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"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 

(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!) 

I was so excited when I saw Gifts by the legendary Lady Le Guin on the shelves at the store! And just as excited that it was part of a series with really cool cover art!

You can't go wrong with Ursula Le Guin, so I can't explain or understand why I haven't yet read this! I guess every time I pick it up and glance at the first few pages, it feels more dense in terms of world-building than I had anticipated and I'm just not feeling in the mood.  One thing is certain:  If you pick up a book and force yourself to read it when your mood and desire is not there, the experience will be less than satisfying.  So, knowing that a good series like this is waiting to be read, I patiently bide my time.

Any sci-fi/fantasy folks out there who've read the Annals of the Western Shore series? I'd love to hear about it!

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"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 

(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!) 

Okay, so here is another book I was all excited about and purchased as an e-book since the hardcover is so large and pricey.  Well, that was in April! The premise makes me think of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane which I read and enjoyed.  I've just been reading stuff in print and gotten away from the ereader.  And I'll admit, I'm a little hesistant to dive in due to the length.  I was reading several large books at once this summer and have since taken a break from massive tomes.

I have a feeling that many of my posts like this are going to be for e-books!

Have you read this? Care to share your thoughts?

 

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"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 

(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!) 

Bought this completely on a whim one day as an e-book for my Nook.  I  stopped at Barnes & Noble, purchased a frappuccino, and started reading in-store.  I didn't have a lot of time but was in love with the cover, so on Meg Cabot's reputation alone, I bought the book.  I soon had to get back to work, and was reading something else at the time.  Now, several months later, I still haven't gotten back to it! I find that with coupons and discounts, I'm able to buy print books more cheaply, so I'm not using my e-reader as much as I would like.  Unless you've got your e-reader turned on, you don't remember what you've loaded on there.  My goal:  Read one book a month in digital format.  We'll see if I can do it!  

Any thoughts??

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"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 

(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!) 

My favorite thing about Alyson Noël's Evermore had to have been

Ever's little sister Riley.  So when I saw this book sitting on the shelves at the bookstore, I was happily surprised! Riley was getting her own spin-off series! I had no idea! My only worry was that I might need to be current with The Immortals series from which it originates.  I guess that's not the case, but I never managed to get around to reading this! Add this to my growing list of books-that-I-really-have-to-read-soon-but-I-don't-know-when! 

Wanna help me along? If you've read this and loved it, please let me know! A girl needs a little push sometimes....

 

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"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 

(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!) 

I know Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series was a hit before the HBO series True Blood ever began.  And while I haven't seen a single episode of the TV series, I understand that it made the books even more popular.  Still, I never got around to reading it.  Sometimes when something is all-the-rage, I check it out to see what the fuss is about (Twilight).  Other times, popularity makes me a little more hesitant.  In this case, for whatever reason, I must have had doubts, because Dead Until Dark has been sitting on my shelves for a long time! I plan to get to it, though.  Maybe another October selection?

If you have read this and loved it, please let me know.  I could use a little poking and prodding!

Got any books you've decided have gone unread for too long? Do share!

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"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 

(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!) 

I think I'd better start planning my October reading soon! Chances are a lot of y'all read Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" in high school.  I know I did.  It was disturbing.  I've also read The Haunting of Hill House and loved it.  It was a psychological narrative.  I just know more spine-tingling creepiness awaits in We Have Always Lived in the Castle.  If you enjoyed DuMaurier's Rebecca, you'd probably like the Gothic tales written by Shirley Jackson.

Synopsis from BN.com:

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

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"The Time Will Come"  is a weekly feature hosted by Jodie from Books for Company.

Each Thursday, we share a book that might be sitting unread on our shelves for now, but we do intend to get to! 
(Thanks go to Jennifer @ It's Fay, Not Fey! for the graphic!)

 

 

Ah, Markus Zusak! I fell in love with The Book Thief, his masterpiece and 2006 Printz Honor book! I could gush until I'm red in the face and you're tired of listening to me about The Book Thief! I loved it so much that it joined my shortlist of favorite books, and I named my Nook Liesel after the protagonist.  So what am I waiting for?? Great expectations can doom a book if they are unmet.  I'm just afraid to be disappointed.

If you read it and loved it, please let me know!