Top Ten Tuesday is the brainchild of The Broke & the Bookish. Every Tuesday, we compile a list of our literary Top 10, and then add it to the blog hop.
This week is all about the Top 10 Books On Our TBR Lists For Autumn.
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60 Books to read in 2015 – My List
As part of my slightly altered reading challenge, here are the 60 books I have picked for 2015. Yesterday, my grandma let me raid her attic room, where she kept floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. She can’t read anymore (she’s blind in one eye and only has about 15% sight left in the other), so she said I’m welcome to whatever books I want as she’d only give them away anyway. So I raided the book shelves. 21 books I took with me right there and then, and I left about 20 more on the table as I didn’t have anything to carry all of them in at once. A few of those books I incorporated into the list below. I was actually surprised to find that my gran was a Konsalik fan and had all sorts of popular books hidden away (Tai-Pan, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Bonjour tristesse, just to name a few). Others I will have to buy or I’ve meant to buy anyway. I guess for my birthday I’m just sending round a list of books I’ve compiled on Amazon. Do you agree with my list? Can you recommend anything or would you swap books around? Are you doing a reading challenge as well? Let me know in the comments! Continue reading 60 Books to read in 2015 – My List
My “To Read” Pile for 2015
I love buying books. I can spend hours in a bookstore or browsing a fleamarket for a bargain. Usually, I end up buying at least 1 book, which is why my To Read Pile is growing and growing. Even if I only wanted to get a voucher for a friend’s birthday… I’ll end up getting the voucher for her and a book for myself.
A home without books is like a body without a soul. – Cicero
I really believe that. People who don’t have books are highly suspicious in my eyes. Take my ex for example: he only owned two “proper” books. Animal Farm and Anne Frank’s Diary. The rest of his books were picture books with “pretty” cars in them.
I can’t help it. I like to show that I’m well-read. Seeing what others have on their bookshelves can be a great conversation starter! My “To Read Pile” is growing ever higher, though, as I haven’t had a chance to properly get lost in a good book in months.
Some of these books I’ve been meaning to read for a while now. Others were gifts. A few of them are by authors I admire. One is by a very good friend of mine (Die Spiegelsinfonie). But some I chose because I love the cover (Tape & Mister Pip especially)
So here are some books I’ve already got at the ready for 2015:
Study. Read. Write. 