"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday, Spring 2013 TBR

Broke and Bookish

Ten+ Books I want to Read this Spring

On my TBR pile at home:
  • Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James- my sweet husband gave me this book for Christmas a few years ago. I want him to know that I appreciate his thoughtfulness.
  • A Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling- see rationale above but change the year.
  • Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore- third book in the Graceling series, which I love, and both my daughters have read it.  I must catch up with them.
  • Prodigy by Marie Lu- I have the ARC of this book and have had it so long that the book is now published. I must bear down and finish the thing.
For My Book Clubs:
  • Girls Guide to Homelessness: a memoir by Brianna Karp
  • The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • The Orchardist by Amanda Copland
  • The Light Between Oceans by M.L.Stedman
 Mock Printz 2014 possibles:
  • Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell...it has already earned four starred reviews (Published 2/26/13)
  • Etiquette Espionage by Gail Carriger...it also has four starred reviews (Published 2/5/13)
  • Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys...three starred reviews so far. (Published 2/12/13)
  • Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos...1 starred review (Published 3/5/13)
Jane Austen:
  • Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman...a modern retelling of Pride and Preduice
  • Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo
  • Sense and Sensibility by Ms. Austen herself. I hope to start a S/S progress report blog like I did for Emma to keep me on track.