A Year of Unread Books: Catching Up with My TBR

As I sit here surrounded by stacks of unread books, I'm reminded of all the stories that are waiting to be told. It's been a year since I've made it a point to catch up on my reading list, and I'm finally taking the plunge. With a newfound determination, I'm diving into six books that have been lingering on my shelf for far too long.

First up is "The Sequel" by Brick Riordan, which I just really need to get to so I can continue with the series and actually start it first and then continue with it because Brick Riordan is the best and I'm very interested to see his take on Norse mythology and to learn more about Norse mythology. So I need to pick this up next.

Next, I have "A Thousand Nights" by EK Johnston, which I've meant to pick up for a really long time now and I just haven't yet. I did start reading it but I was getting confused because it's very different from what I'm used to - the writing style is very unique because there aren't like you're not given names for any of the characters, which really threw me off so I think I just need to go into this again with an open mind because now she has released "Spindle Out", which is a Sleeping Beauty retelling and it's a companion to this one. So I really want to read that one too, so I need to jump into this one first and just do it.

Another book that's been sitting on my shelf for far too long is "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertelli. This book has been meaning to get to forever, and I just haven't done it yet, and I really want to read it because I need some really good LGBT recommendations to give you guys cuz I want to do a video for it so I really just need to read this and I've heard nothing but fabulous things about it. So I think I'm just worried that I'll be disappointed - don't know what was up, but I was just being very weird.

I also have "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell, which took me a really long time to actually purchase just because I was really apprehensive about it and I think I still am. This is a story that comes out of "Fang Girl", which is one of my favorite books by Rainbow Rowell - actually, it's my favorite book by her and I loved that book. It's one of my favorite books of all time but this is like coming out of that and it's kind of like a Harry Potter-esque world so I'm worried that because I know it's a little bit like Harry Potter and kind of inspired by that, that it's going to bug me the whole time and I'll be making comparisons - I don't know. I'm just really apprehensive about this one but I do really want to pick it up cuz I've heard nothing but fabulous things about it.

My next book is "Vengeance Road" by Aaron Bowman, which I really meant to pick up this fall but I just never got around to it so I guess I'll wait until next fall or I might read in winter - I don't know. This is like a Western story and I've only read one other book that was kind of Western, which was "Walk on Earth a Stranger" by Ray Carson - um, and I read that this past fall but this one I meant to get to just didn't do it but I'm very intrigued to see what a YA Western would be like so I really want to get to this one just taking my time with it as seems to be the trend.

Finally, there's "The Thousandth Floor" by Katherine McGee, which I picked up when it first came out because I love the cover - it thinks the cover is beautiful and I've heard mixed things about the story but I'm very intrigued by the concept cuz it's like a futuristic New York and the skyscraper is like thousands I think or hundreds of stories tall. I feel like it's thousands oh my God, okay well that was a blonde moment but anyways um it's a thousand-story skyscraper and like the concept of it is that there's a bunch of characters on every floor - they're very different and they kind of end up getting their paths intertwined. Just thinking about it sounds really cool so I really do want to pick this up very soon.

These six books have been lingering on my shelf for far too long, but with this newfound determination, I'm ready to dive in and catch up on my reading list. It's time to get started!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlook I have an ALICE shirt hey everyone it's h and today is bookm day six so I'm going to be talking about the top six books that I wish I had read in 2016 don't forget if you're participating in bookm on any of your social media to # bookm 2016 and tag me in it so I will see it and you may be featured in the next video I'm saying it super fast cuz I said it at the beginning of every video so you guys already know so today I'm going to be talking about these six books that have just been calling out to me from my TBR shelf read me read me but I just never ended up getting to them this year and they're ones that I want to get to next year which is why this video is kind of hard to compile a list for because on book Miss day 8 we're going to be talking about our eight our top eight books that we want to read in 2017 so it's kind of hard to not have overlap but I managed to do it so without further Ado let's get into it so the first book that I wish I read in 2016 was magnus's Chase and the gods of Asgard by Rick rordan book one which is the sword of Summer I have not read this yet it came out a year ago now and I just haven't picked it up I read um his other recent one which is the first book of the trials of Apollo uh the hidden Oracle but I haven't read this one yet and I really want to because the sequel is out now and I own the sequel so I just really need to get to this so I can continue with the series and actually start it first and then continue with it because brick rordan is the best and I'm very interested to see his take on Norse mythology and to learn more about Norse mythology so I need to pick this up next up is a Thousand Nights by EK Johnston this one is a retelling of the Arabian Nights story and I have meant to pick it up for a really long time now and I just haven't yet I did start reading it but I was getting confused because it's very different the writing style is very unique because there's not like you're not really given names for any of the characters which really threw me off so I think I just need to go into this again with an open mind because now she has spindle out which is a I think it's a Sleeping Beauty retelling and it's a companion to this one so I really want to read that one so I need to jump into this one first and just do it and she's a Canadian author so I got to support my fellow Canadians next up is Simon versus the homo sapiens agenda by Becky albertelli this is a book that I have been meaning to get to for forever and I just haven't done it yet and I really want to read it because I need some really good LGBT recommendations to give you guys cuz I want to do a video for it so I really just need to read this and I've heard nothing but fabulous things about it so I think I'm just worried I'll be disappointed I don't know but I just need to hunker down and read this next up is Carry On by rainbow Rowl this is one that took me a really long time to actually purchase just because I was really apprehensive about it and I think I still am and that's why it's taking me a while fa to read it because this is a story that comes out of fang girl which is one of my favorite books by rainbow Rowl actually it is my favorite book by her and I loved that book it's one of my favorite books of all time but this is like coming out of that and it's kind of like a Harry potter-esque world so I'm worried that because I know it's a little bit like Harry Potter and kind of inspired by that that it's going to bug me the whole time and I'm going to be making comparisons I don't know I'm just really apprehensive about this one but I do really want to pick it up cuz I've heard nothing but fabulous things about it so I probably will end up enjoying it I'm just worried that I won't so I haven't picked it up yet next up is Vengeance Road by Aaron Bowman I really meant to pick this one up this fall but I just never got around to it so I guess I'll wait until next fall or I might read in Winter I don't know but this is like a western story and I've only read one other book that was kind of Western which was walk on earth a Stranger by Ray Carson um and I read that this past fall but this one I meant to get to just didn't do it but I'm very intrigued to see what a ya Western would be like so I really want to get to this one just taking my time with it as seems to be the trend and finally is the thousandth floor by Katherine McGee this is one that I picked up when it first came out because I love the cover I think the cover is beautiful and I've heard mixed things about the story but I'm very intrigued by the concept cuz it's like a futuristic New York and the skyscraper is like thousands I think or hundreds of stories tall I feel like it's thousands oh my God it's the thousandth floor it is obviously a thousand oh my God okay well that was a blonde moment but anyways um it's a thousand story skyscraper and like the concept of it is that there's a bunch of characters and on every floor like they're very different and they kind of end up getting their paths intertwined I just think the whole thing sounds really cool so I really do want to pick this up very soon so those were all six of the books that I wish that I had read in 2016 I was just putting off books this year for some reason because I could have done like way more than this but I don't know what was up I was just being very weird the Sun is going behind a cloud so the lighting just changed drastically but so I hope you guys enjoyed this video once again the Sun is going behind a cloud this is really bad for my present filming situation since I have a ton of other videos to film too but anyways I hope you guys enjoyed and I will see you guys tomorrow for book Miss day 7 byelook I have an ALICE shirt hey everyone it's h and today is bookm day six so I'm going to be talking about the top six books that I wish I had read in 2016 don't forget if you're participating in bookm on any of your social media to # bookm 2016 and tag me in it so I will see it and you may be featured in the next video I'm saying it super fast cuz I said it at the beginning of every video so you guys already know so today I'm going to be talking about these six books that have just been calling out to me from my TBR shelf read me read me but I just never ended up getting to them this year and they're ones that I want to get to next year which is why this video is kind of hard to compile a list for because on book Miss day 8 we're going to be talking about our eight our top eight books that we want to read in 2017 so it's kind of hard to not have overlap but I managed to do it so without further Ado let's get into it so the first book that I wish I read in 2016 was magnus's Chase and the gods of Asgard by Rick rordan book one which is the sword of Summer I have not read this yet it came out a year ago now and I just haven't picked it up I read um his other recent one which is the first book of the trials of Apollo uh the hidden Oracle but I haven't read this one yet and I really want to because the sequel is out now and I own the sequel so I just really need to get to this so I can continue with the series and actually start it first and then continue with it because brick rordan is the best and I'm very interested to see his take on Norse mythology and to learn more about Norse mythology so I need to pick this up next up is a Thousand Nights by EK Johnston this one is a retelling of the Arabian Nights story and I have meant to pick it up for a really long time now and I just haven't yet I did start reading it but I was getting confused because it's very different the writing style is very unique because there's not like you're not really given names for any of the characters which really threw me off so I think I just need to go into this again with an open mind because now she has spindle out which is a I think it's a Sleeping Beauty retelling and it's a companion to this one so I really want to read that one so I need to jump into this one first and just do it and she's a Canadian author so I got to support my fellow Canadians next up is Simon versus the homo sapiens agenda by Becky albertelli this is a book that I have been meaning to get to for forever and I just haven't done it yet and I really want to read it because I need some really good LGBT recommendations to give you guys cuz I want to do a video for it so I really just need to read this and I've heard nothing but fabulous things about it so I think I'm just worried I'll be disappointed I don't know but I just need to hunker down and read this next up is Carry On by rainbow Rowl this is one that took me a really long time to actually purchase just because I was really apprehensive about it and I think I still am and that's why it's taking me a while fa to read it because this is a story that comes out of fang girl which is one of my favorite books by rainbow Rowl actually it is my favorite book by her and I loved that book it's one of my favorite books of all time but this is like coming out of that and it's kind of like a Harry potter-esque world so I'm worried that because I know it's a little bit like Harry Potter and kind of inspired by that that it's going to bug me the whole time and I'm going to be making comparisons I don't know I'm just really apprehensive about this one but I do really want to pick it up cuz I've heard nothing but fabulous things about it so I probably will end up enjoying it I'm just worried that I won't so I haven't picked it up yet next up is Vengeance Road by Aaron Bowman I really meant to pick this one up this fall but I just never got around to it so I guess I'll wait until next fall or I might read in Winter I don't know but this is like a western story and I've only read one other book that was kind of Western which was walk on earth a Stranger by Ray Carson um and I read that this past fall but this one I meant to get to just didn't do it but I'm very intrigued to see what a ya Western would be like so I really want to get to this one just taking my time with it as seems to be the trend and finally is the thousandth floor by Katherine McGee this is one that I picked up when it first came out because I love the cover I think the cover is beautiful and I've heard mixed things about the story but I'm very intrigued by the concept cuz it's like a futuristic New York and the skyscraper is like thousands I think or hundreds of stories tall I feel like it's thousands oh my God it's the thousandth floor it is obviously a thousand oh my God okay well that was a blonde moment but anyways um it's a thousand story skyscraper and like the concept of it is that there's a bunch of characters and on every floor like they're very different and they kind of end up getting their paths intertwined I just think the whole thing sounds really cool so I really do want to pick this up very soon so those were all six of the books that I wish that I had read in 2016 I was just putting off books this year for some reason because I could have done like way more than this but I don't know what was up I was just being very weird the Sun is going behind a cloud so the lighting just changed drastically but so I hope you guys enjoyed this video once again the Sun is going behind a cloud this is really bad for my present filming situation since I have a ton of other videos to film too but anyways I hope you guys enjoyed and I will see you guys tomorrow for book Miss day 7 bye\n"