2013-01 - Magic - What will you read in January?

[Tien]

Here's hoping to a magical year in 2013!

What would your first reads be this coming year?

[Tien]

Lots of fantasy works on this shelf! There are a number of authors I love on this shelf too: Maria V. Snyder, Alison Goodman, Tamora Pierce, etc...

On the other hand, I've also just finished The Prestige if you're looking for something different...

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Maybe I will finally get at least one of the following books read:

Fire Study
The Night Circus
City of Glass
OR
Graceling

They have all been on my TBR forever

[Darci]

I bought The Night Circus recently and haven't gotten to it yet. January seems like a good time to finally crack it open!

[Bea]

I only looked at the first page...but Storm Front was on there and also on my TBR, so I think I will try to get it read. Oh, and it is in my library's catalog. Hopefully available.

[Coralie]

I intend to read
Sabriel
Bitterblue
Powers

[Susan]

Definitely Neverwhere since I did get my hands on it, but didn't get it read in December.

And one or more of:
The Magician's Guild
Wicked
A Game of Thrones
But they're all so long! I probably should use them for pages in the Forts game

[Amy]

Days of Blood & Starlight and Storm Front are both on my TBR list, so I'll try to read those.

[Karen]

I've got it narrowed down, definitely going to read Dead Reckoning and Deadlocked to get that series finished.

Then I'm going to choose from:
Shadow of Night
The Rogue
The Hobbit
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

[D.G.]

I only have like a million books that fit this category. Not sure of what'll read.

Funny thing...I have this book with witches which a person shelved in mystery (one of my shelves for Book-a-Fort) so I thought I could also read it for this...but nobody shelved it in Magic! Even though there are witches and fairies!!!

[Susan]

Has anyone read Born at Midnight, the first in the Shadows Falls series? It seems to get a lot of 5 star reviews as well as a lot of 1 star reviews. I almost never give a book 1 star, so those feel like a real warning to me. Otherwise, it looks like it could be a good series, even though the author seems to crank out two a year. Just wondering whether anyone hear has opinions about whether I should consider it for this month's shelf.

[CassieV]

Wow, this is a shelf I could read from all year...

I only got Clockwork Angel read for December, so I think I'll continue and read Clockwork Prince.

I also have Entwined sitting beside my bed begging to be read :).

If I finish those and am looking for more, I'm thinking I'll either start the Iron Fey series (The Iron King) or A Game of Thrones. Choices, Choices :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

For those of you thinking to read Storm Front, that is the beginning book of my favorite series EVER!! I just read the new one, the 14th in the series and they just keep getting better and better.

[D.G.]

Maybe I'll continue the Dresden series this month. I wasn't too crazy about the first book but lots of my friends love it.

Haven't heard about that series, Susan.

[LynnB]

Think I will read The Night Circus and a YA, The Goose Girl.

[Krait]

Catmagic by Whitley Strieber.
Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy

[Book Concierge]

Once again, there really isn't anything on the shelf that appeals to me (or that I haven't already read). Y'all have fun...

[Ingrid]

There is so much that I want to read on this shelf. I'm going to start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone. I;m really excited for this shelf!!

[Christy]

I've sadly neglected reading and this group for far too long. For the new year I am going to rededicate myself to getting back in the groove. I am off to a good start on the reading portion as my vacation the last week finally allowed me some free time to read!!

I have a couple of these from the library now so I'll start with trying to finish at least one of those:
City of Bones
The Night Circus
Demonglass
The Last Olympian
Spirit Bound
Firelight

Looking forward to reading in the new year!!

[Rora]

Great shelf, I love fantasy books. For now I think I will re-read some of the Harry Potter books. On my kindle I have Lord of the Fading Lands yet to read.

Happy New Year : )

[[deleted user]]

I'll be reading Eragon . I've seen the movie but have had the book on my TBR shelf for years. It's finally time to crack this one open. I'll also read A Storm of Swords to get ready for the HBO show's new season this year.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Talia wrote: "I'll be reading Eragon . I've seen the movie but have had the book on my TBR shelf for years. It's finally time to crack this one open. I'll also read [bookcover:A Storm..."

Talia - I thought the Eragon book was much better than the movie.

[Mindy]

I have quite a list of magic books that I own and some that sound interesting. In no particular order, they are:
White Cat
Shadow and Bone
Fate's Edge
Beautiful Redemption
Scent of Magic
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Gift of Magic
Dreamspinner
Priceless
and there are many more. We will just have to see how many I actually get to!

[[deleted user]]

Lyn M wrote: Talia - I thought the Eragon book was much better than the movie.

Hi Lyn,
I just finished Eragon, and it's been a while since I saw the movie, so I kept picturing Lord of the Rings characters while I read it. LOL Oh well, I guess I'm ready to go see The Hobbit! I'll have to rewatch Eragon, but I did enjoy the book.

[Judith]

I'm reading the entire Inheritance cycle (minus Eragon, since I have read it multiple times already but never got to finished the rest) this month! The books are progressively getting better, which is great.

[Tien]

Judith wrote: "I'm reading the entire Inheritance cycle (minus Eragon, since I have read it multiple times already but never got to finished the rest) this month! The books are progressively getting better, which..."

I think I've only read up to Brisingr although I bought Inheritance just before Christmas. The books are progressively thicker too!