Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly linkup of book bloggers hosted by The Broke and The Bookish! This week’s topic: books we meant to read last year but didn’t. As much I read, I always wish I managed to read more…there are so many wonderful books out there, I want to get to all of them! But, alas, there’s never enough time. So here are ten books I just didn’t get to in 2016, but I will! I’ve tried to chose some that I haven’t written about already for some variety.
Swing Time: I actually still have never read Zadie Smith, but I’ve heard such incredible things. This is just one of hers that’s on my shelf!
Truevine: This is the non-fiction story of two little African-American boys during the Jim Crow era who were taken from their parents to be exhibited as entertainment all around the world. Their mother spent nearly three decades trying to get them back. I’ve heard this is heartbreaking but really good.
IQ: Crime/mystery stories don’t tend to make my TBR often, but I like to push outside my comfort zone every once in a while and this novel about a super-smart detective solving crimes in LA sounds like a great way to do so.
You Can’t Touch My Hair: I’ve gotten more into experiencing these kind of comedian-essay kind of books as audiobooks, but I do have an ARC of this (I am not as great as I wish I was about getting these read timely) and it’s supposed to be super funny.
The Summer That Melted Everything: This book is about the devil visiting small-town Ohio in the form of a 13 year-old boy and has gotten great reviews…this sounds like an excellent beach read for this summer!
Three Dark Crowns: Young Adult is another genre I’m less inclined to read a bunch of, but I’ve seen a lot of bloggers who do read a lot of YA post good things about it, and a story about three sisters fighting to the death until one of them is left standing to be crowned queen sounds like over-the-top fun.
Homegoing: One of the first major releases of the year, I’m super bummed I still haven’t gotten around to this one, about a pair of sisters born in Ghana whose lives take different directions, and can’t wait to read it.
The Hopefuls: I’m always down for a book about working in and around politics, so this novel about a couple who move to DC and get swept up in the young-politico social web is going to be a treat when I actually find time to get to it!
You Will Know Me: I know I’ve posted about this one before, but it remains one of the books I’m most interested in reading that was released last year, so here it is again.
The Underground Railroad: Oprah’s Book Club hasn’t lost its power to be a hype machine, but word is that the praise for this is deserved and I’m desperate to find it a spot coming up on my list!