2021 has come to a close, and 2022 is here for real. Now that all the celebrating is over, it’s time to get back to the business of reading. I’ve already posted my list for the reading challenges (two! what craziness is this!) I plan to participate in this year. Now it’s time to choose a book (or four?) and start reading.
Thanks to the Devour Your TBR group I stumbled into on Goodreads a few years ago, I have adopted the “Jam Jar” method of choosing my next book. I’ve got all the titles on slips of paper and tucked away in a jar. In my case, it happens to be a peanut butter jar, but who really cares, right? My boys like to draw the next title out of the jar for me, and my eldest pulled The Once and Future King, by T. H. White out of the jar.
I also have a large number of books on my list that I will have to borrow from the library. Hold times can be a little unpredictable, and so I thought it prudent (okay, so I was just anxious to get started!) to put the first one on hold right away. Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars’ Club, by Christopher B. Teuton came up quicker than I expected and was in my possession well before the end of December.
This year I have decided to reread the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Yes, this was prompted by the release of the TV series based on the books. There are fourteen books in this series, all of which are 600 or more pages long. Thus it seems like a good idea to begin as soon as possible with book one, The Eye of the World.
Finally, I always like to have an ebook in progress. I don’t have as many ebooks on my list this year as I’ve had in the past, but there are a few. Some time ago, I decided to choose my next ebook based on which one I’ve had the longest since the Kindle can so neatly arrange them that way. Therefore, of the ones on my current challenge list, The Murmur of Bees, by Sofia Segovia has been around the longest.
I should also mention that two of the three books I’m currently reading with my boys are also on my challenge list. I’m reading The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan with the middle child and I’ve started Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen with the eldest.
This is an ambitious list, but I don’t doubt that I can get through most of it. I’m looking forward to some excellent reading. What’s on your list?
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