The Extremely Tentative, Very Uncertain June Reading Plans
Hello Everyone.
Can you believe it’s June already? I both can and can’t. It feels like 2020 has lasted approximately two hundred years and twenty seconds at the same time. My sister is back at the hospital so my brain is having some issues concentrating and processing, not to mention the added craziness of the world right now. I have decided to make reading plans anyway because I refuse to let the world ruin reading for me, however, I am not sure how well this will go. May was the worst reading month I had in a very long time and I feel like I failed. I realize it’s ridiculous, but I still feel like I should have read more, and written more, and just in general done more. Okay, I’m done whining now, onto the books!
Ninth House by Leigh Bordugo- This is the only book I’m sure I will read. It will be a buddy read (hi Rue) and so I have to read it. I’ve been looking forward to this book since before it came out so I have no reason as to why I haven’t read it. I’m sure I will love it. The only thing I fear is the lack of release date for book two. I’m low key stressed about it, but there are worse things to worry about. Secret societies and Harvard here I come. As I write this it occurs to me that this is very much a fall book, and I plan to read it in the middle of summer… Oh well, time is meaningless right now anyway.
The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan- OMG, guys! You heard the news for this series right?! If you somehow missed it, we are getting a TV show of this series from Disney+ and I am so happy! The movies were an absolute atrocity (not the fault of the actors, I’m honestly not sure what production was thinking when they did that) and so we, the fans, deserve a good remake. I read this book approximately seven hundred times so I know it will be a joy.
Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman- here comes the reading slump. Every single book by this duo sent me into one thus far, not because they are bad, quite the contrary, they are so amazing I don’t want to move on. I get too invested. There are too many things to process. I’m also trying to narrow down my 20 for 20 reading list, because I am very behind, and this was on the list. I now have a piece of paper on the wall, an index card on my desk, and a series of sticky notes on my laptop reminding me of the list. The book pile judges me. The paper judges me. All I get is judgment. Anyway back to the topic, this is the second book in the Illumine Files and it will emotionally destroy me.
The Assasin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas- This book has been on all my lists every month so far. Why don’t I read it? I don’t know. It looks at me every day. I pretend to ignore it. It will happen. I will read it. It’s on the list of doom. I will not fail at the list of doom.
Thunderhead by Neal Schusterman- It looks at me. It judges. It screams to be read. I hide it in the closet. It screams at me in my dreams. Why am I like this? What does my brain have against sequels? I want to read it, yet I actively avoid it. Is this a sickness?
The Guest List by Lucy Foley- this is a thriller, it looks like a quick easy read. Let’s do this. I say with confidence while giving the book a side-eye. I hate that I now fear books. I want them to be my friends again. I don’t know too much more about this book, I enjoy jumping into thrillers blind. It was my pick for Book of the Month one of the last few months, I have no idea what month.
These books are all I’m willing to commit to. I hope I read more. There are so many books out there and so little time to read them all. I’m just not willing to make a bigger commitment for June because I don’t know what will happen. I hope to stay on top of writing too. I have my review for Aurora Rising ready for you all to read, but I’m not satisfied with any of the pictures I take. Either way that’s something for you too look forward too. I hope everyone has an amazing summer, and that the year of doom improves for us all. We are halfway through so at least it can’t be that much longer.
Love you all,
Anna
