New Year, New Books

In December, 2013, I admittedly had a bad reading month (okay make that four months) but I'm past that now! I'm excited to move forward with my reading ventures and to commemorate this, I'm going to make a list (y'all know how much I love lists). But not just any list, this list is a list of the books I'm most excited to read in next couple of months.  Books that will mark a fresh beginning that we call 2014. So without further ado, I give you my list:

Winger - by Andrew Smith
After watching a plethora of Youtube book reviews over the past couple of weeks (especially one of my favorite booktuber's PadfootandProngs07 video here), I decided that this book would be my next shiny new read.  It sounds like a funny, witty read and includes doodles by the protagonist, Ryan Dean West, to go along with the story.  Not only that, but many people in their reviews of this book say it has a heart a gold to which I responded with "I'll take it!" I'm a sucker for well-written gilded organ novels.

Eleanor & Park - by Rainbow Rowell
I have seen this book everywhere. Book blogs, booktube videos, my amazon recommendations list, I mean everywhere.  I went to research what it was about,  and this is the summary I found on the novel's goodreads page: "TWO MISFITS. ONE EXTRAORDINARY LOVE. 
It's 1986 and two star-crossed teens are smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love--and just how hard it pulled you under.

 A cross between the iconic '80s movie Sixteen Candles and the classic coming-of-age novel Looking for Alaska, Eleanor & Park is a brilliantly written young adult novel." Sixteen Candles? Looking for Alaska?! I need this book in my brain. Now. Gimme.

Hollow City - by Ransom Riggs
The sequel to Riggs' Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, this novel looks like a promising, equally creepy, followup to this series that's based  primarily on the real photos Riggs has collected over his lifetime.  The first book made my skin crawl but in a good way, and I'm so excited to see where this story takes Jacob and his new Welsh island friends. Also, how cool is the cover to this book? My answer: very.

Gone Girl - by Gillian Flynn
In anticipation for the David Fincher adaptation of this bestselling novel, I gave in and bought this book.  I love mysteries and I love good writing and this novel apparently has both so I'm sold! I've seen nothing but rave reviews for this book and I'm extremely excited to jump on this bandwagon.

All of the books I started but still haven't finished yet
Whenever I get stuck in a reading slump, I will start reading so many different novels but I won't actually finish them until months later. But when I do finally finish those slump-books, I feel like I have a clearer slate so I would love to clear out my currently reading shelf in the coming months. A few of those books include Clockwork Angel, House of Hades, and Frostbite. On top of that, I would love to finish some series that I'm in the middle of as well.

All of the books listed above are linked to their goodreads pages. This month is already proving to a better reading month than last month, so we shall see how completing this reading list actually pans out. If y'all have any questions or recommendations, just comment below and happy reading!