We all have a small list of books in our head that we mean to read, no? But somehow things just happen, and you never get to read them until later on. D: (Well, for me anyways. P: ) Are there any books out there that you guys have been meaning to read and enjoy, but never got around to it for whatever reasons?

Hmm...

'The Similarion' - J.R.R. Tolkein: I saw this at my uncle's house once but never actually picked it up to read. I've heard it's really good and has an extraordinary and different insight to Middle Earth history. Our town library is atrocious so I'll have to look around on trade.me for a copy.

'This Charming Man' - Marian Keyes: I bought this for my mum's birthday present. We both enjoy her books but this one just looked a bit.. uh stale I guess from the summary. Or maybe I'm just not in the right mood/mind frame to read it yet.

'Tandia' - Bryce Courtenay: I think it was the slightly disturbing and sad beginning that made me put down this book (I'm a major wuss). I'm not too sure if it holds the same magic that some of his other books had but I should really find out for myself.

There's probably more but it's late.
WBU???

Wouldn't that be The Silmarillion? (or however it's spelled).


I don't really have any that I've been meaning to read and haven't. There are some on my "waiting list" that I have right now, but none of which are really ones I've been really wanting to read but haven't. >.>.

*Sigh* Sorry, Google said 'Don't you mean <insert word I typed above>?' and so I copied and pasted that

Google never knows what it's talking about when you misspell something. >.o. I don't trust Google to be helpful like that too much. It's given me strange things before when I just click on what they "suggest" the word should have been. =p.

I really need to read/find the other Shannara books by Terry Brooks. I read the Sword and Elfstones of Shannara, but I can't find the other book of that specific triology. I think he also has two other triologies that I need to read. I could just buy them off Amazon for like 3 bucks, but I already have enough books to read. I just hope I find them at the Book Fair that I go to every year as that would make things a lot easier.

Also, there are a couple of classics that I would love to read if I found the right copy such as Pride & Prejudice.

I've been meaning to read alot of books that I've bought and to also go against what "The Big Read" stated (they reckon that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.) Alot of the books on their list I own but haven't got around to reading so I've been planning to read as much as I can (mind you, some of them I'm just not interested in) xD.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
I actually remember starting and then I just put it down after around 3 pages and just never touched it again. My friend's have told me that it's a good book but I guess the thing is with me is that I HATE starting books because the introduction is always so boring >_>. (is actually on the "The Big Read" list)

The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
I bought this awhile ago but have yet to started it since I started up on Atonement - Ian McEwan and I haven't been able to put that down since I started it xD. I really do want to start this, but the last time I read more than 4 books at the same time I got confused what was happening in each one everytime I went back to them.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Lol, I guess I kind of drifted away from the series. To be honest I used to rush into reading each new book that came out because I wanted to know what happened afterwards but now I'm just not that into it and I've been sucked into another series of books instead ;P.

Of course with me there's always another load of books I haven't go around to reading but want to, for now there's just three up there. ;P

The Other Boleyn Girl is a must must must read. I've been infatuated with it since I first picked it up, and read and reread it countless times. (and tbh, the movie doesn't do it justice at all. It's way much epic.)

I've also been meaning to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. It seemed like an interesting read, albeit a bit short for me so I can't buy it. I love his fear of the color YELLOW.

Other books I've been meaning to read.....

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
-- The concept of the book itself is a bit...morbid to other people. But there's something raw and uncensored about it that I love. What is it about? An older middle aged man (40, I think?) falls in deep love/lust for a 12 year old nympho whom he nicknames "lola". (among other things.) A lot more happens, but I need to read to find out.

The Wind Up Bird Chronciles - Murakami
-- I loved loved loved Kakfa on the Shore, and I must must read this. I actually did get to sneak peek a chapter of it, which I absolutely loved with its quirkiness and oddness of the situation, but I've yet to gather funds to actually purchase it. :\

Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
-- I've heard great things about this novel, which makes me want to read it even more. I'm actually quite fond of stories where people go on a mini-adventure to find something about themselves and the people around them.

100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-- To be honest, my idea of what this novel is about is vague. I only know what my friends tell me about it, and that it doesn't have a storyline in a conventional sense. I'm crazy about trying this book out, and it's probably high up on my to-get-next list.

Snuff - Chuck Paluhniuk
-- Okay so I'm not a huge Chuck Paluhniuk fan like other people tend to be. But there is something intriguing about a book where a porn star decides to break a record by taping a porn movie with 600 men....told by Mr. 600, Mr. 72, and other men waiting in line for their turn.

I have so many books I keep meaning to read, but now its the summer I'll be trying to get ahead of all the books I have to read for next year at university. So all the stuff i want to read gets pushed aside.

A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer
A friend recommended this book to me ages ago, and its always highly rated. I dunno I just seem to really enjoy reading non-fiction writing now and again and I really want to read this, its apparently very moving.

His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
The film The Golden Compass is an adaption of the first book of this series I believe. Again, I was recommended to read this series a while ago but have never quite gotten round to it.

The Return of the King - J.R.R Tolkien
I struggled through the first two books of the Lord of the Rings Triology and twice tried to move onto the third, but failed both times. I found the books extrememly hard to read simple because they were so dense with setting description it was hard to trudge through pages and pages of it to finally reach the next part of the story if you will. That was years and years ago that I read the first two, so i just haven't got the incentive to pick it up again.

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
Again, a friend recommend this book to me so I took it out from my local library and started to read it. The problem with me is that I take so long to read things that I have to either keep renewing books or return them. Of course i kept forgetting to renew it, and gave up and returned the book. What i did read of it was very entertaining though.
It had the sort of narrator that in my head shared the same sarcasm and wit of actor Stephen Fry. For anyone who doesn't know him, he is a British actor who narrated the film The Hitch-Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy.


Well.. thats all I can think of for now really. I will probably think of some more later.

His dark Materials is a pretty good series....I suppose lols. I've only read the Amber Spyglass, and I love the concepts that they put into the story as well as the symbolism....but the romance is sickening. :\ 10 year olds...ugh. /hates kids

But it should be something if you're really into unconventional fantasy adventures. Also, there's a lot of symbolism embedded into the story, so it should be fun to tie in with the story as well!

And Return of the King is ace. *o* I think it was my favourite of all the LOTR books. Even though it's true that Tolkien's writing is dense and extremely descriptive, I guess it serves a good purpose in immersing you into his world.