I feel like my house is getting a little overran with books as of late, and I know my husband feels the same. There's books stacked up in our living room, dining room, my office, and even our basement. I know it's pointless to go on a book buying hiatus, because sometimes you find something you just can't pass up or you've been looking for forever, or you're fairly sure it's going to be one of those life changing reads. đŸ˜‰ But, I do want to be more conscious about what I haul home this year.
So, here's the list of books that have been sitting on my shelves for far to long, and it's time for them to be read and passed on!
- MaddAdam by Margaret Atwood. On the list since: 09/15/2013. It's been on my monthly to be read list several times, and I enjoyed the other two books in the trilogy, love Atwood, but just can't seem to get this one read!
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. On the list since: 02/05/2014. I hear nothing but good things about this book, but I have a feeling that it's going to be a big time tear jerker so I haven't read it yet.
- The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen. On the list since: 08/03/2015. I love a good Scandinavian mystery and this is the first of a series so you'd think I'd be jumping all over it, but haven't yet.
- A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay. On the list since: 09/01/2015. I liked the other book I read by her, and have even added this one to my monthly reading list, but it's yet to even get cracked open.
- Children of God by Mary Doria Russell. On the list since:10/04/2016. The Sparrow was literally my favorite read of 2016, so when I found the sequel at the library book sale, why didn't I drop everything and immediately give it a read? I don't know. I guess I'm just worried it will be not that good.
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. On the list since: 06/26/2013. Originally on a list of recommended reading from my Women's Studies professor. I found a copy at a used book sale, snapped it up, and have proceeded to let it just sit on a shelf since.
- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. On the list since 08/03/2015. Sad truth- I was unaware what the Appalachian Trail was until the whole scandal in South Carolina with Governor Mark Sanford's staff said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail while he was really in South America with his mistress. That was in 2009. But now that I've learned of it's existence, it definitely intrigues me. Bryson is funny and truthful, which I think will make a good mix for this book.
- Grace Eventually (Thoughts on Faith) by Anne Lamott. On the list since: 07/01/2016. I love Anne Lamott. I think I may have mentioned that once or twice. So I can't believe I've let this book sit on my shelf for even six months. She encourages and makes you laugh and opens your eyes all while feeling like you're having a nice visit with a friend.
- An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina. On the list since: 10/05/2015. This is an autobiography of the man who stood up against the Rwandan genocide and hid people in the motel he managed, you may have seen the movie- Hotel Rwanda.
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. On the list since: 06/26/2013. I know I've had this book for longer than I've been on Goodreads, but I have yet to read it. It's won a Pulitzer Prize, it's got a high rating, but I've just never picked it up. I think this is the year I'll get it read.