Top 5 on Mt TBR, new thread

What 5 have you got coming up next?

I have a bunch from the library I need to finish, so here's my best guess:

Street Gang: Complete History of Sesame Street
Before the Fact
The Color of Lightning
A Country Doctor
The Haunting of Hill House

Curse of the Mistwraith - Janny Wurts
The Skystone - Jack Whyte
The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell
Foreigner -C J Cherryh
The Rule of Four Ian Caldwell

Fractal Prince, by Hannu Rajaniemi
Excession & State of the Art, by Iain M Banks
Keeping it Real, by Justina Robson (which is the first in a series, which makes me hesitate a bit)
Port Eternity, by C.J. Cherryh

So, something new, something old, and something in-between :)

Halloween read starting soon...

Rebecca
The Dead Zone
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
The Unseen
The Poisoner's Handbook

Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and Real Count of Monte Cristo
Much Ado About Nothing
The Hobbit
That's as far ahead as I can plan at the moment.

Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson
Mahu by Neil Plakcy
The Impostor #1: Half A Hero by Richard Lee Byers
Starfall City by Kirby Moore

Based on which ones have the most urgent library due dates . . .

The Far West by Patricia C. Wrede (in progress)
The Undertakers: Queen of the Dead by Ty Drago
Viva Jacquelina by L.A. Meyer
Every Day by David Levithan
Throne of Glass by Sara Maas

Library books here too :

Lord of the Silent Kingdom by Glen Cook
La bohème et l'ivraie by Ayerdhal
The Etched City by K. J. Bishop
Jhereg by Steven Brust

Next still up in the air, maybe some more Vlad Taltos adventures, or #3 of the Malazan book of the Fallen Memories of Ice.

I like this topic. A little peak into someone else's library.

I'm about 1/3 of the way through my Poe collection, after that I'll probably move to something newer. I've kind of been alternating between old and new this year.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
We Who Are Alive and Remain by Marcus Brotherton
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

My best guess at least for the next few.

I'm not sure what I'll be reading next: I'm in a reading slump, nothing interests me.

My library books
A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn
The Companions by Sheri Tepper
Good Night, Mr. Holmes by Carole Nelson Douglas
The Big Sky by AB Guthrie
Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith

The following is my plan for October, if I finish The Night Circus and 1492: The Year the World Began by Oct 31 +/-

Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts, with the Green Dragon group read
Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier, Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by (guess), and The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley. All 3 are for October/Halloween-y reading. Thanks to drneutron
A Rule Against Murder - maybe
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows by Brian Castner - maybe
and finally, for my RL book group - Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

The ones I'm most interested in at the moment are:

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Small Steps : The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
A Very Great Profession : the woman's novel 1914-39 by Nicola Beauman
The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardson
Terra : tales of the Earth : four events that changed the world by Richard Hamblyn

But my selection is subject to change without notice, based on whim and convenience.

I seldom think five books ahead. Two or three, that's about it. My next selection is nearly always mood-driven and/or a reaction to the book just finished: want more of the same or need a drastic change.

The next few that may be coming up for me:

The First Rule of Ten: A Tenzing Norbu Mystery, by Gay Hendricks
Creating Consciousness: A Study of Consciousness, Creativity, and Violence, by Albert Low
The Dream Life of Sukhanov, by Olga Grushin

My top 4 of Mt TBR:

The blinding knife by Brent Weeks
Between the lines by Jodi Picoult
Elantra/Cast 3 by Michelle Sagara
The knife of never letting go by Patrick Ness

I am a two or three ahead person, myself, since I read for a local book club, and I'm susceptible to a spontaneous bump. Having finished the Snow Child and three mainstream thrillers including Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White one of my husband's favorites. I see why, very taut, once past the gruesome opening.

First up, most anticipated: I want to reread Jennifer Roberson's excellent Karavans books to make the most of the new on, atop the TBR.

The Wild Road by Jennifer Roberson

Then continue the slow burn reads I've got going:
Lies of Locke Lamora - it's taking me forever.
and pick up with Acacia by David Anthony Durham

@SylviaC wrote "But my selection is subject to change without notice, based on whim and convenience."

Aha! Spoken like a true LT junkie!

"a true LT junkie" -- That's me!

Eon by Goodman, Alison - Calico Group Read
A Game of Thrones by Martin, George R. R. - TIOLI Challenge
Gerald's Game by King, Stephen - Personal Challenge (King bibliography in order)
The Secret Language of Symbols by Fontana, David - Library book due
Curse of the Mistwraith by Wurts, Janny - Green Dragon Group read

Who Fears Death, by Nnedi Okorafor
Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith, by Gina B. Nahai
Surprised by Joy, by C. S. Lewis
Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowlling

I don't think that far ahead. :)

I have the Night Circus on hold at the library. I need to buy Curse of the Mistwraith this weekend (payday). And I really want to read The Glass Castle soon. Oh, and I need to read Saving CeeCee Honeycut for bookclub.

Just purchased The Curse of the Mistwraith so I could join in the reading fun with the group, so, guess that is right near the top. It is bound to be vastly different than The Bartender's Tale which I just finished and has left me not wanting to pick up anything else for a bit.

The new Rowling, The casual vacancy, is sneaking quietly to the top of Mt TBR. O_O

I can recommend The night circus, catzteach! And I'd like to disrecommend/unrecommend Eon, Morph. It's a waste of time. The main character is a dumb, spineless whiner. :-(

And Hibernator, are you saying you haven't read Harry Potter yet? Seriously?? O_O Endangered species! ;-)

>22 Ennas: I'm near finished with Eon and while I don't totally agree, I can see where you are coming from. The main character isn't exactly a pillar of strength.

(19) The_Hibernator, you've got two on your TBR that I need to read: Surprised by Joy and Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.

I'm also on the endangered species list: I have not read one Harry Potter book, and at this time I don't have any great desire to do so in the near future.

>22 Ennas: Haha, no, I've read Harry Potter. I've just never read the series through in "one go." I'll take several months to do it because I don't want to OD on rereads, but I thought it would be fun to experience it all again knowing what the ending will be. :) Were we only supposed to include books that hadn't ever been read? I thought it was just the next 5 books that I want to read. :)

>24 fuzzi: I'm reading Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry and Harry Potter for Banned Books Week next week. :)

(25) Thanks for reminding me of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry: I need to return Garment of Shadows to the library tonight after work (HIGHLY recommended!) and I can pick up the other at the same time.

I think I might have Surprised by Joy on my bookshelves, but am not sure. Time to do a shelf search...

>23 Morphidae: Morph
"not exactly a pillar of strength" *nods* That is a very nice way of saying it. :D

>24 fuzzi: fuzzi
I think this endangered species should die out (english??) as soon as possible. ;-) This time, the hype was justified. Really. Try it. You're missing out on a real treat!

>24 fuzzi: I resisted reading the series for years, until I got stuck on a boat with only the Harry Potter books my sister dragged along. I didn't like the first, the second was mediocre, but the third and on are worthwhile.

Fuzzi, I'm on that list too. I just couldn't get into the books when they first came out and now I'm not sure I ever will. I have a friend who keeps telling me I can borrow hers when I'm ready to read them. We'll see. I'm so busy reading other stuff.

Just picked up Night Circus at the library!! I'll read it when I'm done with Pathfinder.

And I put Gone Girl on the request list. It's been highly recommended on another site.

My TBR:
1. Feed - Mira Grant - started this yesterday
2. Deadline
3. Blackout
4. Ashes of Honor - Seanan McGuire
5. ? I'll see what takes my fancy when I get through the above.

The order is subject to change but,

The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde (he's coming to my local bookstore next week, yay!)
The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
The Bolter by Frances Osborne
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

I didn't do too well with my guess. I found The Color of Lightning too grim to finish and Before the Fact drove me nuts with the dumbest MC I have read in a LONG time.

Newest stack:
The Monstrumologist
The Code Book
Truman
The Hot Zone
Inside Out

I'm noticing several on here that are on my TBR list as well, but I haven't gotten a copy of them yet. We Who Are Alive, The Curse of the Mistwraith, Night Circus, Surprised by Joy, The Casual Vacancy, Triangle: The Fire. Miss Pettigrew was one of my favorite books last year - enjoy!

I plan several ahead, but it's never really a firm plan. I go by what I'm in the mood for. And I always have one going on my Kindle, library books, and then the stack of TBR in my bedroom. So it just depends on what catches my eye when I finish my current read.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day turns out to be the only one on my list that I got to. It was great--definitely one of my favourites for this year. I like cheerful books.

I was distracted by Ostrich Farmer and Other Stories by Bailey White, Horton Halfpott by Tom Angleberger, and best of all, The Medusa and the Snail by Lewis Thomas. I will be looking for more by Lewis Thomas.

So next up will be to finish Asleep by Molly Caldwell Crosby and An Optimist's Tour of the Future by Mark Stevenson. Then maybe something from my list in #12.

I really don't plan ahead, but since I have some library books, in no particular order:
Goodbye, Columbus
Gentlemen of the Road
Global Frequency vol 1
Unknown Soldier vol 1
and then after I finish those, probably Concourse because I just read the first book in the series a couple weeks ago.

Here's what I thought was going to happen:

The following is my plan for October, if I finish The Night Circus and 1492: The Year the World Began by Oct 31 +/-

Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts, with the Green Dragon group read
Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier, Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by (guess), and The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley. All 3 are for October/Halloween-y reading. Thanks to drneutron
A Rule Against Murder - maybe
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows by Brian Castner - maybe
and finally, for my RL book group - Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

But here's what did happen:

I finished The Night Circus and 1492: The Year the World Began as planned. I started Rebecca and The Haunted Bookshop and they are languishing unread because I received my newest Timothy Egan book - Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher which I am inhaling! I also read Persepolis and have received Persepolis 2 which I will probably read before I return to my plan. I will need to read Triangle soon as it will be discussed at the next book group meeting, November 12. I will have to make my contribution via email, as I'll be in Hawaii.

So much for well laid plans, eh?

I'm not doing very well with the three I listed above. I don't think I'm cut out for planned reading, more of a moment by moment girl. :)

On September 27 I laid out these three:

The First Rule of Ten: A Tenzing Norbu Mystery, by Gay Hendricks
Creating Consciousness: A Study of Consciousness, Creativity, and Violence, by Albert Low
The Dream Life of Sukhanov, by Olga Grushin

I've finished the first and the third, but I abandoned the second because it was a serious disappointment to me.

What I have going right now:

The Story of the Stone
The Blind Owl

Upcoming:
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, by Walter Mosley
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I, by Miranda Carter
Broken Harbor, by Tana French

With the previous ones read and duly returned, fresh batch of library books to look forward to :

Féérie pour les ténèbres and sequels Les nuits vénéneuses and Le Carnaval des abîmes by Jérôme Noirez (french weird fantasy, last 2 too freshly added into LT to touchstone yet it seems)

The Historian by by Elizabeth Kostova for the Green Dragon November read.

Chien du heaume by Justine Niogret (french fantasy)

Previous five read so here are the next five:

Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan (Calico Challenge)
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (Around the World in 80 Sleuths)
Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews (newest in the series)
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (off my shelf)
Firebird by Mercedes Lackey (misc TBR)

*hanging her head, blushing*

I am not good at PLANS! I just don't follow them.

I did finish reading Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis and Persepolis 2. I did not return to my October plan, but I am starting on my November "Group Read" book: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln because it is huge; and I need to finish it during the month so I can participate in the discussion.

October spooky books will just have to wait until next year, I guess. Sigh.

I always have an idea of books I want to read next. My problem is that before I get to them, I usually find books that I didn't know I wanted to read next and they jump to the top of the list. So right now, my best guess (sure to be wrong) on the top five are:

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Pines by Blake Crouch
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

I like this thread because someone can persuade you one way or the other about a book on your list, or they can be persuaded by seeing what you are reading! Fun stuff!

I'm excited to read Redshirts but I haven't gotten a copy of it yet, so it will have to wait.

I was really grossed out by The Monstrumologist. First book to give me gruesome nightmares in a long time. Truman went back to the library unread because I ran out of time. Really liked The Code Book and my son is reading it now. I also liked The Hot Zone.

Guesses on next up:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall for book group
Reread of
East
The Thief

And from the library
Mr Chartwell
The Information Officer

I'm about to start Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and after that (in no particular order) I also have from the library:
Monster of Florence
Yeats Selected Plays
and the graphic novel/comics
DMZ vol 7: War Powers
Unknown Soldier vol 2: Easy Kill
Fables vol 13: The Great Fables Crossover

From the latest library haul :

Matter by Iain M. Banks
The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett
Cytheriae by Charlotte Bousquet (french fantasy, author new/unknown to me)
The Wind-Up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

(1) Corey Olson's Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit which I've not wanted to touch until I had gotten through my own reading of the book on my own.
(2) The Sabbath World by Judith Shulevitz
(3) Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (for the marvelous dragons in it...
(4) Existence by David Brin
(5) The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

So a bit of a mix there...

I read The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. I don't usually read true crime, but this had a lot about the social conditions of the time and state of criminology, so I really liked it.

Finished all mine I mentioned above (42) except The Thief, but I still want to reread that one. Right now I have a good stack from the library so here's my guesses:

The Final Hour - last in a thriller series I've really liked
Princess Academy - reread
A Beautiful Blue Death - on TBR forever!
The Damascened Blade
Shadows in Bronze - 2nd in a classic Roman mystery series