To help me get back to blogging regularly, I have decided to participate in BlogTober hosted by Hâf from the Library Looter and Anniek from Anniek’s Library. Today’s prompt Three Books I Meant/Wanted to Read Last Year.
Three books that I meant/wanted to read last year:
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Challenger Deep by Neil Shusterman
A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews
Top 5 Wednesday was originally created by Lainey from Gingerreadslainey and is now hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. There is a Goodreads group which lists the topics. I will only be participating in this meme at least once a month, maybe more if it’s a topic that I’m really excited about.
This week’s topic is books about mental health or has mental health in them. As always the list is in no specific order.
A List of Cages by Robin Roe
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Today’s post is a little different. If you read yesterday’s post, you knew that this post was coming, if not you can click the link and read it.
*Disclaimer: Before anyone comes at me and says some of these are not adult books, they are shelved in the ADULT fiction and non-fiction sections of the libraries in the consortium that I use.
Fiction:
The Shades of Magic Trilogy by V.E. Schwab
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
The Address by Fiona Davis
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Hiddensee by Gregory McGuire
All The Ever Afters by Danielle Teller
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose
That Crazy Perfect Someday by Michael Mazza
Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet by H.P. Wood
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire– I have not read all of them yet, but the ones I have read I have loved them.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Non-fiction
Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Quenton Fisher
The Color of Water by James McBride
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports by Mark Fainaru-Wada
Francona: The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona
Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits by David Ortiz
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof
The Teammates by David Halberstam
Pedro by Pedro Martinez
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend by Alan Steinberg
Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man by Bill Russell
Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Papi: My Story by David Ortiz
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza
Top 5 Wednesday was originally created by Lainey from Gingerreadslainey and is now hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. There is a Goodreads group which lists the topics. I will only be participating in this meme at least once a month, maybe more if it’s a topic that I’m really excited about.
This week’s topic is books that make me think of Spring As always the list is in no specific order.
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White The Complete Tails of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Stuart Little by E.B. White
And yes, I am fully aware that these are mostly children’s classics.
Top 5 Wednesday was originally created by Lainey from Gingerreadslainey and is now hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. There is a Goodreads group which lists the topics. I will only be participating in this meme at least once a month, maybe more if it’s a topic that I’m really excited about.
This week’s topic is Independent Ladies. As always the list is in no specific order.
Pippi Longstocking
Jo March
Anne Shirley
Elizabeth Bennet
Scout Finch
Top 5 Wednesday was originally created by Lainey from Gingerreadslainey and is now hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. There is a Goodreads group which lists the topics. I will only be participating in this meme at least once a month, maybe more if it’s a topic that I’m really excited about.
This week’s topic is Hyped 2019 Releases I Don’t Care About. The list is in no specific order.
Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff
Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
Slayer by Kiersten White
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
Yes, I’m fully aware that these are all fantasy and I’m not sorry.
There are so many more books that I could care less about, but I wanted to keep the list to five books.
Top 5 Wednesday was originally created by Lainey from Gingerreadslainey and is now hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. There is a Goodreads group which lists the topics. I will only be participating in this meme at least once a month, maybe more if it’s a topic that I’m really excited about.
This week’s topic is favorite magic systems. As always the list is in no specific order.
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden- I own the first book and borrowed the second book from the library.
Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Inside My Minds 