Prioritise My TBR

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A Discovery of Witches, Alienated, All Fall Down, All the Rage, Ally Carter, Amy Ewing, Barry Jonsberg, Cat Clarke, Cloudwish, Courtney Summers, Dawn Kurtagich, Days of Blood and Starlight, Deborah Harkness, Dreams of Gods and Monsters, Dumplin, E. Lockhart, Estelle Laure, Far From You, Fiona Wood, Happily Ever After, Hidden, Hilary Badger, Hold Me Like a Breath, John Flanagan, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Josephine Angelini, Julie Murphy, Justine Larbalestier, Kerstin Gier, Kiera Cass, Laini Taylor, Lair of Dreams, Leviathan, Libba Bray, Lifespan of Starlight, Maggie Stiefvater, Margo Lanagan, Marianne Curley, Marie Lu, Megan Miranda, Melinda Salisbury, Melissa Grey, Melissa Landers, Pandora Jones, Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, Pompidou Posse, Ranger's Apprentice, Razorhurst, Rebecca Lim, Rick Riordan, Rick Yancey, Ruby Red, Running Like China, Sarah Lotz, Scott Westerfeld, Sea Hearts, Soman Chainani, Sophie Hardcastle, Sophie Jordan, Soulprint, Star Wars, State of Grace, Susanna Clarke, Tess Sharpe, Thalia Kalkipsakis, The 5th Wave, The Astrologer's Daughter, The Dead House, The Diviners, The Girl at Midnight, The Infinite Sea, The Jewel, The Lost and the Found, The School of Good and Evil, The Scorpio Races, The Sin Eater's Daughter, The Young Elites, This Raging Light, Tiffany Schmidt, Trial by Fire, Trish Doller, Uninvited, We Were Liars, Where the Stars Still Shine, White Time

I seem to have a problem that many book-nerds have, my TBR pile is HUGE!

And because it’s 2016, I have decided…this time next year, I will not own any books that I have not read.

Can I actually do it?

But I need your help

Obviously, my pile is huge, so I need some suggestions of where to begin.

What’s on my TBR:

• Pandora Jones trilogy, by Barry Jonsberg
• All the Rage, by Courtney Summers
• Hold Me Like a Breath, by Tiffany Schmidt
• The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
• White Time, by Margo Lanagan
• The 5th Wave/Infinite Sea, by Rick Yancey
• Cloudwish, by Fiona Wood
• The Diviners/Lair of Dreams, by Libba Bray
• Star Wars: Verily a New Hope
• Dumplin’, by Julie Murphy
• The Lost and the Found, by Cat Clarke
• Pompidou Posse, by Sarah Lotz
• This Raging Light, by Estelle Laure
• Happily Ever After, by Kiera Cass
• Uninvited, by Sophie Jordan
• Running Like China, by Sophie Hardcastle
• Where the Stars Still Shine, by Trish Doller
• Sea Hearts, by Margo Lanagan
• State of Grace, by Hilary Badger
• Ruby Red, Kerstin Gier
• Razorhurst, by Justine Larbalestier
• The Young Elites, by Marie Lu
• Lifespan of Starlight, by Thalia Kalkipsakis
• We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
• Alienated, by Melissa Landers
• The Dead House, by Dawn Kurtagich
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, by Rick Riordan
• All Fall Down, by Ally Carter
• Days of Blood and Starlight/Dreams of Gods and Monsters, by Laini Taylor
• The Sin Eater’s Daughter, by Melinda Salisbury
• Ranger’s Apprentice, by John Flanagan
• Leviathan, by Scott Westerfield
• Soulprint, by Megan Miranda
• Trial by Fire, by Josephine Angelini
• The Jewel, by Amy Ewing
• The Girl at Midnight, by Melissa Grey
• The School of Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani
• Far From You, by Tess Sharpe
• A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
• The Astrologer’s Daughter, by Rebecca Lim
• Hidden, by Marianne Curley
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

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So, my question to you all is this: which books should I prioritise? I need to know where to begin.

Help me out, guys!

Winter is Ending!

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Cat Clarke, Demon Road, Derek Landy, Estelle Laure, Fallen, Holly Black, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Kathryn Barker, Lair of Dreams, Lauren Kate, Libba Bray, Lisa M. Stasse, Magnus Chase, Passion, Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes, Rapture, Rick Riordan, Running Like China, Skulduggery Pleasant, Sophie Hardcastle, Susanna Clarke, Sweet Evil, The Darkest Part of the Forest, The Diviners, The Forsaken, The Lost and the Found, The Skin of a Monster, This Raging Light, Torment, Wendy Higgins

So, it is the end of August, which means that Spring is upon us.

This makes me happy.

So…What Happened in August:

Books were bought:

I know…only four…I’m concerned, too.

Books were received:

MAGNUS CHASE ARC! Excuse me while I continue to flail in excitement.
(It was just as good as I hoped it would be).

And my Date A Book YA night Book Haul…The pile on the right (i.e. all the black books), came from Keely, Sweet Evil (which I got for my sister) came from Jaz, and the rest came in the goody-bag.

Books were won:

So, Dymocks did a twitter giveaway for a signed ARC of Demon Road…which I managed to win 😀
I haven’t read it (yet), but I am SO EXCITED!!!

I had also forgotten that I’d entered a BBC-Aus giveaway for Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and so when I got an email telling me I’d won, I was pleasantly surprised. (And also super excited, because my good friend Elspeth adores this book).

Books were read:

Only 6, but they were a fabulous six. Also, I spent a long time on The Dying of The Light, because it is 600 pages of very intense emotions and the only time I had to read it was on the train.

Authors were met, books were signed:

At the blogger night I got to meet Holly Black, and get my copy of The Darkest Part of the Forest signed. So that was awesome.

And my dogs were cute:

I mean, they’re always cute, but still…look at them.

Tomorrow it will be September

Where has the year gone? I would seriously like to know.

I mean, I’m thrilled winter is over, but still…

Anyway, this September, I have a plan:

For September, in honour of my sister’s birthday, I shall be attempting to read all the books she has been begging me to read for years.

These books will likely include:

– The Gallagher Girls books
– The Heist Society books
– The last two Kane Chronicles

And while reading as many of these as I can, I also hope to catch up on some review-copy reading and reviews…

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So, how was your August? Any plans for September? Let me know.