Reading List | Book Chatter

As I have been saying and saying… I have been a reading fool although the words have not been coming out of my fingers in the form of reviews but that’s okay. I have reviews scheduled for the weeks ahead and I will focus on next week, this weekend. You ever do that? Schedule a bunch of stuff for a tour or because of a book’s release date and then find yourself with nothing for the very next week? I am not into memes so sometimes I have to improvise without boring you to tears. So, what do I do? Talk about what I am reading, what I plan to read and what I really need to get to out of guilt.

I am reading:

Emily Alone by Stewart O’Nan (sequel to Wish You Were Here)
The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (a re-read, almost done!)
Alien vs. Predator by Michael Robbins (poetry!)
The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (a re-read for me, a wonderful book)
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakmi (stories)

What I plan to read next:

Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty
Words Get in the Way by Nan Rossiter (Her new one! Really liked The Gin and Chowder Club)
The Adults by Alison Espach (not sure it’s my thing, but it’s a library check-out, renewed 4 times!)
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills (a friend has been begging me to read this)

What I really want to read, but haven’t gotten a copy of as of yet and they are not out yet:

The Twelve by Justin Cronin (he is killing me on FB with all of the mentions and here I sit, waiting)
In One Person by John Irving (requested it on Net Galley and my request sits, not approved, not denied, not anything)

What I really need to read since my daughter ruined my review copy with her bottle of water:

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

This all looks good in writing, but any reader knows that this could all change at the drop of a hat! I am heading to the library to return the 17 books my daughter checked out, and that could mean an entirely new haul for me. I mean really, how can I avoid the New Books section? It’s just not going to happen. Why even try?

The list for the 2012 Tournament of Books was just announced on Facebook, although as I type this, I see that their web page has not been updated as of yet.

Anyway, take a look at this list! These books will be dueling it out for the win. I am reading four of them now (good timing on my part) and the rest of them, with the exception of a few, were already on my “want” list.