I know I say this every year but this year I really mean it - in 2016 it's going to be all about reading what I want to read, when I want to read it. Fewer challenges, fewer books for review, more free-range (as Heather of Capricious Reader calls it) reading.
So....as for this winter? I'm making a list of a lot of books I'd like to get to and I'll read as many (or as few) of them as I want to read.
Nonfiction:
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Mockingbird Next Door by Marja Mills
The Book of Vice by Peter Sagal
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian
Beyond The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Fiction:
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (book club)
A Study In Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (book club)
Burning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
+ some selection of mystery/thrillers in March, not sure at all yet what those might be
Audio:
This is completely up for grabs at this point. I need to get to the library to see what they've got available but won't be able to do that until after the first of the year. Perhaps my next audiobook will be something I download from Project Gutenberg. I'm thinking it's time for some Wilkie Collins or some more Anthony Trollope
Notice that there is almost nothing new on this list? That's my other plan for next year - read what you've got. Between the physical books and the ebooks, I've got a lot of great stuff already on hand. Which is not to say that I won't hit up Netgalley here and there or accept books for review; you know I won't be able to resist!
Do you plan ahead on your reading? What's calling to you as winter sets in?
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