Hey guys, this is Abi here,
And this month's TBR is going to be a little on the short side. Mainly because I have no idea what I'm going to be reading for one week in the year!
I've decided that when I get to Whitby I'm just going to go into the bookshop and pick up whatever I fancy. I have a few books I'd like to start, but we'll see if something new catches my eye. It's the point of the exercise after all.
I will (hopefully) be finishing a couple of series this month, if all goes to plan, but they'll be a couple of other ones I'm thinking about as well.
Without further ado, I hope you enjoy my June TBR.
1. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3), by Suzanne Collins
It's weird to think I only started book 1 last wednesday, but here we are. There was no way I wasn't prioritising this with ever ambitous reading challenge gaining, especially after soaring through the first two books. I know most people don't tend to like this as much as the first two, due to the different direction it takes, but I happen to like this one almost as much as the first two. Hoping I'll be able to finish it by the end of the week, or thereabouts.
2. The Earthsea Quartet (Earthsea Cycle #1-4), by Ursula K. Le Guin
Originally, the plan was to try and finish Mockingjay before leaving for Whitby, but given how I've been flying through the series, I'm going to risk adding this into the mix. Earthsea is one of those classic fantasy series' that everybody seems to have heard of, but I actually know nobody that has read it. If I'm not able to finish this before the 16th, which is likely, because it has a page count in the high 600s, then I'm hoping I'll be able to get to the end of one of short stories, to continue at the end of the holiday.
Earthsea follows a character called Ged, right from when he is a young boy, being shipped to the island of Roke to learn the true nature of magic, to when he is a man, when true magic and ancient ways are forced to submit to the powers of evil and death.
I'm eager to follow young Ged's story, and read the quartet that rivals Tolkien's work (it's on the blurb).
WHITBY PLACE HOLDER
Top considerations:
1. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
2. Beartown (Beartown #1), by Fredrik Backman
3. Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell #1), by Hilary Mantel
4. Strangers in Time, by David Baldacci
3. The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11), by Lemony Snicket
4. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), by Lemony Snicket
5. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events #13), by Lemony Snicket
The final three books of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Of course, all good things much come to an end, but I doubt I'd ever get tired of reading about the Baudelaire children. These last three books are full of surprises, but I can safely say that Count Olaf chasing the Baudelaire's fortune will come to an end. It's been great getting to re-emerge myself back into the story of these incredible children, and I know I will be thinking about them, long after I close the last page.
6. Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
Okay, never seen the film, didn't even realise there was a book until I was given a Book Bucket List poster for my birthday a couple of years ago. Now, I'm determined for it to be the next book I tick off on that poster. I mean to watch the film at some points, but because old habits die hard, I'm reading the book first. I have no idea of what this is about, other than fight club and absent fathers, but I'm excited to finally commit to this iconic book.
Okay! Turns out this TBR didn't turn out that short after all! I'm cutting it at 6 books because I have no idea how much reading I'll get done in Whitby, but these are the books I'll be prioritising for the rest of the month.
I hope you have a wonderful evening, and I'll be back soon with my Anticipated Releases post for the next three months!
Byeeeee!
-Abi xxxxx
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