Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly linkup of book bloggers hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week, we’re talking about the books up next on our to-be-read lists! So here are the ten books I’ll be curling up with this winter (or at least, for the next several weeks).
Catch-22: I’ve never read this! I’m not sure that I’m going to like it, honestly…it doesn’t necessarily seem like my kind of humor. But it’s a classic, so…
Native Speaker: This is my book club’s choice for January! It had already been on my list as a significant Asian-American book, so I’m excited to bump it up.
Queen of Scots: I’m very well-versed in the Tudors, but don’t know much of anything about Mary, Queen of Scots, so this bio seems like a good place to start.
Sin and the Second City: Brothel drama in old-timey Chicago is my kind of non-fiction!
Mozart in the Jungle: I have not seen the Amazon series they made out of this memoir about the behind-the-scenes world of being a professional classical musician, but I’m always interested in a peek into a world I would otherwise never see!
Followers: I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about social media and what we give up in return for connection, and this novel looks to explore those themes.
Perfume: Another one where I’ve not seen the screen treatment (in this case, a movie), but I’m always interested in reading books in translation and this was a big bestseller.
Funny Girl: I’ll admit that my most recent experiences reading Hornby have been a little bit on the disappointing side, but he’s good enough that I’m always willing to try his work!
The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women: I read a bunch of nonfiction from the Tudor era, usually centered on women, so this deep dive into what their daily lives would have been like is right up my alley.
The Year of Reading Dangerously: Obviously, I love books, so I’m definitely the target audience for a memoir about how reading changes one’s life.