very happy Thanksgiving to you! *hugs*
I'm hoping to read my heart out this weekend as well…like you I have shelves full of TBRs…all things I want to read badly…but just haven't had time. I've also got a stack of essays to grade
Hopefully the books will win! Happy Thanksgiving!!
I'm afraid I can't recommend anything off of your list and I don't want to add to the madness by suggesting anything else. But I hope something grabs you! Happy Thanksgiving!
Sometimes the best way to get back into reading is to read a favorite book that you loved.. you know you will enjoy it and you can read faster thru it since you already know the story…
like the others I wouldn't presume to mention a book title.. i was in a long slump and am coming out of it …but to be honest the books bringing me out of it are books I would not have picked for myself… a friend sent me a book (a year ago!) and I read that one and immediately sent for another book by the author.. also read something "out of the box" for me.. Bill Bryson "A walk in the Woods".. true story.. and he's quite funny I found myself really laughing out loud on occasion!
I hope you find a book to read, Heather. I have been having a very hard time reading lately. Happy Thanksgiving!
Looks like you have some GREAT contenders in that stack! Looks like You Know When the Men Are Gone is helping me stay out of slumptitude.