Abby Burrus's Blog: Writing About Books

I have a love hate relationship with my 'want to read' shelf here on Goodreads.

When I first joined Goodreads, I was absolutely delighted to see suggestions for books that I might like to read. (Part of the reason I delayed in joining Goodreads for so long was that I thought it was a 'catalog' of books and I was miffed that you could only shelve, mark as read, etc. to the books and they wouldn't let you read them for free XD.)

So my want to read list grew and grew and grew... Before I knew it, it'd reached 100 books! And I wasn't about to take a single one off of the there, but I didn't want it to grow any bigger, as then what'd be the point in adding a book on there? It'd just get lost in the fray, so to speak.

So I've been working on whittling down that list by reading the books on it but so far... *cough* haven't been too successful.

But, on the other hand, it's really handy for me. When it comes time to order in new books, I can go to my 'Want to read' list and pick some of the ones that've been on their for awhile, stick those on another shelf, etc. Being a person that really enjoys organization, this is very helpful to me. And it keeps me on track.

So what about you? What's your relationship with your 'Want to read' shelf?

I've just meant one of my favorite characters in this book! His name is Alfie, which fits him perfectly. (Warning, possible spoilers from here on out)

He's such a dear boy. Well, okay, he's actually a teenager, but he has the mind of little boy. Which is why the Germans wish to kill him, but thankfully he escapes.

He's just so endearing, so charming and innocent in a world full of violence. He's just trying to understand the world he lives in. But I'm not sure I want him to understand it.

It's his innocence that actually ends up saving him from the Germans. It's like they're too smart to really understand him!

Course, I say this mid-way through the book... Nothing had better happen to him. If it does I'll just... 😭

Currently I'm reading through the 4th book in the Zion Covenant series, Jerusalem Interlude, and thought I'd put done a few of my thoughts about it.

This book includes a ton of backstory for characters from the Zion Chronicles series, which I've read through entirely and thoroughly enjoyed. So it's pretty neat to see what happened to these characters before then, but also very sad when you think about what will happen to these characters later on.

I find that now I want to say 'Oy,' now. It's such a fun Jewish word, used all the time in this book.

So far, I've enjoyed my journey through this series. See you next time!

Last night I finished the second book in The Chronicles of the Kings series. Because I am reading it in a different platform than the one Goodreads has this book marked for, the pages do not match up, so that's my progress looks weird.

Overall, it was a good read. I have not found another series that deals with this period in time, the time of King Hezekiah. Some people complain that is worded in 20th century english, but I do not find this a problem.

Now, onto the next one, The Strength of His Hand.