Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.
Today’s topic is Bookish Wishes.
I used to have a small library of books I collected over many years, but I moved across the world and had to let many of them go. I don’t have a lot of space for physical books now (but I do have a Kobo!), so I usually only buy the ones I love and know I’ll read over and over again, or new books only if I already love the author, or if they are useful as reference books. Otherwise, I try to stick to e-books and library books. Sometimes, however, I do like to buy multiple copies of my favorite books because I wear them out and need new ones. Does anyone else do that?
You can find my Amazon Wish List here.
Top Ten Books on my Wish List
Top-Bottom, Left-Right:
- The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo – I cannot recommend this book enough. It’s set in Malaysia and it’s about a young woman who is being forced to marry a dead man’s ghost, per outdated Chinese customs. It’s a story I love that has stayed with me for a while. I’ve also bought her other book, The Night Tiger, but I prefer this one. She’s got another book coming out next year, The Fox Wife, and I can’t wait!
- Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher – T. Kingfisher is one of my favorite authors and I’ve loved all her books that I’ve read, so I’m slowly collecting them. Nettle and Bone is my favorite so far, but they are all so good.
- The New Annotated Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – I’m very much coveting all the annotated classics, but I’m only listing one and I chose Frankenstein because it’s one of my favorite stories of all time.
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery – This is one of my favorite childhood books, and I used to have the full set but I left them behind. It’s not a priority because I’ve already read them, it’s just a collection I want to have, and that would be handy to have whenever I feel nostalgic.
- The Glass Chateau by Stephen P. Kiernan – I’ve read all his books except this one, and I loved all of them. I’m slowly collecting them because they’re just so beautiful and profound. The author has such a way with storytelling. I always feel like I’ve been transported into a magical world.
- XX by Rian Hughes – I haven’t read this one so I don’t know if I’ll like it, but it’s a book that’s better experienced on a physical copy because of the way it’s designed. The author is a graphic designer. I’ve read and love The House of Leaves which is similar in terms of type designs being a part of the story, and I ended up buying a physical copy of that book too after finishing the library copy, because it was so good.
- The Field Guide to Witches – I came across this book while browsing at the library and I loved that it was basically an encyclopedia of the different kinds of witches in myth and folklore.
- Mosaic Crochet by Alexis Sixel – I’m not the best crocheter, but her patterns are so beautiful and I’d love to try my hand at mosaic crochet one day.
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – I loved this book. Loved it. And I definitely need my own physical copy, but also, I really need my library to get the audiobook. For some reason, the audiobook isn’t available, but people say it’s so good, and I need it.
- Light Bringer by Pierce Brown – I love the series and I’ve already got the first five books, so this is the next on my list.
Have you read any of these books? Do you think you’d like them? Do you have a specific collection of books you’re acquiring?
