What's On My TBR This Year

If you're anything like me, there have been books on your TBR (to be read) list for years. I think I've had some books on my TBR for over a decade, which is slightly embarrassing. There are just some books that I've always wanted to read but never got around to it, mostly because something shiny and new comes along that distracts me. 

To me, it's always more fun to read something that just hit shelves than to read something that has been sitting on your list for a while. Perhaps there is a reason for keeping books on the shelf...maybe it's the fact that if you wanted to read them, you would. If something else is able to take your attention away, perhaps it wasn't worth having your attention at all.

Or maybe, you just love books so much that it's hard to control yourself and you want to read everything. 

I think I fall somewhere in-between...which leads me to today's post. At the start of the year, I wrote out a list of all the books I need to read this year; books that are half read, or have been sitting on my list for a while and I just never got around to it; books that I've been saving for a rainy day. The time is now.

Spare by Prince Harry

I was so excited when Spare was announced and then released, and immediately pre-ordered the Audible audiobook because I needed Prince Harry to read it to me. I listened to a majority of it within the first few months after it's release but then kind of fell off because it was a little boring. I really do want to finish it because I'm still completely fascinated by him, the Royal Family and Meghan Markle. I'm determined to finish it this year. 

Anna by Amy Odell 

Just like with Spare, when this Anna Wintour biography was announced, written by one of my favorite journalists, Amy Odell, I was thrilled. It took me a few years to even crack it open but the last few months I've been head down in it, and it's truly fascinating; it is also so well written. I'm hoping I can finish it soon and tick it off my list.

Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks

Do we sense a non fiction theme here? American Girl was everything to me growing up and as someone who is desperately obsessed with nostalgia, I really want to relive that moment in time. I've been thinking so much about American Girl, and when I pre-ordered The Dolls of Our Lives I was so excited...until it came and has sat on my shelf for a year. This year it will get read. 

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

Another pre-order, another book that has sat unread. A Novel Love Story was one of my most anticipated reads of 2024 and I just didn't open it. I love books about books and writers, so one would assume I would eat this up. I'm going to try to make this one of my February reads in honor of Valentine's Day. 

What books have been on your TBR list that you're going to crack open this year?

xoxo
B