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You all might remember that I struggle with these seasonal TBR posts because I’m a mood reader who relies on my local library for most of what I read. Therefore, there’s not a whole lot of planning ahead for me unless we’re talking about my all-time favourite authors or something.
So guess who came up with seven answers for this prompt? Maybe next time I’ll be able to come up with the full ten!
All the Water in the World by Eiran Caffell
Publication Date: Today!
Why I’m Interested: I loved Station Eleven and hope this is just as poignant and hopeful.
The Other March Sisters by Linda Epstein
Publication Date: February 25
Why I’m Interested: Little Women is such a classic, but I wondered how certain scenes would have looked from perspectives other than Jo’s as well as what was going on the other sisters’ lives that maybe she didn’t know about. Now we’ll get to find out.
Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey
Publication Date: March 4
Why I’m Interested: Carey is on my short list of must-read authors. At first I thought the protagonist was a vampire, but he may be something else instead. Either way, count me in.
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publication Date: March 4
Why I’m Interested: Ngozi Adichie is also on my short list of must-read authors! I’m excited to read something new from her as I don’t think she’s written much fiction (if any?) before.
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
Publication Date: March 18
Why I’m Interested: Tuberculosis is a sad but intriguing subject. I like learning more about it, especially since it remains a threat to human health to this day. May we someday have much better medications to treat it.
When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
Publication Date: March 25
Why I’m Interested: Scalzi has such creative ideas. Sometimes I love his work and other times they’re not quite what I’m looking for, but I do give him another shot with every new book either way.
Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo
Publication Date: April 8
Why I’m Interested: This is a bit of a risky pick for me because I loathed The Great Gatsby when it was assigned to us to read in a high school English class and have refused to read anything else from Fitzgerald in the years since then. Can a retelling change my mind, or will this be a rapid DNF? Only time will tell..
1. Quiet Reading and Writing Time
I don’t know about all of you, but sometimes when a particularly bad snowstorm or blizzard hits southern Ontario it almost feels like there’s an angry creature shrieking outside as it tosses snow everywhere.
My vivid imagination sometimes spills over into the dream world, and with this freebie post I finally get to talk about them today. Here are several books I’ve had dreams about over the years.
This annual prompt continues to be a bit of a stumper as I don’t actually celebrate Thanksgiving unless you count making a fancy meal to celebrate the end of the growing season as part of this tradition!
Honestly, I do not think my answers are going to be very impressive this week. When I was a teenager, I read dozens of classic novels and enjoyed many of them. The classics I have still not yet read are, for the most part, books that do not appeal to me for a variety of reasons and that I will probably never read.
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Here’s a fun fact about me: I love foggy days so long as I don’t have to travel anywhere during them. (Driving in fog is too dangerous for me to ever look forward to it!)
