I have book guilt.
I've always been a bookworm - getting through 50 books a year, reading for hours every day - but recently I've really struggled to get into a book, meaning that I've read nothing so far this year. I've started a few different books but have stopped reading them after 5 or 6 chapters as they're just not pulling me in. I really want this to change; I want to be able to devour a book in a couple of days like I used to, so I pulled out all of the books I own but haven't read (and I want to read), and made a list. Now I'm sharing this list with you.
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Hobbit by J R R Tolkein
- One Day by David Nicholls
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
- The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
- Delirium by Lauren Oliver
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding
- The Understudy by David Nicholls
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- The Lord of the Rings (1,2 and 3) by J R R Tolkein
It doesn't stop there though...I also have 174 unread books on my Kindle...It would take forever to list them all so I picked out the ones that I really should have read.
- Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- The Shining by Stephen King
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
I wasn't sure about sharing the next part with you as I know I will definitely cause a huge shizstorm and everyone will be disappointed in me, but I like to be honest...
I haven't read:
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
All, of course by J K Rowling.
I am so sorry. :( I only started to really love Harry Potter last April because I went through a phase of really disliking Daniel Radcliffe, so I refused to like Harry Potter. Don't get me wrong; Harry Potter was huge part of my childhood, but when I was about 10 I stopped liking it so didn't get round to reading the books until last year...Forgive me?
I started reading Beautiful Creatures on my Kindle last night and I think I've finally found a book that I will actually finish. Hopefully I've got my reading mojo back. ^_^
This post was inspired by Kristina Horner (Italktosnakes on YouTube).
Lots of love, Cat
Lots of love, Cat
xxx
