To clarify, this is not a list of books I think people should off and buy and read. This is a list of books that fall under Point the First of my TBR Acquisition Rules. Or, those books that I want to read and I want them NOW durn it. Gimmegimmegimme!
This is, obviously, a list that will change as I buy books or add new ones. Without rules, I might as well make it my wish list. So!
Below is a list of 20 items. (They may or may not be filled yet.)
- I may not add more than 20 books to this list.
- I may not remove bought books to make room for others.
- I may remove books I have not yet bought because I want other books more.
- I may remove books that have come to me because someone else bought them for me as a present.
-I must state reasons why I want the book so badly, even if those reasons only make sense to me. Even if that reasons is solely “It sounds so fascinating!” Sometimes you get drawn to a book for no reason other than the sound of it, after all.
- I must indicate whether I’ve bought a book. (So I know not to remove it. These’ll be struck-through, apparently.)
- Crank by Ellen Hopkins (Because the technical side of the way this is written sounds utterly fascinating.)
- Daylight by Elizabeth Knox (I’m trying to gather up all her works, but this is out of print… I want this one so badly because the premise sounds as fascinating as The Vintner’s Luck.)
- The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson (I blame Chris for this one. It. Sounds. So. Wonderful.)
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- Miss Chopsticks by Xinran (Uhm, it’s a Chinese book, so fits ‘read more foreign books’…)
- Real World by Natsuo Kirino (*points up* Except that it’s Japanese.)
- Celtic Way of Life by Dublin Curriculum Development Unit (It looked interesting…)
- The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula k. LeGuin (I blame my dad and, fans of the books shall shudder, the mini-tv series.)
- The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien (Carl’s fault for mentioning it. My fault for going to the EFF and spotting it.)
The Angel’s Cut by Elizabeth Knox(It won’t be published until the autumn, I think, if I’m lucky. If I’m unlucky, it won’t be published then either. GIMME MORE OF XAS!!! Look it says “June” behind the publisher name. Does that mean I can has my book this summer?)- Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev (Not released until July. But it’s all about Shakespeare and acting and fairies and can I just say how utterly made of brilliance that premise is?)
Alabaster by Caitlín R. Kiernan(I. Really. Like. Dancy. And breaking my mind. Granted, I have yet to read Low Red Moon, but…)-
The Women of Nell Gwynne’sby Kage Baker(It. Sounds. Fascinating. I want it. Now. Preferably.) Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon(The premise. Lions. In Bagdad. Running loose. The meaning of freedom. The fact that it’s a graphic novel. I was intrigued.)Tree and Leaf by JRR Tolkien(I had reasons for this… Then WordPress reset my entry and those reasons got lost.)-
Heaven’s Net Is Wideby Lian Hearn (See above.) -
The Harsh Cry of the Heronby Lian Hearn (See above the above)
Wow. The preliminary list isn’t all that scary…
