This week’s theme is a topic rewind, where I get to pick a past prompt that I either missed or want to redo. Since I wasn't blogging for a couple years, it was fairly easy to find several topics that spoke to me, and I decided to go with books that I was so excited to get, but are still languishing on my shelves, unread. To that end, I will be scouring my records of books I won through Goodreads that I got super excited about when I saw I'd won. Here we go.
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Won in 2016
The Book of Esther by Emily Barton
Won in 2016
The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry
Won in 2017
My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen by David Clawson
Won in 2017
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Won in 2017
The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith
Won in 2017
Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt
Won in 2018
Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd
Won in 2018
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Won in 2018
The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning
Won in 2019
There you have it. Ten books that I won through Goodreads giveaways that I was super excited about winning, and have yet to read. It is worth mentioning that I didn't even consider sharing any of the Kindle books that I've won through Goodreads, and in the time that I've been meticulously tracking my wins via screenshots shared to albums on Facebook I've won 4,504 books (I won 1,202 books in 2018 alone, but that was when they opened up ebook giveaways as an option for all authors, and for like three months didn't charge authors to host them, so a lot of those wins are ebooks and therefore not taking up any space in my house).
Do any of these books look like I should move them to the top of the line sooner rather than later (assuming I can track them down again since most of my books are currently in boxes waiting to be unpacked and up on my shelves)?
What theme did you pick for this week's post? If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to share a link to your post in the comments below. I like to return all visits, but can't typically do so until the weekend, so those links help me out a ton. - Katie
I know the feeling. Once I own a book I find myself putting it on the back burner for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI think part of my problem is that I see I won the book and get excited, but by the time it arrives a week or more later I've found a new shiny thing to hold my interest. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteI hope you enjoy them! I also have a bunch of books that have been sitting around forever.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to pay attention to books as I'm putting them away so I can keep these more accessible for myself. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteI read One Day in December years ago and although the details are fuzzy now, I do remember really enjoying it. And I read How to Walk Away last year and also really enjoyed it—Center really knows how to write emotional and heartfelt books! I hope you enjoy these whenever you get around to picking them up!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you enjoyed a couple of them at least. That makes me feel more positive about how I'll feel about them (although the covers already tell me I'm going to love them. LOL). Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteSeveral of these look really interesting and Song of the Jade Lily is the keeper that will make it to my list. Still don't understand how you succeed on so many GR wins.....I enter every time and never win anything. Sigh. I also haven't read any of them to give you a suggestion. Hope you enjoy what you ARE reading. :)
ReplyDeleteTerrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
https://www.bookshelfjourneys.com/post/ttt-series-to-finish
I have incredibly good luck. I also think having more friends on Goodreads may work in my favor for the algorithms for the giveaways, maybe. Being active might also help. But those are things I've simply hypothesized about. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteHah! My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen has been sitting on my TBR for a hot minute, too. :D
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday.
As long as I'm not the only one. I feel like now would be a great time to dive into it though, with all the hullabaloo around Drag Queens. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteI absolutely love How to Walk Away. So good. I hope you get to that one soon. I also read and enjoyed The Fifth Petal, but it wasn't as good as The Lace Reader. Have you read The Lace Reader? If not, that's a must before The Fifth Petal. Just mentioning that since you won it.
ReplyDeleteI have not read The Lace Reader...but I kind of have a thing for reading books in series out of order, or at least not caring about their order. Thanks for the heads up though. And thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteOne Day in December looks good!! Great list!!
ReplyDeletehttps://justmeandmyblogreviews.blogspot.com/2023/03/top-ten-tuesday-rewindfavorite.html
I'm pretty sure I intended to read it for my 12 Books of Christmas reading challenge, and then didn't. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteI hope you like them when you do read them!
ReplyDeleteMy post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-things-ive-quit-doing/
Thank you. We shall see if that "when" is this year. LOL. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteI think we all could make a list like this. I have not read any of these but hope you enjoy them when you do get a chance to read them.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, it seems like other bloggers (at least some of them) definitely have their ish together much better than me. They plan what they're going to read and stick to it and I'm just in awe of that kind of organization. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteThe only book on your list I'm familiar with is One Day in December, and it ended up DNF it. I just found myself annoyed with the characters too much to stick with it.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-historical-fiction-the-1960s-1970s/
Oh no. I hope I don't get annoyed by the characters, because that always just slows down my reading (I'm far too stubborn to DNF books still). Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteWow you have won a lot of Goodreads giveaways-I usually don't enter because the ones I'm interested in normally end up being US only. I've not read any of these books, but I hope you enjoy them whenever you do.
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/03/21/top-ten-tuesday-412/
That is one benefit of living in the US...A lot of the giveaways are open to me. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteSky Is Yours- I remember loving that cover when that came out...
ReplyDeleteIt is such an amazing cover! Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
DeleteDon't we all have a list like that. Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/top-ten-non-fiction-titles-on-my-tbr/
ReplyDeleteIt definitely made this an easy topic to pick. LOL. Thanks for stopping by. - Katie
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