Aparna's joyride with books

[Aparna]

I am not much of a stringent planner , but nevertheless I like the anticipation of what to read next ...some reads are spontaneous while some are planned .
Here is a rough list of whats coming up next for Me in 2017..will keep adding to this from my evergrowing tbr list.
I am all excited to continue this amazing journey of buddy reads that started last year....
Lonesome Dove
Plainsong
The House on the Strand
Once and Always
Homegoing
The Cuckoo's Calling
Still Life
Wives and Daughters
The Lord of the Rings
What Alice Forgot
Persuasion
The Blue Castle
Kulti
The Amateur Marriage
A Game of Thrones
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: To You, Mr. Chips
The Casual Vacancy
Malice
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Murder at the Vicarage
Flowers for Algernon
The Three Musketeers ( to be continued)
One or two books by R k narayan..( will decide later)

[Ahtims]

Glad to see your log , Aparna :)

[Sankara Jayanth]

Great list! Wish you a great year of reading ahead!

I hope you enjoy Cormoran Strike #1 by Rowling, that series' quality increases with each book. :) I'm desperately waiting for the 4th book that will come out this year. ;)

And 'Still life'? Is this your first Louise Penny book?

[Ahtims]

Homegoing and Amateur marriage, in my list too.

[Jaya]

Is that a McNaught?!!!!
Ping me when you read it, I'l do a re-re-re-re-read!
Have you tried Julia Quinn n Mary Baloghs, Aparna?

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Lovely list. Will keep an eye on your updates and review of Musketeers, tried last year but put it on hold after 19%. Might pick later this year but not sure.

All the best. Specially for LD, its one fine, big book.:)

[Srividya]

Fabulous list Aparna! Quite a few on my TBR as well. Let me know when you start Kulti, Lonesome Dove, Storied Life of Mr. Fikry and Persepolis. Will try and join you, :)

[Rebecca]

Buddy what a list! And so many on mine too. Will join for almost everything.

[Aparna]

Jayanth wrote: "Great list! Wish you a great year of reading ahead!

I hope you enjoy Cormoran Strike #1 by Rowling, that series' quality increases with each book. :) I'm desperately waiting for the 4th book that..."
Thank you Jayanth .... yes still life has been in my radar for quite sometime now and it is my first louise penny book...

[Aparna]

Em wrote: "Homegoing and Amateur marriage, in my list too."

Thank you smi...ping me when u pick up these...will join you for a BR :)

[Aparna]

Jaya wrote: "Is that a McNaught?!!!!
Ping me when you read it, I'l do a re-re-re-re-read!
Have you tried Julia Quinn n Mary Baloghs, Aparna?"

Yes J mcnaught it is... I read two of her books last year and loved them both...I remember you recommending me this sequel series of her....so added it to my list this year...will ping you when I read it...lets read it together !!!
I havent read julia quinn and mary baloghs...will check it out ...thanks J !!!

[Aparna]

Manju wrote: "Lovely list. Will keep an eye on your updates and review of Musketeers, tried last year but put it on hold after 19%. Might pick later this year but not sure.

All the best. Specially for LD, its o..."

Thank you so mu h Manju... I am all thrilled to read lonesome dove this year....:)
Do get to 3 musketeers..Its a fun read ...If you are loaded with other reads...you can even listen to audiobook as a parallel read...I am doing the same its very enjoyable.

[Aparna]

Rebecca wrote: "Buddy what a list! And so many on mine too. Will join for almost everything."

Thank u Buddy..thats great!! I am all excited for our BRs this year.
..Do recommend any interesting books that you come accross..will add to our BR reads.

[Ahtims]

Aparna wrote: "Em wrote: "Homegoing and Amateur marriage, in my list too."

Thank you smi...ping me when u pick up these...will join you for a BR :)"

Sure.. Homegoing will fulfil a BookRiots/Popsugar challenge criteria too
[Book by a person of color]

[Aparna]

Srividya wrote: "Fabulous list Aparna! Quite a few on my TBR as well. Let me know when you start Kulti, Lonesome Dove, Storied Life of Mr. Fikry and Persepolis. Will try and join you, :)"

Thank u Sri. I will surely let you know when I read these.do join in...itll be fun !!

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Good luck Aparna.
Would look out to join you for -> Homegoing, Alice, Casual Vacancy, Persepolis (Have read Part 1), GoT...

And yeah Chips :)

[Aparna]

Gorab wrote: "Good luck Aparna.
Would look out to join you for -> Homegoing, Alice, Casual Vacancy, Persepolis (Have read Part 1), GoT...

And yeah Chips :)"

Thanks Gorab....Its wonderful we have so many reads in common...looking forward to reading these with you :)

[Aparna]

Picked up two very promising reads over the weekend....Goodbye Mr Chips and House on Strand...
Former gives a feel of a poignant story and character study which I love to read .
And the later is a mermerizing tale of time travel..I am dazzled by its prose....!!

[Jaya]

House on Strand looks SO interesting! Added it on my tbr...will wait for your and Rebecca's review

[Aparna]

Yes J...the story is moving very nicely...Do join us if you are not loaded too much with other reads..

[Lovesfrost]

hey Aparna ,Happy reading :)!!

[Aparna]

Thank you!

[Aparna]

Finished two pending reads last week :
Goodbye Mr. Chips - 3 stars
This reminded me of a man called Ove...sweet poignant tale...

House on Strand - 4 stars
Enjoyed this thoroughly...what a huanting tale it was ..will surely read other works by daphne du maurier...

[Aparna]

Planning to pick up Casual Vacancy as my next Buddy read this week.
Also hoping to make some progress on the 3 musketeers...

[Ahtims]

Both are my favorites

[Aparna]

Finished 3 musketeers ..full 5 stars..what a fun adventure it was with D' artagnan and his friends...

[Rebecca]

I loved it too.

[Aparna]

Finished couple of quick reads -
Appointment with death -4 stars
Masqueraders - full 5 stars (highly recommended for regency romance readers.)
The storied life of A.J Fickry - 4 stars ( Lovely read with lots of book references and some great characters.)