Most Anticipated: 2019
Posted with the full knowledge that this list will grow and I won't get to all of them...
The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers - Kerri Turner
[There's also one other rather exciting book that I'm excited to see released in 2019... my own! It was announced in the most recent edition of the Margaret River Press newsletter that I was one of three WA debut authors who will have a short story collection out in 2019, as part of an emerging writers program. There is still much work to do, and I have no details like release date or title, but as soon as I am able, I will let you all know...]
In other news, I counted how many unread books were in my apartment this morning and... well I don't want to commit it to the forever-ness of the internet but it was less than I expected but more than a normal person. So reducing that number will be one of my main goals of 2019. The plus-side to working in a library is... every day I have access to borrowing books FOR FREE, so I will be taking advantage of that, and only acquiring books occasionally, when I know the author or collect that author's books or, you know, if they have really stunning covers. I don't know about you all, but the 'due date' for a library book does make me think seriously about whether or not I really want to read something or whether I am just being a hoarder. Downside is, sometimes all the books I have put on hold arrive at the same damn time...
Anyway, 2019 looks like it will be a great year for both reading and writing, and I am looking forward to talking books with you all. If you think I've missed a book that I need to read in 2019, do let me know, as I love me a good list and I'll be making a wish list in my brand new journal, which I am currently setting up. Yay.
Happy new year!
Gingerbread - Helen Oyeyemi
Invisible Boys - Holden Sheppard (winner of the 2018 TAG Hungerford Award)
Priory of the Orange Tree- Samantha Shannon
Dreamers - Karen Thompson Walker
99% Mine - Sally Thorne
The French Photographer - Natasha Lester
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert
Sweet Sorrow - David Nicholls
The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers - Kerri Turner
Zebra and Other Stories - Debra Adelaide
Room for a Stranger - Melanie Cheng
Devil's Ballast - Meg Caddy
The Blue Rose- Kate Forsyth
The True Story of Maddie Bright - Mary Rose MacColl
A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes
Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait - Alison Weir
The Blue Rose- Kate Forsyth
The True Story of Maddie Bright - Mary Rose MacColl
A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes
Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait - Alison Weir
[There's also one other rather exciting book that I'm excited to see released in 2019... my own! It was announced in the most recent edition of the Margaret River Press newsletter that I was one of three WA debut authors who will have a short story collection out in 2019, as part of an emerging writers program. There is still much work to do, and I have no details like release date or title, but as soon as I am able, I will let you all know...]
In other news, I counted how many unread books were in my apartment this morning and... well I don't want to commit it to the forever-ness of the internet but it was less than I expected but more than a normal person. So reducing that number will be one of my main goals of 2019. The plus-side to working in a library is... every day I have access to borrowing books FOR FREE, so I will be taking advantage of that, and only acquiring books occasionally, when I know the author or collect that author's books or, you know, if they have really stunning covers. I don't know about you all, but the 'due date' for a library book does make me think seriously about whether or not I really want to read something or whether I am just being a hoarder. Downside is, sometimes all the books I have put on hold arrive at the same damn time...
Anyway, 2019 looks like it will be a great year for both reading and writing, and I am looking forward to talking books with you all. If you think I've missed a book that I need to read in 2019, do let me know, as I love me a good list and I'll be making a wish list in my brand new journal, which I am currently setting up. Yay.
Happy new year!