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Books from the Backlog is hosted by Carole @ Carole’s Random Life and features neglected books that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while.
This must be one of the oldest books on my bookshelf that I brought with me from my old life. Not sure why I kept it or if I’ll ever get to it one day.
This week’s neglected book
Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
– Goodreads
Why did I add this book to my bookshelf?
I got it when I was a teenager and questioning philosophical questions a lot. I did try reading it but I think it was too much for me at the time, and I was going to wait until I was older and in a better frame of mind to understand it better. I never got to it, and I’m not sure if I ever will. I’ve actually forgotten I had it, and only got reminded of it because of this meme. Now I’m not sure if I should give it one more try or just let it go.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
Books from the Backlog is hosted by Carole @ Carole’s Random Life and features neglected books that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while.
This one was sitting patiently waiting for me on my Kobo but I forgot I had it. Now that I’m looking at it again, it actually sounds intriguing and I might want to read it soon.
This week’s neglected book
The Therapist by B. A. Paris
A gripping psychological suspense and a powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.
When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive…
As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before.
Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before. But no one wants to talk about it. Her neighbors are keeping secrets and things are not as perfect as they seem…
Why did I add this book to my bookshelf?
I was on a mystery/thriller binge and a friend recommended it to me. Then I got tired of the binge and moved on before getting to this one. Yes, we’re seeing a pattern, aren’t we? It does sound interesting and I might actually pick it up sometime soon. We’ll see.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
Books from the Backlog is hosted by Carole @ Carole’s Random Life and features neglected books that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while.
I’ve decided to choose which books to feature according to how far down they are on my Kobo sorted by recent. I’ll also feature physical books I own eventually, but it’s a bit harder to determine which ones are older, though I’m sure it doesn’t matter all that much.
This week’s neglected book
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid’s stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice.
When Theseus, the Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not a threat but an escape. Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. But will Ariadne’s decision ensure her happy ending? And what of Phaedra, the beloved younger sister she leaves behind?
Hypnotic, propulsive, and utterly transporting, Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne forges a new epic, one that puts the forgotten women of Greek mythology back at the heart of the story, as they strive for a better world.
– Goodreads
Why did I add this book to my bookshelf?
I was on a Greek mythology binge and a friend recommended I try this book, so I added it to the TBR but I satisfied my binge and moved on to different books before I could get to this. I’m sure I will come back to Greek mythology again, but there are so many great books in the genre, and so many other Greek myth characters I want to read about.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
Books from the Backlog is hosted by Carole @ Carole’s Random Life and features neglected books that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while.
I’ve got a lot of them so I’m not even sure where to start. But I ended choosing one that has been on my mind for a while, and that I keep wanting to go back to.
This week’s neglected book
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
“The body you are wearing used to be mine.”
So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.
She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.
In her quest to uncover which member of the Chequy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, a secret training facility where children are transformed into deadly fighters, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.
Filled with characters both fascinating and fantastical, The Rook is a richly inventive, suspenseful, and often wry thriller that marks an ambitious debut from a promising young writer.
– Goodreads
Why did I add this book to my bookshelf?
I’ve actually read this book before and I remember loving it and rating it five stars, but it’s only the first book in a series and I haven’t read the next books. I’d forgotten much of the details in this one so I wanted to reread it before getting to the next books. In fact, I had gotten all three books in the series in 2022 and meant to read them but it’s now December 2023, and I still haven’t read them! At this point, I’d be happy if I got to them anytime in 2024!
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
