This week’s Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by The Broke and the Bookish) is to post about “Ten Books I’ve Added To My To-Be-Read List Lately”. I decided to focus on the ten that I’ve most recently added to my ever growing to be read shelf on Goodreads. Surprisingly they’re a bunch of books that I will more than likely read, rather than some that I’ve just clicked “Want to Read” for the heck of it.
10.
The Damned Volume I: Three Days Dead by Cullen Bunn. [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: because NetGalley likes to tempt me every now and then with an email FILLED with new graphic novels and comics and they got me this time. Also, it’s written by Cullen Bunn who is the writer for another comic I read, Harrow County, which is super creepy and amazing. Also ALSO, the main character in The Damned has no soul; add to that the demons that appear in it and the pretty snappy looking noirish artwork and I can’t think of a reason to not add it to my TBR.
9. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking. [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: Because the cover is delightful, the title is delightful, and why would I not want to live well in the Danish way?
8. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: Because I like books about science that are relatively accessible for non-sciencey people like myself. Also, I accidentally purchased it the other day (along with another book by Harari, Sapiens) and I have this thing now where I add the exact edition of a book to my shelf in Goodreads as soon as I get it so that I don’t have to go searching for it later.
7. The Voynich Manuscript edited by Raymond Clemens. [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: Because Julianne from Outlandish Lit mentioned in a post that this edition of The Voynich Manuscript was being published this month. If you don’t know what The Voynich Manuscript is, then I suggest you get googling because it’s only the most mysterious book of all time in the history of the whole world and you are missing out just by not knowing what it is.
6.On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: Because Kate from Books Are My Favourite and Best mentioned it in her review of McEwan’s latest book, Nutshell, and I decided that I’d like to read it because I never have, despite it sounding excellent.
5. Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age by Amir D. Aczel [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: Because Gabriella reviewed it and sold me on it because it sounds like another of those books about science that makes science (and its history) accessible for me.
4.The Evenings by Gerard Reve (translated by Sam Garrett) [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: Because Pushkin Press kindly alerted me to its presence in a newsletter that appeared in my email inbox. I find a lot of books I didn’t know I wanted to read in this way.
3. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: This is one of those that I added because I recently purchased it. ‘Les Mis‘ is one of my favourite novels, but I’ve never owned a copy of my own. I rectified the situation when I found this nice edition by Word Cloud Classics.
2. Hot Milk by Deborah Levy [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: Because it was also reviewed by Kate from Books Are My Favourite and Best. I’d seen it around a lot because of its Booker Prize shortlisting, but it wasn’t until I read Kate’s review that I wanted to read it (she’s a book pusher – in a good way).
1.Who Is to Blame? A Russian Riddle by Jane Marlow [Goodreads]
WHY I ADDED IT: To be honest the biggest riddle here is why I added it to my TBR. I have no idea where I heard of it and decided I wanted to read it. I suspect that I may have spotted it while perusing NetGalley and I felt that I had a connection to it/saw it as a sign because I was reading War & Peace at the time and what are the odds of a book set in Russia being on NetGalley at the same as I was reading another book set in Russia? The answer: the odds are super high when reading War & Peace because do you know how long that is? No doubt if I go back through all of the books added to my Goodreads TBR since January (when I started reading W&P) there’ll be loads more books set in Russia.
Homo Deus sounds like a fascinating read, I might have to add it to my to-read list too 😀
Happy reading!
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The Little Book of Hygge sounds perfect to read at this time of year. Autumn/winter and even spring are my favourite seasons, as they’re full of cosiness! 🙂 Have you read The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell? I haven’t read it, but it sounds fab.
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Les Mis is one of my all time time favorite books 😀 http://www.curious-daisy.com/top-ten-tuesday/9-books-ive-recently-added-to-my-tbr/
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I’d like to live well the Danish way! Denmark doesn’t get nearly as much press here as Sweden does (thanks, IKEA and H&M!), so I’d be interested in learning more about this Scandinavian gem!
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This only one here I can speak for is On Chesil Beach – I thought it was really well done.
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Nice list! It seems like I am always adding books to my ever growing reading wishlist after reading TTT threads like this week’s TTT post.
Here’s my TTT post for the week:
http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2016/11/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-ive-added-to.html
Happy reading!
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I still need to read Les Mis too. Hope you enjoy these when you get around to them!
TTT
Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know
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Funny. I recently added the Hygge book. I’m terribly interested in happiness.
https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2016/11/books-ive-added-to-my-to-be-read-list.html
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I always want to read Les Miserables but it intimidates me a little bit! It’s so big! I hope you love these books.
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The Voynich Manuscript! I have to see that! 🙂
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Thanks for the links!
Weeks after finishing it, I’m still thinking about Hot Milk – I’ll probably read it again this summer, while sitting on the beach. And years after reading it, I still think about Chesil Beach – mostly because I recall reading it in one day (it’s short) and thinking that for a day reading, it ticked all the boxes.
I also have Hygge on my want-to-read shelf – it’s the kind of book I buy but rarely get around to reading so I hope you read it, write a thorough review and share the pearls of Danish wisdom!
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I think it’ll be a while until I get to Hygge – I literally have no space on my bookshelves. I’ve done a great job of filling them up since I moved into my house. I have to get rid of some books – or maybe I’ll get Hygge and then sacrifice a book… I suspect you’ll get to it before I do.
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A friend of mine keeps telling me I need to read Hot Milk. Apparently you can almost feel the sultry heat of Spain out of it, so it might be perfect for the colder weather!
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I like books that make you feel the temperature of the place they’re set in. I suspect Hot Milk would be just as good in the heat with a nice cool drink in hand.
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Well now I have new things to read 😛
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My work here is done 🙂
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