Unread Books On My Bookshelf

I didn't think I had a lot of books on my shelf that I hadn't read, because I try to get rid of the ones I don't want to keep in the slight chance I re-read them (which has literally never happened except with Maniac Magee). So I was surprised when I counted 26/54 unread. Some of these have been there for years, and have moved with me from apartment to apartment. Most are ones I've picked up along the way at library sales or Paperback Swap and was just never "in the right mood" to read. I've even started a bunch of them only to put them down for something else. Sometimes I tried to work them into challenges just to finally read them, but you can't force it if you're not feeling it, ya know? So here's what I hope to read in the coming season. 

Unaccustomed Earth, Goodnight Nobody, Best Friends Forever, The Things We Do For Love, What Alice Forgot, The Invention of Wings, Summer Sisters: I've read other works by these authors and loved them, so I thought I'd enjoy these as well. 

Summer Rental and Ladies' Night: I've always read great reviews about Mary Kay Andrews' books but never read them, and these looked like I'd like them.

Reading Lolita in Tehran: It looked like a "smart book" and I liked the description. 

Memoirs of a Geisha: I wanted to read this before watching the movie, but that didn't happen. Usually I won't read a book after seeing the movie, but it was so long ago and I've hear d so many rave reviews about the book that I feel like I need to read it. At some point. 

At First Sight: I feel like I "should" read something by Nicholas Sparks.

Beautiful Ruins, The Paris Wife, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Orphan Train, Me Before You, Some Girls Are: all inspired by Show Us Your Books linkups. 

Shantaram: Originally borrowed this from a friend but had to give it back before I finished it (because it's nearly 1000 pages and whoa) so I bought it.

Dreams of Significant Girls, The Friday Night Knitting Club: I liked the cover and the description on the back, and they were 10 cents each. 


Those are the ones that I'm still interested in reading. Below are the ones I'm ready and willing to part with. Some of them I've read, some I haven't but I just don't care/have no interest in reading them, so it's time to let them go. If you'd like any of them, let me know and I'll mail it to you! 

On the Road: I was slightly obsessed with Nelly Furtado when she first came out, and she said this book inspired some of her songs, so of course I had to read it. Also I feel like this is one of those classics that I "should" read, but I've tried (unsuccessfully) like 5 times, so it's time to move on. 

Why Not Me?: I also had a slight obsession with everything Mindy Kaling for a minute, and I really enjoyed the first one, and I got this as a gift after the panel discussion. 

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: I've tried to read this several times, but The Bloggess just seems so full of herself and like she's trying too hard to be funny. Her stories are all over the place, and I can't tell when she's joking or being honest half the time since it is a "mostly" true memoir. No, thank you. 

Revenge Wears Prada: I read The Devil Wears Prada and I loved the movie so I thought I'd get the follow-up, but I lost interest. 

Three Cups of Tea: I was all "wow, this guy is building schools in the far-reaches of countries, I want to read his story!" but then "60 Minutes" looked into it and it turned out that there were many "inaccuracies" in his story, so why read it if it's all bull?

The Tipping Point: I thought I'd like this because it deals with psychology, but it's too science-y/research-based. Also I didn't realize it at first but my copy has a lot of mark-ups in the margins. 

Do you hoard books? 

Which one should I read first? 

Linking up with Jenn and re-inspired by Kristen