What’s a book that you desperately want to read, but for some reason keep putting it off?
What’s a book that you desperately want to read, but for some reason keep putting it off?
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A lot of Stephen King books of mine fit that category. Maybe that’s because it usually takes a while to finish it so I first pick up a book that reads a little quicker. At the same time I love Stephen King’s work ?
Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews. It’s set in the same world as her Kate Daniels series, which I love, and I always love whatever of their books I read. However, it’s a spin off and I’m hesitant because of that.
Six of Crows and Caraval. They are so hyped
@Gunnel I loved Six of Crows. Caraval was okay but I have little desire to read anymore in that series.
@Kristy I will read them both. Because of the hype both have been translated which will make it easier
@Gunnel good. I understand about not wanting to read overly hyped books. I tend to do the same usually.
@Kristy Yeah it’s keeping me off and I look for other books people haven’t heard off
Caraval disappointed me, Legendary has me eager for Finale though
@Gunnel me, too!
@Kasey agreed I wasn’t as invested in Caraval but Legendary was so much better! I think it was because over and over everyone kept saying it’s just a game so it didn’t have a real climatic feel to it.
@Gunnel I am also in the camp of meh for Caraval, and loved Legendary! I also adore Six of Crows. I love broken characters.
@LR I’m so curious on both books but I’m scared I won’t like then
@Gunnel SoC reminds me a lot of The Smoke Theives, lots of points of view and everything comes together beautifully
@LR ooh! Now I wanna read it lol. Maybe a November read 😀
Reaper at the Gates and Tower of Dawn.
@Jessica that’s another one for me! I have all 3 of those books and I haven’t even read one ?
Heart of Iron and Sky in the Deep
@Mandy ooo I really enjoyed both of those. But I haven’t read hardly any of the OC books that I got before then. ?
@LR They’re sitting on my shelf staring at me. I keep meaning to pick them up and getting sidetracked by other things.
@Mandy I know how that is!
Red Queen and the Court of Thrones series
The Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Girl Made of Stars
Ace of Shades
Royal Bastards
The Young Elites
The list goes on and on xD
The president is dead
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfield
The Starbound trilogy
The Mistborn series.
@Stacy me, too. I have the first book, too
These have been on my tbr for a decade but I purchased them earlier this year and still haven’t made time for them.
Strange the Dreamer
@Natasha I recently started this and listened to the first hour or so on audio, I really really liked it! I’m going to finish it as soon as I finish my Libby holds.
@LR it’s so long that I keep worrying about letting my team down if I read it but I need to get to it before end of the year ?
@Natasha I got the audio for that exact reason. Lainy Taylor can be extremely long winded and has beautiful prose, but I’m not super into that style of book. I listened to her Daughter of Smoke and Bone series on audio and definitely had the reader sped way tf up. BUT I did enjoy that series. I find that if I sit and let myself stew too long with an overly detailed book, the odds are higher I’ll put it down and read something else. Does this ramble make sense? ??
@LR yes completely I had a similar problem with the second A Discovery Of Witches Book it was good all of the detail but really hard to get through too, I’ll have to keep an eye out for some audio books, I use my library app so they don’t have everything but audible is silly price here unfortunately ?
Red Queen
The ACOTAR series and the TOG series….. yep… I have them all, staring at me on my shelves…. and I have not yet had any urge to pick up either of them…..
Mine is Wintersong, and The Valient! They both sound fantastic but I just can’t seem to fit them into my life! I’ve got to get on that!
Carry On, Gemina, Children of Boood and Bone, Furyborn, Conjuring of Light, Name of the Wind, Diabolic, The Power, and anything by Steven King. Yeah…you can see my problem now lol! It sucks cuz all these books I’ve been waiting for are coming out and pushing the need to read everything further down the list.
The Night Circus
Strange the dreamer, legendary, hunting prince dracula, warcross, books from owlcrate since about august last year.
*stares at TBR* *reads brand new book*
@Megan OMG same
I do it with library books too!
Every damn time lol
Children of Blood and Bone
A Discovery Of Witches
To all my fans…with love…from Sylvia. I think that’s the title. The first longest book I ever read. It was back in 7th grade…many moons ago.
ALL OF THEM!
But, for reals, I want to do a complete read of all RA Salvatore’s stuff. And King. And finally finish Wheel of Time.
I second a reread of Salvatore! It’s been way too long since I’ve read his books.
@Stacy he just came out with a new prequel to the Drizzt story! I bought it… And that’s that.
the book thief
les miserables – too long
Illuminae! I’m waiting and if I win my disability hearing then I’m buying the series as a reward.
Another two books I haven’t had a chance to read yet is Dawn Study and Night Study. I bought the whole series awhile back and keep forgetting about them.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.
Crime and Punishment I’ve started it at least 3 times and keep putting it down for too long
@Amanda same!
One day I’m gonna ignore all other books and just finish that thing ?
Nevernight was the first I thought about, but now I’m actually reading it and I can’t understand why I waited!
@Ingrid I love to hear that! I’ve definitely been there!