Reading Plans for 2020
Well hello there in the new year and the new decade.
Maybe it's ridiculous but I choose to look at this new decade as a fresh start in many ways. Time for new endeavours and new challenges
So here I am about to share with you the twenty books and/series I want to read in 2020. In no particular order here we go
The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson- so confession time. I have read the first book in the trilogy twice already, but I haven't progressed with the rest of the series. It is time to go past the wall I have in my head. For those of you who don't know the Mistborn trilogy focuses on a world where the hero of prophecy lost, and what happened after that. There is a really cool metal based magic system, and wonderful characters.I don't want to say anything else but here is a link to the first book on Goodreads
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte- oh this book. I have started it three times now. I liked it every time, yet I never finished it. Why not? Yeah i don't know either. THis is the time. I read multiple retellings of this story and now it’s time to read the original.
The Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown- once again i have read the first book in this series and loved it. And once again i have not followed through. I own all the five books currently out in this series and haven't touched them. This scifi series is all about political revolution other fun things like that. Our main character is a mine worker on Mars, until he loses the one person he would have done anything for. ANd then we’re off. While I didn't appreciate that way our hero came into his revenge plan, I still loved that book. So let's get down to business.
The Nevernight Trilogy by Jay Kristoff- a series I had on my radar for a while. I love assasin school and murder and all that fun stuff. Now that the whole trilogy is out it’s time to dive in. This year I’m not allowing myself to not finish the things i’ve started. So hopefully you will see reviews of these books up here soon.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab- i have a theme going. I read the first book already and loved it. Than never picked up the rest of the trilogy even though it has all the things I love. London? Check. Multiple dimensions? Check. Magic? Complicated characters? Unexplained mysteries? Check. Check. Check. So it's time to do it. Read the series.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas- oh this book, it’s over a thousand pages and people either hate it or love it. I tried reading it once. I read ten pages and put it down for no reason I can think of. Possibly i was intimidated. Maybe, but i’m not admitting to anything. Leave me alone
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy by Laini Taylor- i think everyone is sensing a theme here but i have read the first book in this trilogy twice now, and never picked up the rest of the series. IT is nearly impossible to describe this series and I don't even know where to start. There’s Prague, monstrous creatures, hidden doors, forbidden love. In other words all the things that make life worth living. ANd yet I refuse to give myself the joy of reading the whole trilogy.
Strange the Dreamer Duology by Laini Taylor- this i am not allowed to pick up until I finish the original trilogy. I don't even know a whole lot about this book except that there is a magical library and our main character loves stories. If that doesn't sound like a perfect book for a bookworm i don't know what does.
Gone with the Wind by Margret Mitchell- I have been promising myself that I’ll read this book every year for six years. People i know and whose book opinion i trust told me it’s amazing. They loved it. Yet i didn't read it. THis is the year. I will read it. Especially since I love the story of how the publication of this book came about. If you don't know do yourself a favour and look it up, or ask me. I’ll tell you.
The Dark artifices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare- okay listen, I read everything else by this author, but I haven't read this trilogy. Not because i don't want to. From everything else ive heard its amazing. The problem is that i….. I guess im scared to read it because I'm too invested in Cassie’s books. But if I wait any longer I’ll just fall further behind. I just don't want another crying jag as that caused by Clockwork Princess.
The Winds of War by Herman Wauk- this one is a friend request. Apparently it’s genius but historical fiction scares me a little bit. Which is clearly why I’m putting this on the list. I need to get over my fear of WWII fiction. I have no more idea what this is about. We’re doing it. I say and hide behind my blanket.
The Diviners Quartet by LIbba Bray- Once again my pattern emerges, i have read the first book and I loved it. But the series wasn't over so I put off reading it. Now that we have a release date for the fourth and final book it’s time to marathon it. These books are about magical people and terrifying ghosts in 1920s New York. I couldn't ask for more in all honesty.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy- another book that scares me. Not only can it double as a weapon it’s also very dense. I have read excerpts of it for various classes but never read the whole thing. As i want to challenge myself this year i feel its the time to read it. Besides I love tragedy and drama and Russia has plenty of that to offer. Someone hold my hand though please.
Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J Maas- confession time, I didn't finish this series either. This one is worse though! I read the first four books and the prequel novella bind up already! Than i never picked up book five. Because I am a terrible person and should be ashamed of myself. If you don't know what this series is about i will just say it’s a high fantasy series and the characters are wonderful, and the world is complicated, and the plot is more complicated than you expect it to be. Read it if you haven't.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jankins Reid- so everyone seems to love this book, and i want to love this book too! I want to know what the hype is all about! I want to know the secrets. I do know it’s about the life of an Old Hollywood era movie star who is ensuring her life story is told the way she wants it to be told. Sounds fun. I really hope i love it as much as everyone else does.
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough- this is another recommendation from a friend who has good book taste. From the description it sounds a little bit like 100 years of Solitude, which was a book i loved so i have high hopes for it. Family saga should be fun.
The Overstory by RIchard Powers- this one is here because my friends like to torture me. All I know is that this book is a “sweeping book of activism” which automatically worries me. I don't like when the agenda takes over a story. I want a story first. And there are trees? Yeah this could go very badly.
The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty- Once again I have read the first book and loved it. The third and final book in the trilogy comes out this year so it’s the perfect time to read it. THis one I feel confident about and brings me back to my favorite things. Like magic and Jinn and murder. All the things that make a reader’s life worth living.
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by the Brothers Grimm- this one I’m looking forward to quite a bit. I love fairytales and figuring out where so many stories I love come from and this is one of the original sources. I have the book, and my plan is to read it in chunks across the year because it sounds more fun this way.
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo- I was so excited for this book, I bought it on the day it came out, and then I didn't read it. Now it stares accusingly to me from my bookshelf. I want to read it and i better this year. This takes place at Yale and is about secret societies and dark magic and stuff. Plus it has one of my favorite covers of 2019.
So here we are, that's my list of books and series to read in 2020. I am excited for many of them. Some of them i dread and will probably put off until the very last minute, but I truly want to complete the list. Mostly so i can say i did. Please feel free to join me.
