Books I Have Not Read

Sigh. Such a long list, unfortunately, but I'm whittling away at it as best I can. 

In my physical TBR pile, here are the books in random order:

On Goodreads

In the beginning they were a group of nine. Nine aliens who left their home planet of Lorien when it fell under attack by the evil Mogadorian. Nine aliens who scattered on Earth. Nine aliens who look like ordinary teenagers living ordinary lives, but who have extraordinary, paranormal skills. Nine aliens who might be sitting next to you now. 

The Nine had to separate and go into hiding. The Mogadorian caught Number One in Malaysia, Number Two in England, and Number Three in Kenya. All of them were killed. John Smith, of Paradise, Ohio, is Number Four. He knows that he is next. 

I Am Number Four is the thrilling launch of a series about an exceptional group of teens as they struggle to outrun their past, discover their future—and live a normal life on Earth. 

On Goodreads

Nick's life as a CIA spy should be fulfilling, but it has only given him unhappiness, a wife who committed suicide, and two daughters who resent everything he has become. Now, stuck in the Amazon on the last mission of his career, he must track down Matheus Ferreira, a drug lord and terrorist the United States has tried to bring down for years. If he succeeds, he'll have the chance to start his life over again. Just when he's on the brink of catching Ferreira, he's framed for a murder that turns his world upside down. His only chance of survival lies in West Virginia, where Lilian Love, a woman from his past, owns the secluded Monarch Inn. He's safe, but not for long.

On Goodreads

In this long political thriller staged almost entirely around a hostage standoff, Flynn makes maximum use of his White House setting, and mixes in a spicy broth of brutal terrorists, heroic commandos and enough secret agent hijinks to keep the confrontation bubbling until its flag-raising end. The villains are led by Rafique Aziz, a notorious Arab terrorist whose band of thugs takes over the White House by finding a weak point in American politics: they pose as wealthy campaign contributors and are welcomed through the front door. President Robert Hayes manages to escape to his bunker moments before the bloodbath, but religious zealot Aziz takes almost 100 hostages, seals off the White House and begins making demands, of which large sums of cash are just the beginning. With the president incommunicado and weak-willed yet power hungry Vice President Sherman Baxter in charge, the Pentagon and the CIA resort to their secret weapon: commando extraordinaire Mitch Rapp. After sneaking into the bowels of the Executive Mansion through an air duct, Rapp steadily disrupts the terrorists' well-laid plans. He finally calls in reinforcements when Aziz begins drilling into the president's bunker.

On Goodreads

It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.

And then there are the amazing books by my CPs stacked up on my hard drive... 

I love the thought of always having something to read. 

What's on your TBR list or already waiting in your stack?

Reader's Log: March 20th

Pic from dictionary.com

I'm supposed to be marveling at the Supermoon right now, but God thought it might be fun to send us a spattering of rain to keep the cloud cover going instead. :) He loves to tease me. So instead I'm updating my reading status on goodreads and wetting my lips for the next books in my TBR pile.

THE CLEARING by Anne Riley is finally on top (YES!), so I'll be starting that tomorrow or Monday. A few nights ago, I read MISTWOOD by Leah Cypess, which was just plain awesome! I haven't read a straight-up fantasy in so long, and this was the perfect one to draw me back into castles and magic. I pulled an all-nighter last night to finish MY JANE AUSTEN SUMMER by Cindy Jones, which was a real page-turner--especially if you're a Jane Austen fan. I'll be contributing a review to BDCWB very soon. I'm having a little trouble with the review because it's the kind of book that makes me want to analyze and discuss! But since it's not technically out until March 29th, it wouldn't be fair to readers for me to wax poetic and literary about the ending. Blah! Hurry up and read this one so we can discuss it, guys! Meanwhile, I'll try to come up with a way to end my review without sighing loudly over the surprise ending.

After THE CLEARING, I'm looking forward to either I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore (not a real name) or GRACELING by Kristin Cashore. I'm excited about I AM NUMBER FOUR because I already saw the movie (awesome), read my friend's twitter reviews (favorable), and heard a lot of gossip (scandalous). GRACELING has my attention because it's a library copy due back in two weeks, but also because the sweet teenage girl standing beside me in the aisle when I picked it up told me it was her favorite book... ever.

And of course I have my nap time book with the preschooler, number two in the MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY series. Hey, you gotta start 'em young. My kid is going to know so much about morse code subterfuge and high-tech spy buckets.

What are you reading? Is the TBR (to-be-read) pile getting any smaller at your house or do the awesome books just keep piling up? I hope for both.

UPDATE: My review for MY JANE AUSTEN SUMMER by Cindy Jones is now available for viewing on The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog.