This weekly meme was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners. It is now being hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. To participate, choose a random book from your GoodReads TBR and show it off. Which sounds easy enough until you have to decide how to choose that book! I think I will use a different way each week, like picking a color or number of pages. I will let you know each week how I chose the book and then something interesting about it, like how it ended up on the list or why I want to read it. Got it? Okay let’s get started.
I have been reorganizing my Goodreads list once again and eliminating a few books, but not nearly enough. So today’s pick comes from all that organising. It is a book that I came across only recently, though it was first published in 2011. It is set here in Washington State and is I think this author’s debut book. It is one of those books that switches from present to past and mixes a lot of genres including romance and mystery. It has a pretty decent rating so I am willing to give it a chance.
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
Publication Date: April 2011
Summary from Goodreads:
A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author.
In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket to happily ever after.
Ten years later, the tide has turned on Emily’s good fortune. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea. Researching her next book, Emily discovers a red velvet diary, dated 1943, whose contents reveal startling connections to her own life.
Doesn’t it sound lovely? And I just love that cover. I think I will move it up on my list of books I want to read the first few months of the year. Do you have any older books on your TBR that you have forgotten about? Let me know in the comments. Until next time….
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That does sound very interesting. I do need to go though my own Goodreads list at some point…
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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I have a TBR of 400 books and it’s confusing to choose which ones to prioritize reading
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I have tried a couple of ways. The first was to organize by genre, but this year I’m trying by publication year. I find I gravitate towards newer books when I’m looking for something to read.
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