Book meme - On my bookshelves #1
This is a book meme hosted by A Night's Dream of Books to highlight just how much us book nuts hoard our precious books without actually reading them. All those brand new 'must-haves' in the book shops, hand me down hardbacks that you just can't resist, and an ever-increasing selection of Christmas and birthday gifts. My shelves are fit to burst with books, and here's a couple that I've not yet had the pleasure of reading (though I intend to ... someday).
These were given to me years ago as a gift, and have since survived the move to three different cities, and I've still not taken a look at them. I've read Lawhead's Taliesin, which I really enjoyed. I want to make sure I can read all three one after the other, so they go to the back of the pile.
Ben Aaronovitch - Rivers of London
This was an absolute bargin - I snagged this for half price when I got myself a copy of SFX Magazine. I've been wanting to read Aaronovitch for a while, but my TBR pile dictates the order of reading, so it's still waiting to be opened.
Robin Hobb - Ship of MagicI can't really remember actually buying this, so it must have been part of a haul at my local market (there was always some fantasy there for me to drool over). The cover attracted me more than anything else (naughty, I know) but I've never had much of a desire to read it.
One day I'll get through all of these. One day ...
What books have you got on your bookshelves that are still waiting to be read/re-read?
Just a quite note to say I'll be popping down to the great city of London this evening for the book launch of Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. I'm halfway through the book, so here's hoping I can finish it on the bus trip to London!
Also, I've fixed the image issue on my post on the NPR Top 100 fantasy and sci-fi flowchart. Image compression was working against me, but now you can all see the chart in its full glory!
I used to keep up with my reading! But now I have dozen books on my iPad, mostly blogger buddy books, that I need to read.
ReplyDeleteOh man. It could take me all freaking day to do this meme.
ReplyDeleteThis could take hours.... enjoy London and I'll let you know (may have to use this as a full post :))
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I've read some of Stephen Lawhead's Hood series and really enjoyed them, so I'd be interested in reading this trilogy!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to read Rivers of London too.
Read and review these for us please! :)
I happen to have Stephen Lawhead's Song of Albion trilogy waiting for me. Among other books. A lot of other books.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy London!
Robin Hobb's books are fantastic--especially the liveship Traders series.
ReplyDeleteI have a few unread books on my shelves purely because I haven't had time yet to read them all. It's why I rarely reread books.
I've read - and adored - The Pendragon Trilogy (Taliesin, Merlin and Arthur) so is it any wonder that I may actually be dribbling slightly at that trilogy pic?
ReplyDeleteTotally unrelated, why did I think you were in the USA?
Okay, ignore that last remark - I finally noticed your 'about me' tab at the top of the page!
ReplyDeleteHmm I really wanted to read Peter V. Brett's "The Warded Man", "The Winds of Khalakovo" by Bradley P. Beaulieu, "The Desert of Souls" by Howard Andrew Jones, and then of course I have to reread the "A song of Ice and Fire" series.... Oh and "The Folding Knife" by K.J. Parker... To name a few lol
ReplyDeleteI just started reading Ship of Magic yesterday, it's pretty good! :)
ReplyDeleteOh man, this is so me. Here are a few that remain unread on my shelves so far. Vampire Empire Book One: The Greyfriar by Clay and Susan Griffith, Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw and Curse of the Wolf Girl by Martin Millar.
ReplyDeleteIt would take to long to post the titles of the more than 160 unread books on my shelf and there are additionally more than 30 eBooks.
ReplyDeleteMy dream is to have enough money for the rest of my life and spend my time for reading instead of go to work ....