Happy New Year!
BFF Kelly and I spent the holiday hunting down books at The Strand. We almost died on that ladder by the way. Some of their bookshelves are hiiigh up.
We scored a ton of fun stuff, including this signed copy of Zoraida Cordova's THE VICIOUS DEEP. Kelly loves fantasy so I think she'll really like this one! She also picked up Robin McKinley's SUNSHINE.
I scored PRETTY GIRL 13, SEPTEMBER GIRLS, and DANGEROUS GIRLS.
This morning, we moseyed on by Times Square to check out the post-New Years festivities. I even picked up some (clean, non-diseased) ticker tape. I love the feeling of a brand new year. Absolutely anything can still happen.
No joke, I got this tiny (no, really huge) thrill when I got to set my GoodReads Reading Challenge Goal (at maybe 12:01 AM last night). Like any good book nerd, I started strategizing my reading for the year months ago. I went through my shelf and PURGED. I got rid of everything I knew I wouldn't read (to donate, of course).
And then I pulled some books aside to be my Gap books--books I know I bought at one time because I thought I *should* read them. Usually this is anything non-fiction or educational or literary. For me, this is usually anything non-YA.
So my plan is to keep with one book a week and to always include one Gap book in my mix. So for January, I'm planning to read...
Carrie Arcos' OUT OF REACHBarry Lyga's I HUNT KILLERS
Abigail Haas' DANGEROUS GIRLS
P.S. Say hi to Nelly sleeping on the floor!
I hope everyone has a great start to 2014. I can't wait to read together.
Dangerous Girls and I Hunt killers are both GREAT reads!!! Hope you enjoy both! (The grandmother in IHKs is hilarious!!!!!)
ReplyDeleteI read I Hunt Killers; I was impressed how the story was handled given it's about a serial killer (though the MC is not). Very cool book! I am doing quite a bit of editing this month, but I slowed down on reading the past few months and have so many books to get through. I am also strategizing... :)
ReplyDeleteOh I *love* the Strand!! Hope you love I Hunt Killers!
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