So 2014 was the birth of a joint feature called Futuristic Friday. I asked Katie @ Doing Dewey to join in and she quickly agreed. For me, it’s been the best- me and Katie do have some similar reading tastes (we are both She Reads bloggers!) but Katie also loves her some nonfiction and other books- books that would fly under my radar without her mentioning them and making me aware!
When this feature started, it was something I needed. I need to break down the reading year into smaller chunks, to find the books I want to read and to focus on that (which then frees up my mind to sort through interesting review requests/free range reading) So, I told Katie that toward the end of the year, I was going to do a post that tallied up how many books I suggested/read…. Here is the post!
So.. how did I do?
January 2014– 5 books suggested. Read 3.
These were my 2 faves from that selection post!
February 2014– 4 books suggested. Read 3.
Good Books!
March 2014-4 books suggested. Read 4.
2 of my faves!
April 2014– 4 books suggested. Read 4.
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I LOVED this book. Kimberley has some Sarah Jio/Kate Morton flavoring- and I have adored the 2 books of hers that I have read!
May 2014– 3 books suggested. Read 2.
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Ahh Beatriz. She entertains. That is all you need to know.
June 2014– 4 books suggested. Read 3.
Identity was my fave of that- but the other 2 were good!
July 2014– 7 books suggested. Read all. (July was a good month ya’ll!)
August 2014– 3 Book suggested. Read 1.
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September 2014– 7 books suggested. Read 4.
October 2014– 8 books suggested. Read 5.
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Psst.. Jane and Jake sizzle in this book. Plus- there is a pretty good mystery!
November 2014– 4 books suggested. Read 3.
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Two fave mystery writers team up to write a book? SIGN ME UP!
December 2014– 3 suggested. Read 2 (so far!)
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But wait… I’m not finished… I also read 2 of Katie’s picks!!!!!! Can you guess which ones of Katie’s I read? (Hint: One has a beautiful dress on cover AND the other has gardening and life lessons wrapped up in nonfiction package!)
Ok, ok, ok… I won’t tease you anymore……
My stats for 2014 Futuristic Friday:
- 56 books suggested.
- 41 read. (+ 2 of Katie’s) = 43 2014 Futuristic Friday selections read.
- I’m going to write this year down as win!
If you loved Futuristic Friday, have no fear- we will be back. Getting our lists together for 2015 reads! And if you are just now hearing about this- stick around for a spell- between Katie and I, we’ll add to your TBR!
Happy Reading and Bookishly Yours,
T @ Traveling With T
Vintage, The Fortune Hunter, Ember Island, and The Fever are ones I want to read the most! This is such a fun thing you two have going.
The first 2 I realllllllllllllly loved. The Fever I did like- but not nearly as much as the others. Thank you so much! I just love that people are really enjoying the Futuristic Friday!
I haven’t counted mine up yet, but I think I read a lot of my recommendations too 🙂 I actually just read The Fever and while I enjoyed it, for me, I don’t think it lived up to the hype. I’ve read a lot of very positive reviews, but I thought a lot of it was fairly predictable and it didn’t feel like something new in the YA genre to me.
Your take on The Fever is a good one. I liked, didn’t LOVE. And I totally felt in the minority on that. How she wrapped up The Fever, now that was good. But my interest waned somewhere in the whole lake/HPV thing.
Exactly!