What are your next 5 reads?

[Julie]

OOPS, I didn't get that last one in there. It is

[Sophie]

Once i finish Nicholas Nickelby i hope to read Treasure Island, The Rainbow by D.H.Lawrence, Dracula, the Un-dead by Dacre Stoker, Anna Karenina, and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. Usually i never know what i am going to read next but all of these books are library books which are due back except Anna Karenina which is my own copy and i am going to read it for the book group.

[Monica]

my next five books.... I will change my mind a million times.... but here it is what I THINK i'll read next :)

[Sunny]

This is ridiculous. I can't seem to stay focused long enough to actually read the five books that I list. I get sidetracked and read completely different books. Nevertheless, here's the plan as of today:
Out of Africa
Gone Girl
Three to Get Deadly
The Lightning Thief
The Tale of Genji

[Bev]

I am the same Sunny I can't seem to settle into what I want to read. I have to read Elantris and want to read Gone Girl (but it is too expensive and we have waiting lists at the library). I am awaiting a copy of the Bell Jar but I also have the new Matthew Reilly book.......

[Sunny]

Bev, I know what you mean about the library waiting list. I put Gone Girl on hold with my library back on July 24th (and there were 140 people ahead of me.) But, it's a month later, and we're down to only 43 people ahead of me, so I'm thinking I'll get it in another two weeks or so.

[Dani]

I have finally decided to stop adding more titles to my TBR shelf as it hit 1200. My next 5 reads will be:

1.

2.

3.

which are 3 I am going to loan from my library

and then the other 2 are:

- Mockingjay (after I finish Catching Fire which I am currently reading)

- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (been on list awhile and it is the month read so I tend to read them after the fact because of the amount I get from library while I can!

Also love the kindle eloan feature at my library it helps me read more, too!

[Sunny]

Oh, man! The Notebook... Get a couple boxes of tissues ready. I cried so hard I had to stop reading because I COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE PAGES THROUGH MY TEARS! Stupid Nicholas Sparks. I don't know WHY I keep allowing him to do that to me...

[Bev]

Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Oh, man! The Notebook... Get a couple boxes of tissues ready. I cried so hard I had to stop reading because I COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE PAGES THROUGH MY TEARS! Stupid Nicholas Sparks. I don't know ..."

I read The Luck One and that was sad enough. I wish we could loan books on kindle in the UK. Very sad now.....

I am hoping to get the Bell Jar soon. Mockinjay was great BTW.

[Dani]

it's not through Amazon, although they have a program to do that as well for Prime members. The kindle loan is something my public library does for members!

[Bev]

Ah we havent caught up yet here in the UK

[Julie]

My next five are: , , , , and

[Aiesha]

Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "This is ridiculous. I can't seem to stay focused long enough to actually read the five books that I list. I get sidetracked and read completely different books. Nevertheless, here's the plan as ..."

I am the same! I went back to my post from June 1st about my next 5 reads and so far, I've only read 2 of them!! I keep getting side tracked! I've tried to put my TBR list in an order but I keep skipping around in that too!! I guess it just depends on my mood at the time when it's time to move on to the next book and the price, wait at the library, etc.

[Allison]

I dont know how any of you know what you're reading NEXT let alone the next five!!! I have to play the eenie-meenie-miney-moe game to choose my next book. I think planning the next five will give me a heart attack! Im having anxiety just thinking about it lol

[Sophie]

I think we should return to this thread once we have read 5 books to see if we really did read the books we said we were going to. I have read 5 books since my last post and i didn't end up reading even one of those books i listed! In the end i read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Madame Bovary, The Turn of the Screw, The Magician's Nephew, The Apple by Michel Faber, and i'm just finishing Oliver Twist. I don't think i ever read the books i plan to, i play eenie meenie miney moe like Allie. I own so many good books that i find it hard to choose my next book to read.

[Julie]

When I saw this thread a while back, I thought it would be a good way for me to stick to a reading plan. I also change my mind about what to read next, and as a result I have books that have lingered on my TBR list for ages. Picking out no more than five books at a time has helped me to clear some of those books off my shelf. I usually pick a few that have been on my list for awhile, then a couple I can't wait to read plus I mix up the genres as well. Right now though I seem to be a mystery kick. I read fast, so it doesn't take long to go through five books, usually. So, far I've been able to stick to the plan. Any more than five books in the lineup though and I would probably fall back into old habits. LOL

[Allison]

The eeney-meeny game really helps doesn't it, Sophie? lol

[Jen]

Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "This is ridiculous. I can't seem to stay focused long enough to actually read the five books that I list. I get sidetracked and read completely different books. Nevertheless, here's the plan as ..."

Hi Sunny! Let me know what you think of The Tale of Genji. I've read it about 1.5 times... and I'm thinking of reading a different translation of it here in the next couple of years. Which translation are you reading?

[Bev]

Well just read Way of Kings, reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
After that I have the latest Matthew Reilly Scarecow book. I may also read Torn by Amanda Hocking.

[Deb]

Hidden Prey by John Sanford, The Girl with the Dragon tattoo (second try), Blue Skies by Robyn Carr, and two more John Sanford ones, not sure yet!!!

[Deb]

Bev wrote: "Well just read Way of Kings, reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
After that I have the latest Matthew Reilly Scarecow book. I may also read Torn by Amanda Hocking."

I heard Torn is good..i had it on my Lend Me on my Nook but didnt have time to read it, must borrow it again!

[Deb]

Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Every time I plan out my next five reads, something else snags my fancy. But, for now, it'll be:
Fifty Shades Darker
Message in a Bottle
The Wolf Gift
Three to Get Deadly
Defending Jacob"

Defending jacob I read and really liked it!

[Razmatus]

Crippled God by Steven Erikson
Dune by Frank Herbert
Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson

and then all Esslemont goodness :P

[Jen]

Here are my next 5 or so, including the books that I'm currently reading:

1. Fall of Giants (almost done!)
2. A Suitable Boy
3. The Secret Speech (audio)
4. Song Yet Sung
5. The Revenge of Praying Mantis

I'm also looking forward to reading The Way of Kings at some point soon.

[Sunny]

Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "This is ridiculous. I can't seem to stay focused long enough to actually read the five books that I list. I get sidetracked and read completely different books. Nevertheless, here's the plan as ..."

As predicted, I have been side-tracked. Again. Not surprising at all.

I DID manage to read Out of Africa. But, Gone Girl and The Tale of Genji are still on hold at the library. (I'm next for Tale of Genji, but Gone Girl - there's still fifteen folks in front of me on the waiting list.)

SOOOOOO........ My next five, in no particular order, and assuming one of my library holds doesn't come up first...

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Three to Get Deadly
The Lightning Thief
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Great Gatsby

[Carey]

to kill a mockingbird, johnny got his gun, safe haven, wicked and the help.

[Bev]

Carey wrote: "to kill a mockingbird, johnny got his gun, safe haven, wicked and the help."

I love To kill a mockingbird. Enjoy!

[Adriana]

My next reads are the harry potter series and the pretty little liars series!

[Julie]

My next 5 are: , , , , and

[Julia]

Adriana wrote: "My next reads are the harry potter series and the pretty little liars series!"

I love both!

[Julie]

My next 5 are: , , , , and

[Jonathan , A dream within a dream]

Pippa222 wrote: "I didn't like the Gormenghast trilogy. I found the first book boring, so didn't go on."

It was one of those I found really weird to begin and slightly boring but then by the end I was weirdly intrigued and loved it.

[Rad]

I am going for an Austen binge:
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
Sense and Sensibilty
Emma
Mansfield Park
!!!!!!!!!!

[Amanda]

I think, anyway....

[John]

Inheritance, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Beowulf, Framed, and The Golden Compass.

[Julie]

My next five are: , , , , and

[Jen]

A Suitable Boy (still working on)
A Storm of Swords
The Secret Speech (audio)
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (audio with my daughter)
And number 5.... maybe Winter of the World??

[Helen]

My next 5 reads are:
Here, There Be Dragons
Redwall
A Girl Called Blue
Three Men in a Boat
Animal Farm
And then:
Uglies

[Deb]

Gone Girl
Girl with the Dragon tattoo second time
Blue Skies
Sookis Sackhouse , not sure which book yet
John Sanford first prey book

[Natalie]

**Already had to edit to add a Patrick Ness book that I just realized my library has for the Kindle! Wahooo!



And probably whatever the October book will be.

[Holly]

[Sharmini]

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[Amanda]

I plan on finishing the Immortal series. So next is Dark flame, Night Star and Everlasting. Then after those I'm starting the Fifty Shades of Grey series!

[Julie]

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[Holly]

My next five now are:
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[[deleted user]]

I can't think 5 ahead....I have to finish the books that I haven't finished yet this year.....Pillars of the Earth....Conecticut Yankee in Kin g Arthur's Court.... Don Quioxte

[Julie]

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[Samah]

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