Resolutions. Some years I embrace them, other years I save time and discard all thoughts of them one minute into the New Year. I have no grand plans for 2013, short of a vague desire to ‘get back on the water’ (in my life before kids I rowed. I miss it. Every time I see a crew on the Yarra there’s a twinge of envy. Maybe 2013 is the year to get back in a boat… Just to see if I still love it as much as I did then).
But on to resolutions I can keep. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week a new ‘top ten’ challenge is posted – anyone can join in. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Resolve to Read in 2013.
So I’m cheating a little on this. My first five book resolutions are actually book lists… See what I did there? I cleverly turned a Top Ten into a Top Forty (of fifty… or sixty).
1. The books remaining on my Mount TBR challenge. I highly recommend this challenge – excellent for curbing compulsive book-buying.
2. The books on my Top Ten Most Anticipated Books for 2013 list.
3. The books on my Top Ten Tuesday – ABC… My Alphabetical Author List Has Some Gaps.
4. The two unread books on the ‘Top Ten Aussie Books You Must Read Before You Die’ list. In fact, I might also attempt some re-reads from this fab list.
5. The five books I’ve already listed for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013.
PLUS:
6. Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon – highly recommended by one of my favourite book-bloggers, Annabel Smith.
7. Empire Falls by Richard Russo – highly recommended by another of my favourite book-bloggers, Rory O’Connor.
8. Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt – ditto no. 7
9. Eleven Seasons by Paul D. Carter – recommended by a trusted friend (and the Vogel Prize winner 2012).
10. Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead – ditto no. 9…. are you sensing a theme here? There’s a handful of blogs I read and reading buddies I have that never fail me when it comes to a recommending a good book.
Crumbs. Didn’t even mention my NetGalley list….
I liked how you did this. I should have done this too. 🙂
Good luck getting all of these read. I’m cheering you on.
Happy New Years and happy reading.
Here’s the books I resolve to read
~Danica Page
Taking it One Page at a Time
It’s a little mad as the list almost sets my reading for the whole year! Fingers crossed I have the stamina 😉
You sneak! 50 for the price of 10. So many good ones on your lists though, many of which are also close to the top of my own TBR.
Great to see you’re taking part in AWW2013 too. And that my book is at the top of your list! woo hoo! The Light Between Oceans is also on my AWW list. Here’s my list:
http://annabelsmith.tumblr.com/post/39359194653/top-10-tuesday-the-first-ten-books-i-plan-to-read-in
PS Thanks for the plug 🙂
It was a little sneaky! Looking forward to AWW challenge – I completed the 2012 challenge by default, as I didn’t register my reviews until late in the year.
I cheated a little bit, too. It’s okay. We are grownups and we can do whatever we want.
Here’s my list of Ten Books I Resolve to Read in 2013. I hope you will stop by! And Happy New Year!
Oh, I like that ‘we are grown ups’ bit!
Empire Falls has been on my shelf for years and I keep meaning to read it. Perhaps this year…. Great way to combine your lists to make this one. Creativity is always appreciated.
Here’s my Top 10 Books to Read in 2013. Happy New Year!
It was a little sneaky/’creative’ but at least my TBR list is roughly organised in one list now 😉
Tell The Wolves I’m Home!!! I am so excited for this one, too! I bought a copy for my aunt for Christmas so I can’t wait to hear what you two have to say about it! Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by my blog!
LOL, I like the way you did that…10 is such a hard number to stick to, really! 😉
Thanks for stopping by my Top Ten!
Bree
Coffee Bean Bookshelf
Happy New Year! Great list, I hope you enjoy all of the books 🙂 I remember starting to read Empire Falls years ago but then I had to return it to the library before I finished it and never got around to borrowing it again…maybe one of these days I’ll finish it xD
Here’s my TTT for this week =)
It looks quite dense but I have a couple of weeks at the beach ahead of me, so the perfect time to tackle it, I think. Stay tuned for my review.
You must finish it! It is absolutely worth it.
So I am excited for 7, 8, and 10. I must warn you, I did meet someone recently who didn’t love Tell the Wolves I’m Home. For shame. It must be an anomaly. She is only one person. And Empire Falls is one of my favorite books ever. And Seating Arrangements is great too, although she is a little to young to have written such a wonderful book. 🙂
Must admit that I sometimes feel personally affronted if someone hates a book that I have seriously LOVED… Silly, I know!
Silly, but that’s it exactly.
Wow, that’s a lot of particular books to try and read in one year! Tell the Wolves I’m Home is on my Goodreads TBR list. Telegraph Avenue sounds good too, but my TBR list is so freaking long that I’m not adding anything else to it just yet!