Hello and welcome to my little spice of the internet. Today I am going to be taking part in Top 5 Tuesday, which in the past has been hosted by Bionic Book Worm and is now hosted by Meeghan Reads. I am going to be attempting to do at least one of these a month, but I am hoping for more. If you are curious what the promts are for January – March 2024 you can find them here. Anyway, on to my top anticipated read for the first quarter of 2024.
To be honest, I have no idea what books are coming out this year, I am been in a book slump of sorts, but I decided I am going to use this post to share some of the books I am looking forward to reading in the first three months of 2024.
The Books
The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, now I know I am already cheating and using an entire series for my first book, but please let me explain. I actually started a reread of the series in December of 2023 just for some “easy reading”. So, I am just planning on finishing out the series.
Next up is The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda, I am actually in the middle of this book as of writing this so I would really love to finish it ASAP. I am not to far into it, but I am really enjoying it so far. I actually went to a book event and met this author when it came out a few years ago and had a really great time and she was so kind and generous.
After finishing up that thriller I would like to complete Holly by Stephen King, this is one of King’s Mystery Thriller books that follows one of my favorite characters he has ever created Holly. We first meet Holly in the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and I have honestly been loving how this character has changed over the years. I am about 20% into this book as of writing this.
The fourth book I would love to finish during the first quarter of 2024 is American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin which I have been reading since August of 2023. It is a TOME and non-fiction so it is taking me a bit to get through. It is about J. Robert Oppenheimer, which I believe was the inspiration for the movie this past Summer.
Lastly, I would love to read a book that both my uncle and aunt both recommended to me without even realizing it, The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. Both of them said it was a really intriguing read and didn’t say much more other than I needed to read it. I did notice while adding it to my wishlist that it is a historical fiction novel that follows a few generations where apparently with each generation there is one who unfortunately passes by drowning. I am curious to see where this book goes to say the least because I know so little about it.
Anyway, there are my 5 books I am lookin forward to to read during the first quarter of 2024. Changes are I will not get to all of these, but it is fun to come up with a bit of dream list. See you in my next post!
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