Hi guys, it's April and I want to talk
about some books that I didn't quite get
to in 2019, even though I said I would.
TBR's are not my friend.
so throughout 2019,
I made various TBR's for different
readathons, books that I was excited
about being released in 2019 and various
other goals that I had at the beginning
of the year. And I thought it would be
interesting to look back at all of those
TBRs and compiled a list of books that I
never managed to get to. Now one thing
working in my favor is the fact that I
don't enjoy doing TBRs. They are not
something I regularly do. I only do them
for readathons because I am such a mood reader.
I know I'm not going to
accomplish what I set out that I'm going
to read because I find random books that
I decide will be better to read. But even
with that being said, I managed to not
read 11 books. In the grand scheme of
things, that probably isn't a lot but
some of these books are kind of big.
At the beginning of 2019 I released a video
talking about series I wanted to finish
in the coming year. I did manage to
complete a good chunk of those but I
never got around to the Soul Screamer
series. Which if this was the only book
that would be okay. But this is a set of
four books that are this big. Now each of
these books are actually a bind-up of
three of the books. Which means there was
12 books I needed to read. I didn't even
start this series last year. And maybe
they're something I will get to this
year. It's back on my priorities, at the
top of my TBR. But because they're so massive...
*Panic noises*
Yeah. That's pretty much why I didn't
pick them up in 2019. Now the storyline
has always appealed to me. I have read the
first couple books in this series.
Which is why I managed to accumulate the
whole set. I love the supernatural aspect,
I believe she's a siren, and Kaylee who's
the main character in the story tends to
scream and then somebody dies. Which is
very disconcerting. I do want to read the
series. I just have to find the right
timing and the right drive to do it
because this is what, 4,000 pages, maybe
more. There are a couple of books that I
mentioned being really excited about
being released in 2019
that I never ended up picking up and
reading for various different reasons
because I kind of lost track of new
releases last year. And I do want to
eventually get to these reads. And the
first one of those is 'Reticence' by Gail
Carriger. This is the fourth book in her
Custard Protocol series. I love the
universe in the custard protocol. It's a
continuation of the Soulles series. So you
have Victorian steampunk England. You've
got vampires. You've got werewolves and
you've got all kinds of supernatural
creatures. so this is right up my alley.
But I didn't manage to pick up 'Reticence'.
I don't know why. I need to do that.
And the second one I managed to somehow
completely miss is 'Bloodwitch' by Susan
Dennard.
And I have liked all of the other books
in the past. But for whatever reason I
just, blinders on,
I miss the release and then it was gone
and off my radar and now that I
rewatched all of those videos and
remembered all the things that I had
wanted to read it is back on my list.
At one point in the various read-a-thon
TBR's I put out I talked about wanting
to read 'Christmas with Tucker' by Greg
Kincaid. This was a short read. Which is
why I put it on my TBR. But like I said,
I'm a mood reader. I got distracted.
I never picked up this book. I know this is
going to be one that makes me weepy in
some way. it's a dog book. Of course it's
going to. Which is why I still have it on
my shelf. I don't know if I'm gonna get
to it this year. It's something I'll
probably save for December or a
read-a-thon that I need a short read for.
Whatever happens first. But this one, it
just, it didn't happen. I should have read
it several weeks ago because it would
have been perfect.
It wouldn't have taken that much.
I also talked about wanting to read 'Maus' 1 and 2.
I've actually just started this one
January 1st because I'm like, oh yeah I
wanted to read these. This is something
to start the year off nice and easy at a
good pace. I know the series is probably
going to be a hard one to get through
because of the content of this book.
But it is something that I have wanted to
read for awhile and it's on my shelf so
gonna start out the year with this one
even though I didn't manage to get to it
in 2019. And last but not least I managed
to collect several volumes of The
Sandman at my library book sale. I have
read a couple of these in the past and I
did what to get through these last year
during, I think it was Get Graphic With It.
I didn't end up doing that so this is
something I do want to pick up in this
coming year.
It'll probably, once again be saved for
a read-a-thon, when I went something quick
and easy that I can check something off
with because everybody needs something
like this to pad their TBR. So that was a
list of books that I didn't manage to
get to in 2019. But I do want to still
get to all of these books now that we
are in 2020 because they are still books
that interested me. it's just that for
whatever reason I didn't manage to get
to them.Sso I guess that means they're
now on my 2020 TBR list and if I don't
get to them by the end of the year
they're going to be in a video a year
from now of me talking about books I
didn't get to in 2020. It just keeps
perpetuating itself. If you're interested
to see if I ever actually read these
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get to in 2019 that you are hoping to
get to in 2020. I would love to hear what
you guys want to be reading. And with
that, I heart your beautiful faces. Bye.
