It’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the folks at the Broke and the Bookish. This week: Top Ten Books On Your Fall TBR List. I’ve decided to hold off on this and do something else instead…revisit my summer TBR list to see how I did (although I do still have almost 3 weeks before summer officially ends).
The “what’s on my summer ‘to read’ list” was posted here on June 19, 2012. Two and a half months later, here we are.
1. The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, by Ann Packer. I was reading this when I wrote the original post. So, yep, I read it and my thoughts about it are posted here.
2. Not sure which one, but something by Christopher Moore. And now I know: I read You Suck a few weeks ago, a follow-up to Bloodsucking Fiends, which I had read a few years ago. It’s tricky reading a sequel so long after the original…I’d forgotten a lot of details.
3. The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt. Haven’t read this yet…I’ve thought about picking it up and suspect it will not make it through the fall unread.
4. Explosive Eighteen, by Janet Evanovich. Another one I haven’t gotten to yet, but think I will soon.
5. Then Came You, by Jennifer Weiner. Just started this the other day.
6. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. Nope, not yet.
7. Something by Curtis Sittenfeld. Yes, I finished Prep last week. I really liked it and think I’ll end up writing a review of it in the not too distant future.
8. In the Woods, by Tana French. Yes, I started this on the plane to San Diego and finished it before I went to bed that night. The more I think about this, the more intriguing/frustrating it is (SLIGHT SPOILER: not everything gets resolved…)
9. Love the One You’re With, by Emily Giffin. Nope…and reading about some of what has gone on with her recently has turned me off a bit (I actually learned about this from last week’s “Naughty Authors” post at Broke and Bookish [click the link in Tahleen's post to see the story]). I’m sure I’ll end up reading this at some point though.
10. The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag, by Alan Bradley. Also a nope.
Okay…so I read 4 of my predicted 10 (and am currently reading a fifth), and have read 8 books in total this summer (the 4 not on this list are Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling; People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks; Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella; and Pretty in Plaid, by Jen Lancaster).
I decided to do a review of what I read rather than a “what I want to read” for a few reasons. First, I thought it would be fun to look back at my summer predictions. Second, I like to think I pick my books a little more spontaneously, so I started to wonder at a point if I was choosing books because I had said I wanted to read them on my blog. Of course, now that I see how it turned out (50 percent so far), I can only say the answer is “maybe.”
How did your summer reading go? And feel free to share something you want to read in the fall (as I said, The Little Friend is probably going to be read before the end of the fall).
yes! i like your spin on today’s top ten, zo!
i read more this summer than i have in years – just yesterday, read the final 150 pages of the last 50 shades book. definitely was a summer of reading!
#4 – an enjoyable escape (i read it a few weeks ago). stephanie plum is like a sitcom – no real value but very fun!
#5 – i will look forward to your thoughts, i want to read this one, too.
#7 – i may have to skip your review if you write one as i am putting this novel on my xmas list AGAIN, really want to read it!!
#9 – ??? now i am intrigued!!
and maybe you’ll get in 1-2 more books before “summer” ends (although, yes, it did *end* yesterday!).
I’m sure I’ll get to explosive 18 soon…when I’m in the mood for light.
I’m making my way through “Then Came You” so it’s possible I might make it before the end of the technical summer.
I’m glad you got more reading time in…I never am too far away from it, but yet, I’ll still be surprised how enjoyable it can be to spend a quiet few hours reading!
I like how you revisited and reassessed your summer list. Great idea for a future Top Ten, I think.
Here’s my Top Ten Books I’m Awaiting This Fall. I hope you will stop by!
Thanks. I checked ahead and realized there weren’t any “what I read this summer” posts planned, so I decided to go for it!
Nice List, the hangman one sounds good.
All his books have great titles!
Wow this is the first I’ve heard of the Emily Giffin drama with WWB…I read it and just reviewed it last week and gave it an OKAY rating. I thought it was good, but not excellent. Just being honest. Gosh now I feel like I should beware of any backlash from this! How disappointing to see all of that drama coming from a well-loved author’s surrounding circle.
On another note, I did terribly on my summer read list! Not enough hours in the day!
I gather a number of people felt that way. I’ve only ever read one Giffin and I’m sure I’ll get around to reading this one…the whole story just gives me a “gosh, you guys really thought it would be a good idea to go after readers?” feeling.
I don’t think I’d have an easy time of picking a list and then just sticking with it. I seem to buy new books weekly so I just pick what I want when I’m ready for a new one
I try to read things I’ve had longer, but I do like that feeling of approaching the bookshelves not knowing what I’ll want to read.
I hope you’ll get to the ones you haven’t read yet, especially The Hunger Games
Thanks. Looks like you languished in my spam for a few days for some reason…
I started reading In The Woods on Playaway from the library. Couldn’t get into it. My friend has it, maybe I should give it a try. I enjoyed Hunger Games.
I think being on a plane smoothed over any..I don’t know moments for me. And of course I wanted answers.