Pick a book, Any book... As Long as it's from Here

I've decided that my reading for the next two weeks (after I finish the story I just started, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson, and concurrent with some ebooks I have on loan; see below) will be chosen from these 4 floating book shelve stacks. This way, I have choices, but limit them to these options. It helps me stay focused, clear TBR piles, and stay on top of my reading challenge goals.

Upper left (top to bottom):

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (I'll be honest, I am sort of dreading this one)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruth Sepetys

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Upper right (top to bottom):

Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks*

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Hurari

In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum

Lower right:

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger*

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks*

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

What You Wish For by Katherine Center

Lower left:

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Night by Elie Wiesel

Every Note Played by Lisa Genova

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

Educated by Tara Westover (another one that I am just not that in to, but will read regardless)

I also plan to make time for at least two ebooks currently on loan from my local library. Those titles include:

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

The Crossing by Michael Connelly

All This Time by Mikki Daughtry

Believe Me by JP Delaney

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg*

*denotes a book that will be a re-read

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