Reading Challenge for 2016 and what I’m currently reading

Everyone has challenges in the new year. Lose weight, find love of life, clean your room regularly, etc. While I completely share these dedications, I would also like to declare my dedications to my reading addiction this year. Below is a challenge I am going to take, and following that is the books I currently have that I want to finish. Comment, please!

1. A book published this year: The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
2. A book you can finish in a day: (still looking for one)
3. A Book you’ve been meaning to read: The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead
4. A book recommended by a local librarian or bookseller: Brida by Paulo Coelho
5. A book chosen by your BFF: BFF, tell me!
6. A book published before you were born: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. A book that was banned at some point: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hossini
8. A book you previously abandoned: Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
9. A Book you own but have never read: The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
10. A book that intimidates you: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
11. A book you’ve read at least once: Emma by Jane Austen

Currently on my bookshelf waiting to be read:

1. Currently reading: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. I have so much love for this writer and the book at this point. Really having a fantastic time. I can’t read too much at a time, because the book simply has such big ideas.
2. Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy by Helen Fielding. I really do love the original Bridget Jones, so quite interested to see what this is about.
3. Brida by Paulo Coelho. Coelho is such an obscure, strange author. I’m never really sure what to make of his work.
4. The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks. Oh, because I need cheese in my life.
5. Live in Dreams by Josephine Cox. Started it and put it down again, but I will finish it just to be scathing.
6. Indelible by Karin Slaughter. To continue the series.
7. The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead. Because it was a mad hunt to get a copy and I want to be able to say that I’m done with the series.

What are your reading plans for the year?

January 21, 2016January 17, 2016 by Natasha Categories: 2016, BooksTags: 2016, Big Magic, Books, Brida, Bridget Jones’ diary, Elizabeth Gilbert, Emma, Harper Lee, Helen Fielding, Indelible, Jane Austen, Josephine Cox, Karin Slaughter, Khaled Hossini, Last Chance Saloon, Leo Tolstoy, Live in Dreams, Marian Keyes, Nicholas Sparks, Paulo Coelho, Reading challenge, Richelle Mead, Ruby Circle, The Glittering Court, The Kite Runner, The Longest Ride, To Kill a Mockingbird, War and Peace 14 Comments

5 Things Friday: Five books I want to read

The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead

The fourth book in the series Bloodlines continues to tell the tale about Alchemist Sydney Sage and her illegal love affair with vampire Adrian Ivashkov.

The series stemmed from the previous Vampire Academy one. I am enjoying this one much more than I did VA. It is really good, and isn’t a copy of Twilight, as many of the latest vampire books have become.

The Fiery Heart is only being release in November 2013, and I can’t wait to read what will happen.

Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts

I have no particular reason for wanting to read this specific book, except that it is by Nora Roberts, and I love all her books. It has been released already, so as soon as possible I will read it.

The Great Gatsby – Francis Scott Fitzgerald

I made a promise to my friend to read the book before I watch the movie, to fully appreciate how they stayed true to the script. As I really want to watch the movie, I will read the book really soon. It will be my first book by this author.

A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hossini

From what I’ve heard, Khaled Hossini is a mesmerizing writer. I really want to try this book. It will be my first novel by this author as well, and it may just start an addiction here.

A new Harry Potter novel – I wish

I have been struck with Harry Potter urges because everyone around me is reading it. Pretty sneaky, because I already read it for my blog challenge, and I am not reading seven books that can’t count. However, if someone named JK Rowling wrote a new Harry Potter novel, and it worked out well, I could read that. All my Potter wishes would come true and I could add to my challenge. #HappyWishes

October 4, 2013 by Natasha Categories: Books, Five Things FridayTags: 100 books, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Alchemist, Alchemist Sydney Sage, Books, Dhampire, entertainment, Fiery Heart, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Khaled Hossini, literature, Nora Roberts, Reading, Richelle Mead, The Great Gatsby, Vampire, Vampire Academy, vampire books, Whiskey Beach 3 Comments