The Book List is just a short and fun meme hosted by lovely Rebecca from Lost in Books that allows you to share books and make a list of books! Who doesn't love lists?!?
Today's topic is:
THE 3 BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN ON YOUR TBR LIST THE LONGEST.
This is probably the toughest for me to do since I have so many books that I actually cannot say 100% which ones have been there the longest. I decided to go with non-fiction books because I don't own as many of them as fiction ones and it's easier to come up with the ones I might want to read for the longest time.
by Walter Isaacson
I bought this book when it first came out in hardcover years ago. I was very excited when I got home and then I put it away and it has been staring at me from the bookshelves ever since.
by Y.A. Marlow
Back in my days as an employee of Borders, I noticed this book on Women's Studies shelf and wondered what a memoir is doing in there. And then I read the synopsis and decided that I should get it for myself as I was in a sad place in my life and needed someone else's story to lift me up. I am sad to report that I didn't even read page one from the time I brought it home. It is however on my priority list for this year.
by David McCulloughI think most people are familiar with this book or at least have heard of it, if not read it. I loved his John Adams
and I really have no explanation why I haven't read 1776 yet.
and I really have no explanation why I haven't read 1776 yet.What's on your TBR list?
This is a cute meme Lily - I am going to have to check my goodreads list. I think that will be the best I can do.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. I love the first two in the series and have this on my shelf but have not read it.
Oh by the way I found this site for you if your interested - perhaps you know of it already but here it is PEN world voices
which celebrate translations
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1096
Longest, well Conquest by Elizabeth Chadwick must be going on 10 years soon, sighs
ReplyDeleteI made it through 1776 withut much problem but John Adams took me FOREVER! We're opposite there!
ReplyDeleteOh, I've heard that Einstein is fabulous! My work-related book club wanted to pick that, but it got voted down for being over 300 pages. *le sigh* Perhaps one of these days...
ReplyDeleteMy post for The Book List this week is here.
+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteThese books would probably be in my "TBR" pile for years, too! Non-fiction does seem to take longer to get into, doesn't it? =)
I enjoyed your list!
Ooh, I want to read Einstein, too. I have had it on my list for a while.
ReplyDeleteGreat picks! I hope you get to Color Me Butterfly soon.
I didn't even go into my non-fiction list because most of those have been around for FAR too long ... especially Galileo's Daughter and Sea Change.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read Einstein too but luckily don't own a copy yet so I don't feel guilty!