Sylvia's Book Jar 2017

[Sylvia]

Here is my Book Jar

[Sylvia]

Here's the list of books that are in The Book Jar.

They are:

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Mass - Read 11th January 2017
The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon - Read 13th January 2017
Uprooted by Naomi Novak - DNF 20th January 2017
Written in Red by Anne Bishop - Read 5th February 2017
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare - Read 2nd March 2017
Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson, #5) by Darynda Jones - Read 23rd March 2017
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2) by Colleen Hoover
Alice In Zombieland by Gena Showalter
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Shadow of the Night (All Souls Trilogy, #2) by Deborah Harkness
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
The Professional by Kresley Cole
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Reviving Izabel by J.A. Redmerski
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Empire of Storms (Thrown of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
The Serpent King by Jeff Zetner
World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) by Susan Ee
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Abdieh
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
All The Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
Talon by Julie Kagawa
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Goddess (Starcrossed, #3) by Josephine Angelini
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Gathering Darkness (Falling Kingdoms, #3) by Morgan Rhodes
Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) by Victoria Aveyard
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy, #3) by Marie Kutkoski

[Sylvia]

[Sylvia]

Can't wait to pick one out!

[Karen]

Great list, Sylvia!
Here are the ones from your list that I have read and enjoyed:

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Shadow of the Night (All Souls Trilogy, #2) by Deborah Harkness
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Mass
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Abdieh
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
All The Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Gathering Darkness (Falling Kingdoms, #3) by Morgan Rhodes

[Sylvia]

Karen wrote: "Great list, Sylvia!
Here are the ones from your list that I have read and enjoyed:

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Shadow of the Night (All Souls Trilogy, #2) by Deborah Harkness
Poison Princess by Kr..."

Awesome :D thanks for letting me know what you've enjoyed and I hope I do too

[Gabby]

Alice in Zombieland was really cool! and Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children is on my list, too!

[Sylvia]

Gabby wrote: "Alice in Zombieland was really cool! and Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children is on my list, too!"

Been wanting to read these two forever and hopefully I will read Miss Peregrines before I get tempted to watch the movie lol

[Tracy]

Oooooh you have a lot on this list i loved!

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Oooooh you have a lot on this list i loved!"

Well, that's really promising and good to know. I hope I really love everything I pick to read.

[Sylvia]

My two picks that I drew out are , which can you believe is also our BOTM so double win for me. I also picked out , which I've heard is amazing and I can't wait to dive right into it. This is so much fun!

[Ekaterine]

Fantastic:
Really enjoyed:

Great list! Happy reading, Sylvia.

[Sylvia]

Ekaterine wrote: "Fantastic:
Really en..."

Thank you. I am really looking to reading all of these.

[Sylvia]

Read my first book jar read for the year and it was the deviously delicious ...no wonder why it's voted one of the best books of the year.

[Sylvia]

Just finished my second book jar and it was breathtaking and extremely beautiful. really hit home for me as words are a big thing in our home. My youngest is pre-verbal and only has approximations and uses key word sign language to express himself. That's part of having Autism for our little guy. Never thought a fantasy book would be so relatable lol

[Karen]

Sylvia wrote: "Just finished my second book jar and it was breathtaking and extremely beautiful. really hit home for me as words are a big thing in our home. My younges..."

Amy is an amazing writer. So glad you loved this one!

[Tracy]

Sylvia wrote: "Just finished my second book jar and it was breathtaking and extremely beautiful. really hit home for me as words are a big thing in our home. My younges..."

2 for 2. You are doing great Sylvia.

[Sylvia]

Karen wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Just finished my second book jar and it was breathtaking and extremely beautiful. really hit home for me as words are a big thing in our h..."

That she is :D Would you believe this is only the second book of hers I've read!?

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Just finished my second book jar and it was breathtaking and extremely beautiful. really hit home for me as words are a big thing in our h..."

I'm excited :)

[Karen]

Sylvia wrote: "Karen wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Just finished my second book jar and it was breathtaking and extremely beautiful. really hit home for me as words are a big ..."

I loved Infinity + One and Making Faces

[Sylvia]

Karen wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Karen wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Just finished my second book jar and it was breathtaking and extremely beautiful. really hit home for me as w..."

I haven't read Making Faces *gasp* lol I know, I know! But I'm planning on working through a lot of her books. I have read Infinity + One but I remember only liking the book but still a good read.

[Tracy]

Making Faces is a good one Sylvia. I agree with you on I+O it was ok for me as well.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Making Faces is a good one Sylvia. I agree with you on I+O it was ok for me as well."

I'll be sure to push Making Faces up my TBR list or adding it to my Jar once I've made a great dent in it.

[Sylvia]

Okay, my third pick from My Book Jar is . I'm really excited about this one so hopefully it's a great read.

[Jenny]

So glad you're enjoying your reads so far! I'm hoping to read Court of Mist and Fury soon, won't have time this month though.

Uprooted is also one I want to read sometime.

[Tracy]

Sylvia wrote: "Okay, my third pick from My Book Jar is . I'm really excited about this one so hopefully it's a great read."

Let me know if you like this one Sylvia. This got many good reviews.

[Sylvia]

Jenny wrote: "So glad you're enjoying your reads so far! I'm hoping to read Court of Mist and Fury soon, won't have time this month though.

Uprooted is also one I want to read sometime."

Definitely try and read ACOMAF because it's really good, well I think so. And I'll keep you informed on Uprooted.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Okay, my third pick from My Book Jar is . I'm really excited about this one so hopefully it's a great read."

Let me know if you like this one Sylvia. Th..."

So far it's been a slow pace but not slow enough to not want to go back, if that makes sense! I noticed it's quite a few pages so there's a story to tell and starting off a little slow is sometimes a good thing.

[Tracy]

Sylvia wrote: "Jenny wrote: "So glad you're enjoying your reads so far! I'm hoping to read Court of Mist and Fury soon, won't have time this month though.

Uprooted is also one I want to read sometime."

Definit..."

I finished it Sylvia and the ending was much better than the beginning for me.

[Tracy]

Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Okay, my third pick from My Book Jar is . I'm really excited about this one so hopefully it's a great read."

Let me know if you like this ..."

True, slow is not always bad.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Jenny wrote: "So glad you're enjoying your reads so far! I'm hoping to read Court of Mist and Fury soon, won't have time this month though.

Uprooted is also one I want to read some..."

I'm glad the ending redeemed itself for you :D

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Okay, my third pick from My Book Jar is . I'm really excited about this one so hopefully it's a great read."

Let me know if..."

Exactly :D

[Gabby]

Sylvia wrote: "Gabby wrote: "Alice in Zombieland was really cool! and Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children is on my list, too!"

Been wanting to read these two forever and hopefully I will read Miss Peregri..."

Oops! I've already seen the movie with a friend, and he got me the boxed set for Christmas, since I always buy him books lol :) hopefully I'll pick it out of my jar soon!

[Sylvia]

Gabby wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Gabby wrote: "Alice in Zombieland was really cool! and Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children is on my list, too!"

Been wanting to read these two forever and hopefully I will re..."

Hehe, not sure how long I can hang off before watching the movie though lol

[Sylvia]

is turning out to be an extremely painful read. I've left it for the moment and have decided to shelf if under DNF, and am reading which isn't in my book jar but is so good...it's what I needed especially after the sludge I've had to endure while reading Uprooted...not sure why it's such high ratings.

[Tracy]

Sylvia wrote: " is turning out to be an extremely painful read. I've left it for the moment and have decided to shelf if under DNF, and am reading ..."

Hate that you have to do that Sylvia.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: " is turning out to be an extremely painful read. I've left it for the moment and have decided to shelf if under DNF, and am reading [bookcover:Breath of ..."

I hate having to do that but there's just no time to waste when there are just so many books to read.

[Tracy]

I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself."

I'm with you :D fair go but not forcing myself to love. I just culled 1700 books off of my TBR list lol and only reached page 36 out of 236 or something like that. I'm not even going to try and read any of those books that I dumped.

[Gabby]

Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself."

I'm with you :D fair go but not forcing myself to love. I ju..."


I know what you mean! A couple years ago I was just adding books like there's no tomorrow and had over 6,000+ books on my To-Read shelf, Now I'm trying to go through them and delete the ones i'm not interested in (there's some I would never read, and others I don't even remember!) Shame on Goodreads for making it so easy to add books, lol! :P

[Tracy]

Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself."

I'm with you :D fair go but not forcing myself to love. I ju..."

I should do that as well. I know there aee several that I don't have any interest in reading.

[Sylvia]

Gabby wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself."

I'm with you :D fair go but not forcing mysel..."

Shame on GR for sure lol it's so easy to get such a large TBR list and we are all suckered in that way. I'm definitely going to cut back so much more and be realistic and selective as to what I read.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself."

I'm with you :D fair go but not forcing mysel..."

I felt light already just cutting back 1700 books. I want to bring it down more but GR make it hard for you to delete large amounts cause you can only delete 1 book at a time ugh

[Tracy]

Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself."

I'm with you :D fair go but not..."

Yeah that would stink Sylvia.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I know Sylvia. I'm not wasting time on mediocre books anymore either. I will give them a fair go but won't force myself."

I'm with you :D ..."

Well, I managed to cut 2500 off of my TBR and I could probably cut more but going to stop for now.

[Tracy]

That's impressive Sylvia. I need to get on that.

[Sylvia]

Tracy wrote: "That's impressive Sylvia. I need to get on that."

I feel really light already and being extremely selective now with what I add. You should totally do it when you get the chance.

[Karen]

My tbr is completely out of control, even after I deleted books I added in 2012 and 2013 that I know I will never read!

[Sylvia]

Karen wrote: "My tbr is completely out of control, even after I deleted books I added in 2012 and 2013 that I know I will never read!"

Yeah, I got rid of most of books I added in 2011-2014 but really seriously need to clear up the rest but I figured 2500 is better than over 5000, which I had at the beginning of the year.

[Tracy]

A lot of my problem is I have so many free kindle books that are on my TBR. I need to just read them. Never know, I might find a diamond in there.