My name is Karen. And I’m a bookaholic.
I’ve been this way all my life. I blame my mother who took me to the library as a kid. We would literally stay until it closed. One of the highlights of my life was turning 13 and getting the “big girl” library card, which meant I could check out any book I wanted without restrictions.
I think I’m reading at least 10 books right now. Not counting the six craft books that I checked out from the library last weekend. On average, I read about maybe 40-60 books a year. I’ve been keeping a “book inventory” spreadsheet since 2002 and as of now I have about 350 books listed.
And that’s just the fiction books.
Right now, all of my free time is spent on the Summer Challenge, but I usually try to read a few pages before I go to bed. I choose the book depending on how I’m feeling. Right now, I have 2 fiction books, 1 craft book, 1 history and the rest are non-fiction.
What can I say? I LOVE books!
So anyway, I’m really psyched about all of the good fiction coming out and/or has recently been released. So I have a growing “To Be Read” list.
Here’s what on my list (so far):
The Waters and the Wild by Francesca Lia Block. This story centers around Bee, a 13-year-old who has begun seeing her own doppelgänger. Just that premise itself is intriguing to me and you know that her “twin” will want something from her and it probably won’t be good.
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. This story centers around Miranda who starts to get mysterious notes from someone who knows all about her—even things that haven’t happened yet. Plus, references a Wrinkle in Time? Yep another premise that gets me—who is writing these notes? How do they know all this stuff? Very intriguing. This novel is also set in the 70′s and has gotten many starred reviews.
Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas. I want to read more novels in verse and I saw this in the bookstore and was taken away. The story centers around Anke and her abusive father. What interested me about this book is the journey Anke takes to find her voice.
Liar by Justine Larbalestier. I read an excerpt off the author’s website. The story centers around Micah, who’s a compulsive liar. When a friend dies mysteriously, the questions start. Was she dating him? Did she kill him? It got me interested. Micah describes herself as bi-racial but some people are saying that the cover art doesn’t match. Hopefully this isn’t another bad cover not depicting the character right. I’ll have to read the book first. Micah is a liar, after all.
And of course, for those who know me, they already know that I’m waiting anxiously for the second installments of two trilogies.
Sacred Scars by Kathleen Duey
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I’m excited about my TBR List. I’m sure that I’ll add more to the list!
Hey Karen!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I’m always happy to find another bookaholic. :-) I’m also thrilled to find someone else who reads ten books at once, because people tend to look at me funny when I ‘fess up to that.
Also, Because I Am Furniture is aMaZiNg! Very powerful stuff. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, Thalia is in my writer’s group. Even so, I was totally blown away by the book. And I can’t wait for Catching Fire! Luckily I only just ready Hunger Games a month ago, so the wait wasn’t painfully long.
R.L., nice to meet another bookaholic! Wow, lucky you for having Thalia in your writer group. I can’t wait to read her novel. I’ll have to check out your books too—mummies and Egyptian spells! My TBR list is growing again!