First, I had hoped to finish The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes but I still have a hundred or so pages to go. While I am beginning to bond with the characters a bit more and the story is good, I haven’t hit that sweet spot in the book where I just can’t put it down.
You see, for me, there is always one point in the story where it grabs hold of me and I will read obsessively until I’ve finished (drove my ex crazy sometimes). This just isn’t that kind of book for me. Some books will have that moment and some won’t and that’s ok. It just takes me longer to finish and the piles continue to grow (more on that later).
As for my growing obsession, I realized after last week’s blog I needed another list. This list is a list of books I’ve found in the library or have been recommended to me that I hope to read one day. I realized the list was necessary to compile when I found different notes around the house with book titles on them. I’m really bad about writing theses kind of things down and just sticking them wherever, so I thought “I need a list!”. The obsession is real my friends. Now if I could only get paid for it…
A few books on my “to be read eventually list” include:
The Only Good Indians – Stephen Graham Jones
Providence – Max Berry (I read and enjoyed his book Lexicon, so I will probably start a power read through his books someday).
Circe – Madeline Miller
However, before that happens (hence the eventually part of the name) I have three pressing books next: Jim Butcher’s two latest books in the Dresden Files series– Peace Talks and Battleground and Rick Riordan’s The Tower of Nero. And then a three-book series that my parents gave me, so it may be a while.
Until next time – happy reading!
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