As I am sure you are all aware, there is a pandemic going around, and we are all being advised to stay in our houses during this time. I’m not going to go too far into detail about it, because I’m sure you are getting updated on the latest news somewhere.
So what are we going to do in this time? I know people will have to work/ school from home, so that will take up a majority of time. However school holidays are soon, so you will have to spend your entire holidays at home. All I can advise is spend this time wisely. Don’t use it as an excuse to do nothing. Make yourself proud by cleaning your house, get on top of chores and so on.
However, in the time that you have spare time, I recommend that you read. At least that is what I am going to be doing anyway. So, I have a list of books that I want to read in this time I get to spend at home, and here it is.
(Also, I just thought I’d say, this is one of the best things to happen for us introverts. I mean, it isn’t good that people are getting sick, that’s quite serious. But we now have a reason to not leave our houses. People won’t question why you didn’t go out the entire holidays. Please back me up on this one.)
Lock-down TBR
The Good Thieves – Katherine Rundell
I have owned this book for quite some time, and I really want to read it. I am really excited to finally get a chance to read it, and I hope it lives up to its expectations. I have read the first few pages chapters, and from what I have read, it is a pretty good book. I think it will be one of the first books I read in lock-down, so expect a book review coming soon-ish
The Library of Lost Things – Laura Taylor Namey
I’m not going to lie here, but I was swayed to buy this book purely by the name and the little blurb thing on the front. I have also started reading this book, and it is SO good. The plot seems really unique, and I also just cannot wait until I get to read this. It is a contemporary novel, and we all know how I feel about those. If you don’t, I’ll leave a link to what I’m talking about here.
Agatha Oddly (1&2) – Lena Jones
I know these are considered ‘kids books’ (or ‘Books for primary school kids’), but I honestly don’t care what you think. The plot seems really intriguing and I have big expectations for this book. And you guessed it, I have read the first couple of pages, but then just stopped reading it for whatever reason. I seem to have a bad track record for that. Which I’ll make another post on later. But I don’t have the third book in the series, so even if the first two are terrible (Which I’m sure they aren’t) I will still have to buy book three when book shops open again.
Please note, that this isn’t even half of my TBR pile. And I don’t even think it is barely a quarter, but these are just the few that I am really itching to just have in my hands reading.
There is this other book series that I am really wanting to read, but my local library shut down before I got to borrow it. So I am going to have to wait another few months before I get to read it. And the problem is that I can’t remember the title of the series, so I won’t be able to find an online copy. (And before you ask, yes, I did want to borrow ten or so books from a library before they locked down so I could have an excuse to have them for three+ months and not get a fine.)
Thank you very much for reading, stay healthy, and I’ll talk to you in the next post. And don’t forget to wash your hands!
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