Crossroads discussion

What are you looking forward to reading in 2016. What are your plans and what new books are coming out that you look forward to reading.
Here are a few list for those:
most anticipated
Huffington post
Chicago
out in January
huge list

I first need to sort out my GR 'want to read' list.. Up to 63, the last time I looked.. Might print out the list, go to amazon, delete not interested, go to my library site and order the balance...Will be a slow process, as the current reading is minimal due to Australian Open..

From the Out in January list.

These are the books I'll be looking forward to:

Found a quicker way to order my books, using GR reviews. c/p to my library.. Looking forward to:

The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith and many others ordered that I can't find a way to c/p, yet.

Diana S wrote: "From the Out in January list.

These are the books I'll be looking forward to:

[bookcover:Midnight in Broad Daylight: A ..."

I keep seeing that Splitfoot one.

Booknblues wrote: "Diana S wrote: "From the Out in January list.

These are the books I'll be looking forward to:

[bookcover:Midnight in Br..."

Me Too! I heard it getting a lot of buzz. :) I'm going to B&N on Friday. Maybe I'll come home with a book of two. :)

Shuva wrote: "I will be reading the Sunjeev Sahota book this year. It's part of my Booker read plan where I plan to read all the Booker and shortlist. Ambitious, right?!"

I always mean to read more Booker nominated books every year than I do

Shuva wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Found a quicker way to order my books, using GR reviews. c/p to my library.. Looking forward to:

The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith a..."

Have ordered both of the above, but who knows when they will arrive. Have been having a bad run, lately.. Still have MANY to look forward to.

Cool Listopia of upcoming books for 2016

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

Booknblues wrote: "Cool Listopia of upcoming books for 2016

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9..."

Thanks, bnb, will get to it, soon.

Some I'm excited about:
Quicksand by Henning Mankell
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016...
(For some reason, Goodreads only has the description in Swedish)

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World

Being A Beast

The Lie Tree

Bodies of Light

How do we add the covers?

How do we add the covers?
So when you do add book/author at the bottom is a choice of link or cover. It is set for link so you will have to click cover if you want it.

Booknblues wrote: "How do we add the covers?
So when you do add book/author at the bottom is a choice of link or cover. It is set for link so you will have to click cover if you want it.
Thanks!

Storyheart wrote: "Some I'm excited about:
Quicksand by Henning Mankell
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016...

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World"...

The first two look very interesting to me.

MUST order/buy this one..Thanks..

Have asked to buy byPeter Wohlleben... Thanks, love trees..

Lesley wrote: "Found a quicker way to order my books, using GR reviews. c/p to my library.. Looking forward to:

The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith and many others ..."


Our souls at night / Kent Haruf.
Author: Haruf, Kent.
Published: 2015
Orphan train / Christina Baker Kline.
Author: Kline, Christina Baker, 1964-
Published: 2013
Major Pettigrew's last stand / Helen Simonson.
Author: Simonson, Helen.
Published: 2010
The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay : a novel / Michael Chabon.
Author: Chabon, Michael.
Published: 2000
These will be delivered tomorrow :

Lesley wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Found a quicker way to order my books, using GR reviews. c/p to my library.. Looking forward to:

The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith a..."

I'm interested in your take on the Kent Haruf and Major Pettigrew.

I will give up on the good Major DNF at 69 pages,...Sweet enough but I am more in line with the reviews that give it 1 star..

Zadie Smiths book is so tiny, The Embassy of Cambodia: Short Story and only took a couple of hours to read, but she is such (IMHO) a wordsmith, afterwards I felt like I had just finished a very satisfying novel. WOW.. all aspiring writers should read how to under-write.

Lesley wrote: "I will give up on the good Major DNF at 69 pages,...Sweet enough but I am more in line with the reviews that give it 1 star..

Leslie, This made me smile because it seems like EVERYONE loves this book. Fore me it was just average. I gave it 3 stars.

Blueberry wrote: "Lesley wrote: "I will give up on the good Major DNF at 69 pages,...Sweet enough but I am more in line with the reviews that give it 1 star..

Leslie, This made me smile because it seems like EVERY..."

Seemed like a 'remembered' view of 'Good old England'...

Booknblues wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Found a quicker way to order my books, using GR reviews. c/p to my library.. Looking forward to:

The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Embassy of Cambodia b..."

Booknblues wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Lesley wrote: "Found a quicker way to order my books, using GR reviews. c/p to my library.. Looking forward to:

The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Embassy of Cambodia b..."

BnB re : Our Souls at Night .. Realised 1/2 way that yes I HAD read it before, but just my style of writing.. Loved it, and had a chuckle at the reference to the Plainsong... 4 1/2 stars for me..

OOH a new book by a wonderful IMHO writer Inga Simpson .. Have ordered it/asked to buy..

This weeks books I hope to receive from my library, Charters Towers, Qld'

593463 6 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: a novel / Michael Chabon. 5/02/2016 Awaiting Collection Charters Towers 13/03/2016 CHA

593471 8 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating/ Elisabeth Tova Bailey. 5/02/2016 Awaiting Collection Charters Towers 9/03/2016 920.72 BAIL

593510 9 Did You Ever Have a Family/ Bill Clegg. 5/02/2016 Awaiting Collection Charters Towers 15/03/2016 CLEG

A new list of the most anticipated books of spring:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by...

Perhaps I should create another exclusive shelf labeled Titles to Watch instead of just slapping everything on my TBR. The Mirror Thief simply sounds fun, and Homegoing has very strong early ratings on GR, Has anyone read any John Hart mysteries? His name doesn't ring a bell to me but I'm not much of a mystery reader. LaRose doesn't sound like a topic that would appeal to me, but I felt the same way about The Round House and ended up loving it.

Denizen wrote: "Has anyone read any John Hart mysteries?

The Last Child

It was really good. I've been meaning to read something more by him. I need to get back to this list and check it out more thoroughly.

Lesley wrote: "This weeks books I hope to receive from my library, Charters Towers, Qld'

593463 6 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: a novel / Michael Chabon. 5/02/2016 Awaiting Collection Ch..."

I read and like the other two, but am loving this one, more..Good fun..