Sunday Book Coveting

I wasn't going to do a post this week. As you can tell, I barely made the actual "Sunday" portion of the title!! But I have a few additions to the ol' TBR and figured I might as well post one more time in the month of May.

I can't believe May is over!! Maybe it's the fact that May is over already and time is speeding along, but for some reason this weekend I have been deeply depressed. And I just can't seem to shake it. I think a lot of it has to do with being perpetually tired. 3rd shift is a bitch on a person's life. I hate mornings. I really do. BUT given the chance to go back to 1st shift, I'd do it in a New York minute. There is a huge distinction, I've found, between being a night person and being an OVER night person. I don't sleep well....ever. And when I do have time off, I try to flip back to everyone else's schedule. It's tough. I know it's more than the sleep thing....but it certainly doesn't help. So...hopefully, posting will be cathartic and maybe put me in a better frame of mind!

So...on to my coveting.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore - Since Kailana from The Written World couldn't gush enough about this book.....and I trust her taste, I'm pretty sure I will love this book! There are a few bloggers out there that will recommend something and I will trust them implicitly. Kailana is one of them!

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams - I read a review that Natasha from Maw Books. It's a YA book about polygamy and FLDS. This is a topic that never ends to fascinate me. Can't wait to read this one!

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - I have never read a book by Waters. Sure, I've read all the glowing reviews. And I have a couple on the TBR list. But when I read Nicola's review at Back to Books, I was pretty sure this would be my first Water's book, although she deviates from her norm. This is a gothic/Historical Fiction book.

Wings by Aprilynne Pike - I first read about this book from Shelf Awareness. Then I read a review from Melissa at Melissa's Bookshelf. YA, Fantasy, Faeries. Seems to be calling my name!

Last, but not least, Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton - There was a blog tour this week about this book. I think I might have first read about it at Joanne's blog, The Book Zombie. Something a little different for me. I haven't read a lot of "Chick" lit lately, although this is supposed to be more than that. Sounds like fun.

That's it for this Sunday. It was beautiful out today, but I fear the rain is heading my way...again. *Sigh* I'm so tired of the rain! Have a great week!

Book Coveting....and a Little Randomness

To coincide with Dewey's Books Reading Challenge, each month one of the participants comes up with a mini-challenge. For the month of May, Debi (Nothing of Importance) is hosting the mini-challenge:

"I don’t know about you, but I was literally addicted to Dewey’s blog. (Yeah, I’m pretty darn sure I wasn’t alone in this addiction either!) And some of my favorite posts were her Book Coveting posts. And there were her Reading Journal posts, I really loved those. Oh, and her monthly wrap-ups. And yes, of course, her book reviews. Okay, so I guess pretty much everything she had to say…


But for this mini-challenge, I thought maybe we could focus on Book Coveting. And seriously, this challenge really shouldn’t be much of a challenge at all! Because all you have to do is write a Book Coveting post of your own…and I know you all have books you’re coveting! So just write your post anytime during the month of May, and then come back here and add your post to the comments.

And the randomly drawn winner will receive a subscription to Bookmarks. Seems fitting, huh?"


I have to agree. I think Dewey's Book Coveting posts were among my favorites. I eagerly awaited Sundays to read her posts. Needless to say, I received a lot of great recommendations from Dewey. She had a huge affect on my TBR pile!!

So, today I'm completing this challenge and doing a "book coveting" post of my own. I know Dewey did a Sunday post about books she learned about during the past week. Since I have never done a book coveting, these are just a list of books that I decided I need to read....since spying them on other people's blogs:

Savvy by Ingrid Law. I've seen a couple reviews for this book, both on Becky's Book Reviews and Maw Books. This book earned an Honorable Mention for the 2009 Newberry Award. Since I haven't met a Newberry yet I didn't liked, this one was immediately thrown on the TBR pile!

Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman. Although I know a couple of bloggers that reviewed this children's book, it's mostly Neil himself that gets credit for this covet. I read about the book on his blog when he was promoting it for Mother's Day. It looks like one I would love to have!

The Forest of Hands and Feet by Carrie Ryan. This is another book I've seen all over the blog world lately. But this review Kailana wrote is the one that pushed me over the edge. Besides....who doesn't love zombies? (in theory anyway!)

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Chris from Stuff As Dreams are Made On reviewed this one a few weeks back. If there is something that I love more than zombies, it's Vampires!! So, yes...there is some serious coveting going on!

One for Sorrow by Christopher Barzak. Nymeth from Things Mean Alot reviewed this book about a year ago. I have been wanting to read it ever since!

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Speaking of Nymeth, she-who-fills-my-TBR-pile, this is another review that spoke to me. A definite must-read sometime this year.

Life Sucks by Jessica Abel. Since I've fallen helplessly the victim of blogger peer pressure and started reading graphic novels, I'm now always on the lookout for more. Joanne, The Book Zombie, reviewed this one. Vampires? Yep, I have to read it!!

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Being released in September, this is the follow-up to The Hunger Games, which was an amazing book. I can not wait to read it!!

Finally, I want to read any book by Michelle Moran. I know a lot of bloggers that speak so highly of her books. But I haven't yet had the pleasure of reading one. So...I'm adding her to my list!!

Those are just a few of the books that I am coveting at the moment. This was such a special part of Dewey's blog, that I'd like to maybe add it to mine, if only once a month. That way, all of you bad bloggers out there can see just what you do to my TBR pile!!
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If this post is in any way incoherent, I apologize. It was a long weekend of work, and I'm on just about my last legs right now. Soon, it's off to bed for me and some serious recuperation time. I've spent the better part of the week in agony with my shoulder again. It's time for a cortisone shot. I have to go on Friday. If you knew my abject terror of needles, then you would know just how bad I've been feeling!!

It's been a rather productive month for reading. I've taken a ton of books out of the library, and I have a pile of ARC's that I need to plow through too. At the moment, I'm reading The American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. It's really slow going for me. This isn't a fast-paced action book, but a slow character study. It's not that I dislike, because that's not the case. I'm actually enjoying it. But it seems to be taken me forever to read it!! Other than that, I'm getting ready to start my first read for the Non-fiction 5, with Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall. And I really need to start reading Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson.

Also this week, I have at least 2 books to review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Hunted: A House of Night Novel (Book 5) by PC Cast and Kristin Cast.

Happy Reading everyone!