Every Tuesday, The Broke and the Bookish hosts a meme called 'Top Ten Tuesday'
Top Ten Books At The Top Of My Summer TBR List
[Sometimes I really regret not looking ahead at the next top ten. Last week was 'Top Ten Beach Reads' but I didn't really like the idea of 'beach reads' so I changed the list a little bit to what books I hoped to read before summer was over. This is not the first time changing or misreading the Top Ten topic has backfired on me.]
Here are the books that have been at the top of my to-read pile (not necessarily my 'summer' TBR list) for a while now.
[This is going to backfire on me, isn't it?]
- The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wall
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
- The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
- Night by Elie Wiesel
I most likely won't get around to reading any of these before summer is over but I am crossing my fingers on getting at least 5-8 of them read before the year is over. I have high hopes.
Feel free to leave your TTT in the comments!
Oh I loved The Casual Vacancy! I mean, it doesn't sound anything like Harry Potter, and it was made for adults, but I liked the characters and their stories, as well as the dialogues :D And classics! Anna Karenina, Virginia Woolf... yep, love :))
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I picked up "Night" and "The Alchemist" at the thrift shop ages ago and they've been languishing on my bookshelf ever since. I love Jeanette Walls -- her new book, "The Silver Star" is on my TTT list. I hope you like "A Casual Vacancy" more than I did... I really wanted to love it but I just found it to be so incredibly depressing.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read most of these, but I did think NIGHT was a touching and thought-provoking read. I really enjoyed I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, too.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
I adore 'Anna Karenina'... just love that book. 'Exremely Loud' ripped my heart out in such a good way. I personally had a lot of trouble with 'Mrs. Dalloway', but I'm still glad I worked through it. 'Room With a View' almost made my list too - I'll probably still read it anyway :)
ReplyDeleteI have been eyeing Casual Vacancy for quite some time and I don't know why, but the title of Extremely Loud is enticing. I don't know anything about Cloud Atlas, but I've read all of the rest and know that you will have a great time with this list. Anna Karenina was a bit frustrating for me, but maybe now that I am older I would appreciate it more. She annoyed me to no end, but I made it through.
ReplyDeleteExtremely Loud has been on my shelf for a while now, and I have I Capture The Castle on my Kindle. Now I just need time to read them! I didn't love The Casual Vacancy, but it seems like opinions can really go either way on this one. I love the book and the movie of A Room With A View. Good luck with your TBR pile! Happy reading!
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