Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Books I Meant to Read In 2020 but Didn’t Get To.
I recently did a similar post about the books I bought in 2020 but didn’t read. For this week’s prompt, I thought I’d look back at the quarterly TBR list Top Ten Tuesday posts from 2020, and see how well I did at reading the books I said I’d read.
Overall? Not too shabby!! Here are the books that are left, along with a note on whether I still plan to to read them. Starting with:
Winter 2020: Only two left unread:
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: Still plan to read? YES. High priority for 2021!
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik: Still plan to read? YES. Also high priority!
- Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sara Ackerman: Still plan to read? YES
- The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward: Still plan to read? Probably not — I seem to have lost interest.
Summer 2020 – I read all the books!
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse: Still plan to read? I’m thinking no. Even though I was excited for this initially, after reading a bunch of reviews and synopses, it just doesn’t draw me in.
- Dying with Her Cheer Pants On by Seanan McGuire: Still plan to read? YES. It’s Seanan McGuire, so the answer has to be YES.
- The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman: Still plan to read? YES for sure, but I just haven’t been feeling any urgency around this one. I do intend to read it eventually.
That’s seven, so I’ll also include unread books from my “most anticipated” posts from 2020:
- When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey: Still plan to read? YES. I don’t know why I didn’t get to it when it came out, but I do own a copy and absolutely want to read it.
- Malorie by Josh Malerman: Still plan to read? Probably. I liked Bird Box, so I’m curious to see what comes next… but it doesn’t feel all that important to read any time soon.
- Parable of the Sower (graphic novel): Still plan to read? YES. The novel of Parable of the Sower is one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. I’ve been waiting to read the graphic novel until it suits my mood, but I definitely do plan to get to it.
What books did you mean to get to in 2020, but didn’t? Have you read any of the books on my list? And if so, which do you think should be top priority?
Here’s hoping we all get to our 2020 books, plus all the great books ahead in 2021!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Great list! And YES you must read Gideon the Ninth and Spinning Silver, they’re both so, so good. I hope you enjoy them!
I’m so committed to reading Gideon that I’ve already bought a copy of Harrow the Ninth! 🙂 Definitely going to make it happen this year.
I haven’t read Black Sun yet either.
My post.
There always end up being books that I was originally excited about, but lose enthusiasm for when it comes time to actually read them.
I hope you get to read Gideon the Ninth! That book was *chef’s kiss*. I still need to read Harrow the Ninth, because I was a slacker at the end of last year, but gosh, yes, that series is brilliant. Black Sun is still on my list to read. Shame you’re not into it anymore, but I think it’s so healthy and great that you can recognize that! Good luck getting to the books on your list that you still plan on reading.
Here’s my TTT post.
Thanks! I really am excited to read Gideon the Ninth! I’ve been wanting to read it all along, and I think just had too many “obligation” books to be able to get to it.
A couple there I was thinking about that, in the end, I never bothered with.
It’s impossible to get to everything!
Great list! I also need to find time to read Gideon The Ninth and Spinning Silver some time soon… Both sound so good.
I think the only reason I haven’t read either of these yet is just time… so many books to read!
I hope you can read all of these this year! I really need to read Black Sun!
My post!
If you do, I’d love to hear what you think!
Red Sky Over Hawaii looks really good! I hope you can stop by:
https://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2021/01/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-meant-to-read.html
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I really do intend to read Red Sky Over Hawaii! I’ve read one other book by this author, and it was really good (plus, love the cover!)
Gideon the Ninth has been on my TBR for way too long! I hope you enjoy it when you do read it. 🙂
I’m excited for it! I’ve heard such good things!
You really don’t have many left, that’s amazing! I will say I loved when We Were Magic, and I also want to squeeze in The Rules of Magic. Lots of “magic” needs to happen, lol.
So much magic! 🙂 Plus, I have the newest Alice Hoffman to add to the list — it never ends!
I read “The Rules of Magic” before reading “Practical Magic” (and I’ve never seen the movie!), and I absolutely LOVED IT. There’s supposed to be another one, an even more prequel-prequel, coming soon (or maybe it’s already out?). Unfortunately, I have to wait for the paperback so it’ll match the rest of my set!
Yes, it’s already out! There was a price drop on Kindle recently, so I grabbed a copy, even though I need to get to The Rules of Magic first. (I loved Practical Magic!)
I’d like to read The Rules of Magic. As for books I didn’t get to last year – there were many!
Ha, yes, very many! This doesn’t include all the books from 2019 and earlier that I still need to read!
I really hope to get to Black Sun and Gideon the Ninth this year!! I hope you get to some of these too! 🙂
My Top Ten
As soon as I get through a few more books with due dates, I hope to start Gideon!
Yay!! I hope you enjoy it!
I missed out on reading so many books that I truly wanted to last year that this list would’ve been insane to try to compile. lol Marjorie absolutely would have been on that list though. And Naomi Novik has been on this type of list for years. I still need to read Uprooted! So much to read, so little time. 🙂