I planned on reading so many books in 2018 that I never got to. I obviously expect way too much out of myself, but mostly, it’s because I kept requesting arcs. I read most of those, but missed a handful throughout the year. I had good intentions of reading a lot of these and it just never happened. Warning, there are a lot! I’m hoping to pick a handful and actually get to them next year. Wish me luck!
Odd & True
Carry On
One Giant Leap
Catwoman
City of Bones
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Bring Me Their Hearts
Summer of Salt
City of Ghosts
The Serpent’s Secret
Scythe
Cinder
For A Muse of Fire
Wildcard
City of Islands
The Storm Runner
Daughter of the Pirate King
The Star-Touched Queen
Sanctuary
Moxie
Sadie
As She Ascends
Renegades
Daughter of the Burning City
Six of Crows
Truthwitch
To Kill A Kingdom
Ramona Blue
Tyler Johnson Was Here
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
From Twinkle With Love
Truly Devious
Caraval
Furyborn
The Cruel Prince
Children of Blood and Bone
The Hazelwood
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
Starry Eyes
Toil & Trouble
Looking at this list made me realize a few things.
- I expect a bit too much from myself.
- I request too many new books.
- I am more likely to read a book if I get an ARC. Once it’s out, it moves down the pile.
- I do better reading physical books and push physical ARCs to the top.
Did you have a lot of unread books for 2018? Are any of these books you loved?
Confessions of a YA Reader 
I loved
Six of Crows
Carry On
Caraval
Daughter of the Pirate King and
Wild Card.
I tend to be like you, I pressure myself to read ARCs more.
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I’m happy to hear that you loved all of those!
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Reading ARCs – that’s why I have so many books I’ve bought that I haven’t gotten to yet. Need to set aside a month (or a year, lol) and read everything except ARCs.
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It’s so tough. Especially as I start getting more and more arcs since I’ve now been blogging over a month. I love getting them though, so I know I’ll continue to put those first. I just hope I can read more of my older books at some point, too.
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I have not even looked at my intended list from 2018.
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I honestly just made this list while looking at my bookshelves. I realized how many I intended to read and how sad it was.
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Hahaha I think we all have a list like this.
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I’m glad I’m in good company.
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You know my feelings about Carry On. I hope you get to it next year, it’s so good. Plus sequel is coming out.
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I hope so, too. I’m sure I’ll eventually get to it. I just have no idea when.
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I loved Caraval & To Kill a Kingdom. I too expect too much from myself and have lots of unread books this year. I also had to adjust my reading goal for goodreads, since I was nowhere close to achieving 50. Lol. Renegades is still in my list too!!
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I hope your new goal will be more attainable. Good luck and happy reading!
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Thanks! Hope you’re able to get to some of these wonderful titles! Happy holidays!
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Thank you. Happy holidays to you, too!
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TO KILL A KINGDOM and FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS were two of my favorite books this year! I also love CARAVAL and its sequel. I hope you love these books when you get around to them 🙂
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Thank you! I hope I love Forest because I just picked up a signed copy of the sequel yesterday.
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do not shame yourself for not reading as much as you expected. life happens, stuff happens, blogging and reading is your hobby, not your job. we even need a break from our hobbies sometime!
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This is totally on me. I do read every day. I just expect too much of myself at times. I’m ok with it though.
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So I’m not the only one who didn’t get to Caraval. I also wanted very much to read My Lady Jane and My Plain Jane but didn’t get to those either.
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I loved The Hazelwood, Wildcard, Sadie, and The Cruel Prince!
There weren’t a lot of books I didn’t get to, but one I feel extra guilty about is Six of Crows! I just couldn’t get through it! 😦 I’m willing to give it another try, though, when I’m not on a library deadline.
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I hope you end up liking it. My husband loved the audiobooks.
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I have a HUGE TBR pile…there are so many books I want to read. I’m a member on Netgalley so anytime I get approved for a new ARC book on there I immediately read it, thus sending any planned reading down my list. Oh well, I’m still having fun reading! 🙂
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I still have fun, too, so that’s all that really matters.
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I have a few which I failed to read, especially around the summer when life got hectic for a few weeks. I also prioritise books for review and have to remind myself to give time to other books on my shelf.
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I hope you’ll get a chance to read some of those books next year.
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