It's the Easter Readathon!
I was so excited when I heard that Kate was doing #EasterReadathon again! So, as per usual, here’s my wildly overambitious list of books I’m planning on reading over the long weekend…
(Note: I tried doing the prompts and failed abysmally, so here is my smorgasbord of choices for the weekend. However, I’ve just finished reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor for the first time, so I feel like this entire list should come with a caveat of ‘as long as I don’t cave and pick up the second Laini Taylor book’. Oops.)
1. All The Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins. I picked this up a while ago - it may even be a loan copy from my friend - and I saw someone else talking about it on twitter the other day so I thought I ought to give it a go. This story follows Vetty as she returns to London after her mum has passed away. She goes to reconnect with her childhood friend Pez, but everything seems different, and she wants to find out why… Also excited as this has bi rep! (At this rate I will have read exclusively queer romances this year, something I am not sorry for even in the slightest).
2. The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi. I was recommended this ages ago by my friend Mary, and I’m also excited because I believe this is a book in translation, and I definitely need to read more books in translation. The story is all about Elin, who can speak to both the serpents and the beasts and has to try and negotiate the two while trying to avoid the war that is to come. This seems like it could be a real sweeping epic, so I’m excited!
3. My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma. So I meant to add this to my #BookHibearnation reading list but that just didn’t happen. I’ve been loaned this by my friend and it seems like EXACTLY the sort of cute escapism I need right now.
4. The Salt Path by Raynor Winn. This isn’t my usual read, but I’m reading it for my indie (they’re Bassett Books - go check them out and buy a book! Support independent bookshops!). Days after the author discovered her husband was terminally ill, they lost their homes and their livelihoods. So they set about walking the 630-mile South West Coast Path - and this book is the tale of their journey.
5. A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson. Yes, I know, I should have read this by now. But crime really isn’t my thing, so I’ve held off for a while. But seeing as this did make it to my #BookHibearnation TBR, it seems only fair it has a second stab at being read this Easter weekend.
6. The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q Rauf. I bought this the week it was released, and haven’t yet got to it because I’ve wanted to sit and enjoy it properly. It’s also more middle grade, so hopefully a quicker read this weekend! One of my students at Book Group has been recommending that I read it for weeks now, so I’ll be pleased to report back to them when I’ve read it!
7. Of Curses And Kisses by Sandhya Menon. Again, I bought this a while ago, but I loved When Dimple Met Rishi and given how things are now I knew I wanted a bit of escapism and something easy. I also think this is a Beauty and the Beast reworking? Either way, it looks cute and silly and good fun, so I’m hoping to whip through this this weekend.
