I have to be honest with myself and given the amount of books I have been reading lately I don’t think I’ll have enough time for me to finish all the books I want to! So some I am just going to have to put on the backburner for now and hopefully pick them up in 2023!
5 New Releases I Wish I read this year:
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
Echoes and Empired by Morgan Rhodes
League of Liars by Astrid Scholte
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
These are five backlist books that I had every intention of reading this year but somehow time got away from me and unfortunately it didn’t happen… I will definitely try to prioritise these books for 2023 though!!
Jade City by Fonda Lee
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Finley Donovan is Killing It by Elle Casimano
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
Back in January I posted about 5 books I really wanted to read in 2021 and now that we are at the end of the year I thought I would post a final update and see how I did! At this stage I’ve completed 3 out of the 5 books and honestly I’m okay with that. This is has been my worst reading year in terms of quantity in a few years and I had a massive reading slump in the middle of it all so I’m quite proud with what I was able to complete. Obviously, I am going to be prioritising the other two books in 2022 and get this list completed!
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
This was a wonderful introduction to this trilogy and I can see now why so many people love this book. The writing was descriptive and the world building was immaculate. All of the characters were distinctive and diverse and the way the storylines merged was masterful. I am kicking myself for putting off reading this book for so long and I am happy to have finally completed it. I have a feeling I am going to be continuing on very soon!
My Rating: ⭐️4/5 stars
The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Multiple timelines and POVs can get a tad confusing for me and it’s hard to keep track of all the characters and who is a host and who isn’t. I have to say as he switches from each host and the days start ticking down the level of urgency felt throughout the plot kept rising. I had no idea at any point in time what was actually going to happen, I had my suspicions but at every twist I was definitely surprised!
My Rating: ⭐️3/5 stars
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
I really enjoyed the format of the book with the countdown to the trivia night. Knowing that one of these characters is now dead and trying to figure out who did it and who died really built up the anticipation. The mystery behind who was the school bully was intriguing and it was entertaining to see these mothers going around gossiping about their lives. This was definitely better than what I was expecting and it was nice to read a book with the setting here in Australia, I don’t get many of those.
My Rating: ⭐️4/5 stars
The other two books I still need to read are:
If you are unaware what the Buzzword Readathon/Challenge is see my prior post HERE. Last month the buzzword was TIME and unfortunately like the month prior I didn’t get a chance to read anything that fell under that category, so I will have to catch up in the coming months ! I am excited to continue on with this challenge and complete this months buzzword which is:
This month the buzzword theme is DARK and here my options:
Back in January I posted about 5 books I really wanted to read in 2021 and now that we are halfway through the year I thought I would post an update! At this stage I’ve only read 1 out of 5 of the books so I really have to get cracking if I want to complete them all.
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
This was a wonderful introduction to this trilogy and I can see now why so many people love this book. The writing was descriptive and the world building was immaculate. All of the characters were distinctive and diverse and the way the storylines merged was masterful. I am kicking myself for putting off reading this book for so long and I am happy to have finally completed it. I have a feeling I am going to be continuing on very soon!
My Rating: ⭐️4/5 stars
The other four books I still need to read are:
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