Since I didn’t yet manage to finish the book I wanted to review today, I’ve instead decided to devote this space to a booklist, since I don’t do very many of those. And today’s booklist theme is What’s in Sarah’s TBR Pile Right Now? Call it a random sampling of stuff I want to read in the coming months/year. Not counted in the list: stuff I’m in the middle of reading. And yes, some of you will no doubt see books you’ve sent and/or lent and think, Jeez, you haven’t read it yet?? The answer is clearly no…
- Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (Cybils SFF Teen winner; found at library)
- Paper Valentines by Brenna Yovanoff (a random fantasy find from the library)
- Gadget Girl by Suzanne Kamata (multicultural YA w/biracial protag)
- Bad Girls by Jane Yolen et al. (nonfiction graphic novel profiling infamous ladies of history)
- Under Shifting Glass by Nicky Singer (YA randomly sent to me by Chronicle)
- The Golden Shore by David Helvarg (history of California’s coastline lent to me by Colleen)
- You Are Free by Danzy Senna (literary short stories by biracial author)
- The Unnaturalists by Tiffany Trent (has a super awesome steampunk cover)
- Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield (Xmas present from Mom)
- Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes by Matt Kindt (graphic novel I forgot I requested from First Second and which showed up in the mail to my delight)
- Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (ebook I got as part of Humble Bundle)
- Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link (ditto)
There are also a handful more books that I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t read yet, books which have been sitting in my office for ages. And then I anticipate a few more showing up because I just today heard our county library has started doing e-book lending. Squee!
What’s on YOUR TBR pile?
To answer your question, my TBR pile is so stupid big I don't know where to begin.
Really.
But I wanted to tell you to keep On Golden Shore – no need to return – and also that my review for it was starred by Booklist. It's that good!!!
Oh my. I know you read fast, but wow! This is a huge pile of books.
And um, guys? I tagged you for a bloghop over at my dusty blog today. *ducks*
The questions may not be the type you like (I had so much trouble with the "where did your idea come from" that I re-wrote it way too many times) but I thought this may provide another place for you to tell the internets people your fabulous books in the wings.
I have two TBR shelves as well as a TBR pile–on the floor. And then there's a library stack. I could probably read one of the books in the time it would take to go through all the TBR books and list them.
I've read Magic for Beginners. I believe I liked it at the time.
Colleen: Awesome re: The Golden Shore (and your review!!).
Yat-Yee: I'm heading over to your blog right now to check this out (late…because I'm slow…)
Gail: Glad to hear Magic for Beginners was good!
Thanks to you, I added Gadget Girl to my wish list. It sounds great!
Cool! I'm looking forward to it, too. It's very near the top of my pile…virtually speaking, anyway, since I have an ebook review copy. 🙂