[blogtober] Books I meant to read LAST YEAR aka a post of shame

Although this isn’t an official “Down the TBR hole”-post, it’s still.. going down the TBR hole. Why, you might ask? Because today I’m going to talk about three books I meant to read last year and.. haven’t read still. I’m pretty much prepared to dig myself a hole and hide in it because.. well.. Let’s just say there are some books I’m ashamed I haven’t read by now. It’s October and I was meant to read those last year? And I still haven’t read them?! The things life can do to you, haha.

[This post is based on Anniek and Hâf‘s Blogtober posting challenge!]

BOOKS I REALLY SHOULD HAVE READ BY NOW
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You’d think a book with a title containing “Library” would have been read by now but.. alas, the opposite is true.. Rereading the blurb I’m still intrigued though, so that’s something?

“No one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the idyllic kingdom has been immune to his many violent conquests. To keep the visit friendly, Princess Amrita has offered herself as his bride, sacrificing everything—family, her childhood love, and her freedom—to save her people. But her offer isn’t enough.

The unthinkable happens, and Amrita finds herself a fugitive, utterly alone but for an oracle named Thala, who was kept by Sikander as a slave and managed to escape amid the chaos of a palace under siege. With nothing and no one else to turn to, Amrita and Thala are forced to rely on each other. But while Amrita feels responsible for her kingdom and sets out to warn her people, the newly free Thala has no such ties. She encourages Amrita to go on a quest to find the fabled Library of All Things, where it is possible for each of them to reverse their fates. To go back to before Sikander took everything from them.

Stripped of all that she loves, caught between her rosy past and an unknown future, will Amrita be able to restore what was lost, or does another life—and another love—await?”

I absolutely adored this movie – and cried my eyes out, might I add. It only makes sense I should read this book but I haven’t? Probably because IT had me taking a break from King’s books..

“The Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain penitentiary’s electric chair. In 1932 the newest resident on death row is John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of the brutal murder of two little girls. But nothing is as it seems with John Coffey, and around him unfolds a bizarre and horrifying story. Evil murderer or holy innocent – whichever he is – Coffey has strange powers which may yet offer salvation to others, even if they can do nothing to save him.“

Cue me digging that hole I mentioned earlier. This is one of the books written by a fellow blogger and.. I just haven’t read it yet? I don’t even know why. I just haven’t? Too many books. That’ll be my excuse on this one..

“The wealthy Glass family lost its patriarch, Benjamin Glass, sooner than expected. Benjamin’s widow, Olivia, and her 5 sons each react to his death in their own way while preparing for the reading of his will. Olivia receives a very unexpected confession from her late husband about one of their sons that could shatter the whole family.

Prior to revealing the secret to her children, Olivia must figure out which boy Ben refers to in the confession he left her in his will. While the family attorney searches for the mysterious Rowena Hector whom Ben says holds the answers, Olivia asks her sons to each spend a week with her as she isn’t ready to let go of the past. When Olivia visits her sons, she quickly learns that each one has been keeping his own secret from her. Olivia never expected her remaining years would be so complex and life-altering, but she will not rest until her family is reunited after Ben’s untimely death.“

Have you read any of these three books? If so, how much did you love it?
What are some books you remember being on your 2018 TBR and are still on it?

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