Reading Schedule



I set myself a particular set schedule for what books to read next or in the future...

1. Finish all library books due on the 23rd and the 30th

  • The Golem and The Jinni by Helene Wecker
  • All the Bright Places by Jennifer Nives
  • The Story of England by Michael Wood
  • A History of Scotland by Neil Oliver
  • A History of Ireland by Mike Cronin
  • English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith
  • Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day by Anne Somerset
  • The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford
  • The Diviners by Libba Bray 
  • Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
  • The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
  • The Captive Queen by Alison Weir
  • A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
  • The Shining by Stephen King

2. Read ordered books + random YA fiction books checked out from library

  • Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
  • Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
  • Stolen by Lucy Christopher
*Any other books I check out from the library or buy that I want to read...*


3. Read Battle of the Books List

  1. Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
  2. The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  3. Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb
  4. Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer
  5. Foul Trouble by John Feinstein
  6. Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
  7. Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler
  8. Five Days in November by Clint Hill
  9. Reality Boy by A.S. King
  10. March: Book One by John Lewis
  11. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
  12. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg medina
  13. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
  14. Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
  15. Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
  16. Scar boys by Len Vlahos
  17. In The Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
  18. For the Good of Mankind? by Vicki Wittenstein
  19. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
  20. Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff

4. Begin "Rory Gilmore 339 Book Challenge" going ever 3rd book
*Will Post All Books In Separate Post*

5. Read minimum of 4 books a week

  • Just a realistic and possible goal that I know I can accomplish. 

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