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3: A book you meant to read in 2016
* What are you reading this week: The unexpected everything by Morgan Matson
* What made you pick this book in 2016:
I saw a ton of booktubers reading it and it jumped out at me at the library
* Any reason you didn't read it:
I was lazy. I borrowed it in December and forgot about it. It's number one on my list so I can return it asap.
*Which other book did you really want to read but did don't open last year:
Illuminae- it's on this years list :-)
What are you reading this week?A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I am interested in what Dylan Klebold's mother has to say and can't imagine what she and her family went through and I'm sure will be going through the rest of their lives.
I couldn't get it from my local (online) library due to how many people had holds - including me. It suddenly popped up in my queue on December 31st.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Chaos by Patricia Cornwell. I love Kay Scarpetta & Pete Marino. I have really fallen off of reading the series since imho the stories and characters have lost their sparkle. I still have it on my list and am hoping for a revival of the strong spirits I loved in the first novel of the series.
What are you reading this week?The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey.
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It was one of those books that everyone was raving about in 2015. I had it slotted in for AtY 2016, but I was reading in order last year and just didn't get to it.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
War and Peace. Yet again. I did open it in 2015, or maybe it was 2014 ... in any case, I'm determined that 2017 is its year!
What are you reading this week?
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I read Jenny Lawson's first book, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir and I love love LOVED it. So I was excited to see another one was coming out. I lost most (if not all) of my reading motivation for the last of 2015 and most of 2016 and so I started several books this past year, reading half a page and then setting them down and never picking them back up. Now that I have my motivation back and it's not slowing down, I am looking forward to reading this!
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
A few others I tried to pick up but lacked the motivation to actually read were the 2nd and 3rd books after Daughter of Smoke & Bone. I will be reading both of those for other prompts in this challenge! :)
I'm reading
My mom recommended this one, and it was on my holds list at the library for quite awhile before it came in.
I had put several books on the hold list and they all came in at the same time after several weeks, so I'll be reading those next.
- What are you reading this week?I am reading The Care and Management of Lies byJacqueline Winspear.
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I picked it because Jacqueline Winspear is one of my favorite authors. I so enjoy reading her Maisie Dobbs series. Also, I had heard Jacqueline speak at the University of Arizona's book fair a couple of years ago about this book. It intrigued me how she used an old book she found at a boot sale as the impetus for writing this book. I didn't read it, because it wasn't a Maisie Dobbs...I knew that but still...
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Many some were on my reading list for this group even, but I started to run out of time, because I didn't read for a few weeks in the summer and I was reading other books, too. So I was able to substitute other books for those I planned to read in order to meet my challenge. I was able to put most of them into my group challenge for this year, however. Some of them were The Thirteenth Tale, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Handmaid's Tale, and others.
- What are you reading this week? I am reading Uprooted by Naomi Novik.- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I had read about it earlier in 2016 but forgot to put it on my TBR list until late in December.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I picked it up several times to start it, but got sidetracked each time. I'll be reading it this year for 18: a really long book.
- What are you reading this week? My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I wanted to read this book after it was nominated in the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards for 2015. I waited the whole year for a deal on it and was finally able to buy the audiobook for next to nothing at the end of the year, so it was an easy choice for my first audiobook of 2017 ;)
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
There are a few, like The Emperor's Blades or Sabriel.
- What are you reading this week?Winter by Marissa Meyer
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
Since it was released at the end of 2015, it was on my radar for 2016. However, after finishing Cress and not enjoying it, I decided not to continue with the series. It wasn't until I hesitantly read Fariest that I decided to finish the series.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
- What are you reading this week?Any Day Now by Terry Bisson
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I picked it up a few months ago for dirt cheap at the Hasting's closeout sale. I have read one other book by Bisson, which I really enjoyed, so I thought I might like this one. I meant to read it but I ran out of time. I listed it as my #1 choice on another 2017 challenge (12+4 pre-determined books) to make sure I read it this year!
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
So many! A few include Middlesex, The Goldfinch, and The Pillars of the Earth
This week, I am reading Wildflower by Alecia Whitaker. I bought it at a book fair a few months ago because it looked interesting, but because of my overextending reading list, I haven't gotten around to it until now. There were a lot of books I had to choose from for this, including The Selection by Kiera Cass and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, which are both books for my reading challenge this year.
- What are you reading this week? Another Brooklyn- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? It was supposed to be really good (which it was- and short, I read it in an evening!) but the library didn't give it to me till New Years
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? So many! The library gave me 6 e-books on New Years Day, so guess I need to get reading!
Cheryl wrote: "- What are you reading this week? I am reading Uprooted by Naomi Novik.- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I had read about it ea..."
I'm currently reading The Name of the Wind and though it took me awhile to get into the story and grasp the world, I'm really enjoying it now. I'm trying to tackle intimidating books this year and once things pick up it carries you along.
What are you reading this week?The Nightingale
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It's got great reviews and the premise seemed like it would be interesting. Love me some historical fiction. It was on my list for this challenge last year but the library copy took so long to come in that I ran out of time to finish it in 2016.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Sooo many. I bought a bunch last year I never opened. The worst was probably A Clash of Kings, which I bought TWO YEARS AGO and still haven't read. It's on the list for this year and I am determined to finish it, finally.
Week 3 
I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. I chose this in 2016 due to multiple recommendations. The only reason I have not been able to get to it until now is because I have so many other books on my shelves that are also in queue.
And with that, in reply to the last question- there are numerous books that I didn't get a chance to read that I would have liked to last year. One series that I've been putting off, if only because of how time-consuming, is the Game of Thrones books.
I picked The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry for this one - literally been sitting on my bedside table for over a year. Not even sure where I got it, if I bought it or it was a gift.Not sure why I didn't read it in 2016
I've also got The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood on my list (for #21, a book that's a continuation of a book I've already read, having read Oryx and Crake for last year's challenge)
- What are you reading this week? Mom & Me & Mom- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? I wanted to read it because was the book meant to read during Nov/Dec in Emma Watson’s Book Club, but I didn’t have time to read it.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
About Grace
What are you reading this week? British Manor Murder - Finished on 1/4/17What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? Leslie Meier is one of my favorite authors - I was too busy finishing up my Masters degree to do much reading
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? Sting by another one of my favorite authors, Sandra Brown
- What are you reading this week? Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? I'd meant to read it in 2016 since it's highly recommended and very relevant to current events in the US, but I didn't read very much last year.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? All the newest Ms. Marvel collections. I'm way behind on that series!
What are you reading this week?Fringe by Fringe- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?I use to watch the TV show all the time when it was on, as for why I didn't pick it up ,I kept saying I would but never did,it just kept getting over looked
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? There's to many to name and most of them are Kindle books
What are you reading this week?Wildflower- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? I started to really enjoy listening to audiobooks by entertainers especially comedians because they do such a great job in the delivery. It is also a nice light book in the mix of other heavier books I have on my list. The reason I never got to it in 2016 is cause my library limits me to 8 books at a time and so it just kept getting pushed down the list for different reasons.
But luckily last time I checked at the library there was no wait list at all so i snatched it up and really enjoyed it!
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? I have heard good things about Lilac Girls and wanted to read it but I am not always in the mood for historical fiction so i am hoping next time I will be in the mood for Historical it will work out to make my list!
What are you reading this week?The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I was planning on reading this for a topic from last year's Around the Year challenge (about a historical event), but fell into a pretty wicked reading slump so just never picked it up.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Goodness, there were a lot! A few of them were The Sword of Shannara, Rot & Ruin, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Shadowlands, etc...
- What are you reading this week?
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I thought the premise sounded interesting so added it to my to read list; it was top of mind but never got around to reading it.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
What are you reading this week?
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? I am reading this series in order and this is the next installment. I have been wanted to pick it up and read it for the last 6 months or so, but other books have gotten in the way.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
What are you reading this week?Rebecca
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I have been slowly reading more classics over the last two years. It has been great to discover that they are not what I remember from high school. This book was on my list for last year but I bumped it for another. At the time I had read two classics, one being rather long, and needed a rest from reading them.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
My daughter and I wanted to finish reading the 39 Clues series last year. We only have about 2 or 3 more to go to finish the original series. We will be finishing them in the next month or so. They are fun quick reads that lead to many new discussions. My favourite kind of books.
What are you reading this week?The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I was going to read this for the 2016 challenge, "food/drink in the title". I didn't get around to it.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
There are a handful: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Fairest, Vanity Fair, Dracula, A Clash of Kings, and The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights. All for past 2016 challenge requirements.
What are you reading this week?Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It had been on my list for ages, but with so many others , I just didn't get to it
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
There are too many to mention
What are you reading this week?
This Savage Song
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It was the book of the month for one of my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ groups, but I got distracted and didn't keep up with the group schedule.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Crooked Kingdom and
Paper and Fire. I was so excited for both of these sequels that I even preordered them! And yet they are collecting dust on the shelf.
This Savage SongWhat made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It was the book of the month for one of my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ groups, but I got distracted and didn't keep up with the group schedule.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Crooked Kingdom and
Paper and Fire. I was so excited for both of these sequels that I even preordered them! And yet they are collecting dust on the shelf.
- What are you reading this week? Misery
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? I've been putting off this book for as long as I can remember, and I really like the bit I read in 2016 but I think I gave priority to other books
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
- What are you reading this week?All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
- What made you pick this book in 2016? It looks like an intriguing book, and it had some great reviews, so why not?
-Any reason you didn't read it? I just ran out of time!
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Like, a million. Literally too many to count!
- What are you reading this week?Red Queen
- What made you pick this book in 2016?
It was recommended by a friend, but i didnt hear about it until November and just didn't get around to reading it until now.
I've heard great things/read good reviews, so i'm excited to start it
- Which other book did you really want to read but didnt open last year?
Orange is the New Black
(i'm going to read that for the "Middle of your TBR list" category) All the Light we Cannot see
(I'm listening to that one on Audible any time i'm in the car alone)
What are you reading this week?We're All Damaged - Matthew Norman
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It was one of the free downloads that come with Kindle First on Amazon Prime. I just ended up reading other books and forgot it.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Too many to count - last year was a very big book buying year. (hangs head)
I am reading Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I couldn't read this in 2016 because I never liked reading mainstream novels. I am getting myself to read it this year because it would be a shame not to.
I also wanted to read 1984 by George Orwell but the theme wasn't intriguing.
- What are you reading this week?I'm reading Doktor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I picked it to read as one of my classics for the year, but was never in the mood for it.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
The Goldfinch, The girl on the train, Bad feminist and a lot of other books that I've had on my shelves for a really long time.
What are you reading this week?American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales
- What made you pick this book in 2016? One of my friends read it. She has a psychology background and we both work in a school, and I trust her judgment in books!
-Any reason you didn't read it? It is wildly depressing about how sexualized and objectified teenage girls are, and how much they idolize vapid celebrities. Now, I just want to get more perspective about the work that needs to be done culturally to switch away from materialistic and towards smart & confident.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
So many... But next on my list is Super Boys by Brad Ricca about the creators of Superman.
- What are you reading this week?I read Red Rising by Pierce Brown. LOVED it. Excited to continue on with the series.
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I've seen how popular this whole series has been the last couple years and after reading the description I knew it was the kind of series I would like, so it's been near the top of my TBR pile for awhile. As for why I didn't read it last year--unfortunately, last year wasn't a great reading year for me. There are many books I didn't get to. I'm definitely planning for this year to be different (and it already is).
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
many (see above)
What are you reading this week?Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I'd been on holiday to Venice (where this is set) in 2015 and as I like detective fiction set in different European countries I wanted to see if the series about Guido Brunetti would fill the gap left by having finished reading the Wallander series. I didn't read it as I got sidetracked by books I came across.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend which I began reading and then stopped. It's on my list for this year.
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What are you reading this week?Essentialism by Greg Mckeown
What made you pick this book in 2016?
For work they give us $100 for reading business books. I picked this one because I thought the concept was good and would help me to focus on what is important.
Any reason you didn't read it?
For busy with the holidays and I almost always prefer fiction
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Anna karenina - would love to read it but picking a long book felt too daunting. Will read soon though
- What are you reading this week?
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? This U title will work in about 20 spell-it-out challenges I have going on. I haven't read it yet because I am ridiculously self-defeating and I always delay on books that are very useful in challenges. :D
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? Nothing springs to mind. I do need a Y title for almost as many challenges, but I don't have anything picked out to avoid yet. ;)
What are you reading this week?The Green Road by Anne Enright
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It was a choice for a book group I joined at work. I bought the book ready to read but I knew I wouldn't be able to make the group discussion of it so somehow it just skipped down my list of things to read.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
I've been meaning to read The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling for a while and didn't get round to it. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel was also on my list last year. I'm hoping to read both as part of this challenge.
I'm reading Eleanor and Park by Rinabow Rowell 
I really like Rainbow Rowell, and heard people praise this book endlessly, so I wanted to read it in 2016, but never got round it. There are soooooo many books I want to read, the list is endless.
- What are you reading this week? In Cold Blood by Truman Capote- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? I wanted to read it because it sounded interesting, I've never read anything by Capote, etc. I didn't get to it in 2016, because there was a lengthy waiting list for the book at my library, and I've only just received it.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? Several - The Girl Who Chased the Moon is the one I probably would have done for this challenge if I hadn't been able to get my hands on the above title.
- What are you reading this week?A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
It was on my tbr list for so long and I,ve never had a time for this book.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee , maybe will leave for 2018
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - i've tried but I need 2 weeks in silence without kids ;)
- What are you reading this week?Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? Can't really remember why I picked it. I believe it was recommended to me by Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
- What are you reading this week?Big Little Lies
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I wanted to read it before the show starts, but didnt have time before year ended. But still getting it finished before the show begins.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
There were a few: Handmaids Tale, American Gods I can think of off the top of my head
- What are you reading this week?
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it? This book had excellent reviews upon release so it piqued my interest. I didn't read it for the simple reason that I couldn't find time.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? Really too many to name.
- What are you reading this week?Mosquitoland
- What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read it?
I was looking for quick reads to meet my goodreads goal, but I just didn't end up getting to this one in time
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year?
Probably a couple, but Im such a mood reader usually that its hard to pinpoint one
- What are you reading this week? I read Crooked Kingdom- What made you pick this book in 2016? I loved the first book to this duo logy, that I just had to pick it up as soon as it came out. It took me so long to finish, not because it wasn't epic (IT WAS!!!), but because I moved across country.
- Which other book did you really want to read but didn't open last year? Dragonfly in Amber
What are you reading this week?The Eyre Affair
What made you pick this book in 2016? Any reason you didn't read It?
It was recommended on a podcast I listen to. A friend read it and loved it and I love Jane Eyre. I just didn't have time to read it last year.
Which other book did you really want to read but didn't?
Lots of them, hoping to get to quite a few of them this year!
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