As the New Year approaches, I am starting to plan which books to read in 2019. I usually do this in my head, but I thought why not write about it and make it official. I joined the GoodReads in January 2018 and my reading challenge was to read one book per month so twelve books in total. We all know by now I have done better than that. What I would like to highlight is that I went from reading three books in 2017 to fifteen in 2018 (and I am still planning to read 3 books. Can I do it? Support me on GoodReads and Instagram) and all of that thanks to the bookstagram community.
Thank you to all of you who keep me going, who motivate me. Thank you bookstagramers. So here is the list of books I want to read in 2019:
1. Children of Blood and Bone:
Oh boy! I know I should’ve read this in 2018. I know Tomy Adeyemi is an amazing author I keep hearing amazing things about this book (luckily no spoilers) I keep seeing it on photos and videos and I love the cover. I have the book on my shelf. So if this is not very first read of 2019 then one of the first months of the new year I will dive in this epic book.
2. The Cruel Prince:
Another great book that I was so hyped for. Another absolutely stunning cover I had to have… and I have it. On my shelf. For … almost six months now. Did I open it? No…. well not yet. But 2019 comes, I am definitely finding out why is this prince so cruel. I just hope that this is not a book about Hollin Havillard.
3. The Lethal White:
I have been waiting for this book for two years! I love Rowling and I am so happy she writes different novels from Harry Potter… please, no more Harry Potter books (unless it is Marauders chronicles). The seven of them are perfect as they are. We do not want to know any more about a boy with a lightning scar on his forehead. What we do want to know is how Strike and his sidekick Robin fight crime in London! Give me more of this lighting Strike.
4. The Language of Thorns:
This book seems to me like perfect winter before-bed book when the evenings are long. One story at the time. One story before bed. Am I wrong? Well, I guess I will find out soon. I haven’t read a book by Leigh Bardugo yet so this one will be the first one. I know what you would say… how can I call myself a bookworm without reading any of her books? Well… 2019 is the year to fix all of that.
5. Rebbeca:
This read selected by Emma Watson on the Our Shared Shelf is one of the ones I am scared to start. I heard it is a bit scary but I am not backing down, I will read this as I usually love the feminist club picks.
6. Magisterium series:
I feel like this should be an easy peasy summer read. Something like Harry Potter fan fiction. I have all four books in Slovakian language so I should be able to just fly through them during the summer holiday, reading somewhere on the beach or at the café while enjoying the magic.
7. Priepast:
This Slovakian book is a horror book. So maybe I will postpone it as much as I can, but I do want to read it in 2019 as I hear a lot of good things about it. I read Trhlina by the same author and it was not very scary although there were moments when I stopped breathing. So I will definitely try the second book by Jozef Karika.
8. V Znameni Ametystu:
Majka Dnihelova is one of us bookstagramers and this is her first book. If I understand it correctly this will be series. I want to read this book because I want to support young Slovakian female writer as much as possible. This could be any of us hoping that people will read what we write and I am curious what this first book of Kronika Strateneho Imperia (Chronicles of the Lost Imperium) will be about and if and how much am I going to like it. The book cover is stunning I have to say that.
9. Sky in the Deep:
This book is so hyped on Instagram and I completely understand why. The book cover promises a good story. I read one or two reviews but I was very hesitant to buy this book as it wasn't my plan to read it anytime soon. But then one day... there was a discount in the bookshop... so it was then or never and hence this book is on my list of books I want to read next year.
10. Legendary
9. Sky in the Deep:
This book is so hyped on Instagram and I completely understand why. The book cover promises a good story. I read one or two reviews but I was very hesitant to buy this book as it wasn't my plan to read it anytime soon. But then one day... there was a discount in the bookshop... so it was then or never and hence this book is on my list of books I want to read next year.
10. Legendary
I read Caraval in January 2018 and I was very excited for the second book of the series. Unfortunately, somehow this excitement died up and the book stayed on the shelf. I plan to change that next year. I did enjoy Caraval. It was one of the easy reads that you can go through in a couple of days or a week. So I plan to continue with Legendary when I feel like I need an easy, relaxing and fun book.
That is all for today, let me know if you plan to read any of these books. Follow my progress in 2019 on GoodReads where you can find me under Bookatiepillar.