2020-01-25

2020 Anticipated Reads, New Releases and Goals

2020 Anticipated Reads, New Releases and Goals



Anticipated reads (already out):
> Soul of Stars, Poston
> The Beautiful, Ahdieh


New releases:
> Inheritance Games, Barnes
> Come Tumbling Down, McGuire
> Hearts, Heroes, and Heath Hall, West
> Winterborne Academy for Home for Vengeance and Valor, Carter
> My Calamity Jane, Lady Janies
> Once Upon a Con #3, Poston

Goals:
> Read more classics than I have been (ideally maybe 5 in 2020)
> Another goal is to expand what I read
> Finish series and not push the last book back

Read on lovelies,
S

2020-01-12

TBR 2020

TBR 2020


Last updated: December 28th -20, for newer information check my TBR 2021 post

Like the one for last year (link), these are books I own but haven't read yet.

Start of the year: 1 + 2 classics

           Gotten 2019 (the ones I'll try to get to zero by the end of the year)
           ARCs and books sent for review

TBR:
         1. Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
               .2 Soul of Stars ebook
               .3 The Beautiful ebook
               4. Hawk (pub. Jul. 6th)
 .             .5 Cinders ebook
               .6 Sea Witch Rising ebook
               .7 Slayer ebook
               .8 The Guest List (pub. May 15th/orig. Mar. 19th) ebook
               .9 Burn (pub. May 2nd) ebook
               .10 How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips (pub. May 19th) ebook
               .11 Recipe for Persuasion (pub. May 26thebook
               .12 Sisters of Sword and Song (pub. Jun. 23rdebook
               .13 Faith: Taking Flight (pub. Jul. 7th) ebook
               .14 Unspeakable Acts (pub. Jul. 28th) ebook
   .15 The Cruel Prince ebook
   .16 Of Curses and Kisses ebook
   .17 River at Night ebook
   .18 Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors ebook
   .19 My Calamity Jane ebook
   .20 One By One ebook
   .21 Bookish and the Beast ebook
   .22 Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour ebook
   .23 The Inheritance Games ebook


CLASSICS:
>1. Andersen 15/99
>2. Aesop's Fables 63/384
+ Jane Austen x2 (Persuasion, Lady Susan, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park)
Christie x5 (Crooked House, Curtain, Peril at End House, Endless Night, Death in the Clouds)
+ Other x4 (Animal Farm, Great Gatsby, Jungle Book, Treasure Island, Robin Hood)

*For stars and more info check my Goodreads: link*

Read on lovelies,
S

2020-01-11

2020 TBR Book Challenge

2020 TBR Book Challenge


Last updated: December 28th -20, for newer information check my TBR 2021 post



For the past five years I've done a challenge to get my TBR list down.
Although I've gotten a grip on my TBR, I still continue with this to expand what I read.
This is very close to last years one, with a few modifications.


1. Start a series & complete a series (can be separate series)
Faith: Taking Flight
My Calamity Jane

2. A book from the GoodReads Choice Awards (2019 link)
Book Love

3. A book you meant to read in 2019
Persuasion

4. Someone else's recommendation
Myyttihovi

5. Released as a movie/TV show
Kuolema niilillä (Death on the Nile, in the makes)

6. Award winner
Animal Farm

7. A book in Finnish
Paddingtonista 16.50 (16:50 From Paddington)

8.  A really long book (500+ pages)
Solutions and Other Problems

9. A book by an author you haven't read before
The Guest List

10. Choose by cover
Serenity and Firefly

11. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
The Ickabog

12. A book you choose randomly
Dear Girls

13. A book published in 2020
Hawk, Come Tumbling Down

14. A Standalone
Burn

15Genre you don't read enough
How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips

16. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
Mermaid's voice returns in this one

17. Non-fiction
Unspeakable Acts

18. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
Lukitut ovet (Turn of The Key)

19. Classic
Lady Susan

20. Science
The Happy Brain

Bonus: Reread a book
The Book of Ivy

Completed: 19+/20
Read on lovelies,
S