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Books I Desperately Want to Read

3/10/2016

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This week, I put my 200th book on my Goodreads to-read list. This list has been gradually growing since I joined Goodreads at the beginning of 2013. It goes down a fair amount over the summers when I have time to visit the library and read a lot of books. The rest of the year, it just grows bigger and bigger.

In honor of reaching the magic 200, I thought I would look through the list and see what the top ten books are that I want to read as soon as humanly possible.
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  • The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzo Hunter (Added to TBR: August 16, 2014. Why? Because I love books about magic. And look how pretty that cover is!)
  • The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller (Added to TBR: November 16, 2014. Why? Because I love books about books. Seriously love them. There are a lot of them on my TBR list.)
  • Mail Obsession: A Journey Round Britain by Postcode by Mark Mason (Added to TBR: November 24, 2015. Why? Because Walk the Lines by this author was one of my absolute top reads of 2015, and I was ecstatic to hear he had a new book coming out.)
  • Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin (Added to TBR: October 15, 2015. Why? Because this is one of my favorite Christian authors, and the main character is a bookworm. How could I resist?)
  • Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podel (Added to TBR: February 26, 2015. Why? What a cool premise for a book! Especially for a travel nut like me!)
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  • The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson (Added to TBR: August 29, 2015. Why? Because I've read just about every book Bill Bryson has ever written. This one went on the TBR as soon as I heard of its existence.)
  • Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (Added to TBR: January 27, 2014. Why? Because I like dragons.)
  • The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible by Aviya Kushner (Added to TBR: October 6, 2015. Why? Because a book about comparing the original Hebrew of the Bible to our English translations is completely fascinating to me.)
  • Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston (Added to TBR: September 5, 2013. Why? Because I'm a grammar nerd and proud of it!)
  • The Late Starters Orchestra by Ari L. Goldman (Added to TBR: June 17, 2014. Why? Because I've always wanted to learn how to play the violin, and this book may just inspire me to finally do so!)
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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
3/10/2016 02:22:06 pm

The Year of Reading Dangerously was very good on audio -- I imagine it's good in print too, but I liked listening to the author tell his own story.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
3/13/2016 07:31:18 pm

I haven't gotten into audiobooks much yet, but I really like it when the author reads it himself. I'll have to give that one a try on audio!

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Maphead link
3/10/2016 11:48:41 pm

Great idea for a post!
I sooooo need to do this for my blog!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
3/13/2016 07:32:04 pm

It was really fun to sort through my giant TBR list and find my top choices. Now I just need to track them down and read them! :)

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Kailana link
3/12/2016 01:52:31 pm

I have TOOTH AND CLAW on my TBR and STILL haven't read it. One day!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
3/13/2016 07:33:04 pm

I was really close to getting that one! Our library said they had it, but it turned out it was down buried in storage. I didn't have time to wait half an hour for them to uncover it, so I had to leave without it. :( One day, we'll both get a chance to read it!

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