TBR March 2013

I believe one of the most happiest moments for a book reader, or let me be specific by saying a book lover instead, is the moment and time spent to browse the next book(s) to read. It's fun, and it is made even more exciting with so many gems out there, coming from different genres. Finding out the true or hidden gems can be challenging, but there are plenty of them out there actually, so no need to worry.

Some people love fantasy. Some always stick to paranormal genre. Some even only prefer dystopian books. Or, they don't mind reading any genres as long as it is young adult. There are also those who go for romance.   I myself used to "restrict" my book choices, ranging from dystopian and fantasy (but usually dystopian books have this sci-fi elements in them, so perhaps sci-fi is also included in my range of book choices), and contemporary. All YA. But then I found out that venturing into other book genres are so fun, fun, and much more fun. I tried adult fantasy (favorite ones are NK Jemisin and Brandon Sanderson) and romance. And I loved it. I tried new adult (which proves to be awesome), and I also delve more into middle-grade books (a lot of them are fantasy, yes) and found that it's just as equally fun as any young adult or adult fantasy. Middle-grade fantasy books that I read are not even afraid to introduce kinds of serious issues and quite bold in addressing these issues to their intended young audience - let's say, A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge, or The Bird of the River by Kage Baker. I also read classics - I used to read short stories by William Faulkner or Ernest Hemingway when I was in my early year of college. I read John Steinback's Of Mice and Men and didn't really like it back then. I recently re-read The Adventure of Tom Sawyer and came to love it more. My adventure with classics has just begun though, and like many, it was actually started with Jane Austen's works (my favorite in the meantime is Mansfield Park), and this has further ignited my interest in historical fiction, really. I intend to explore more notable classic and literature works (as well as Asian and Russian ones), from the least-known to the well-known, from the enthralling one to the bizarre one.

Ha. Quite a challenge. I know, because there's no guarantee I would be able to go through them... but anyway. I will still love fantasy - high fantasy, dark fantasy, steampunk, magic, adventure, fairytale, time travel, but it's really nice and quite a wonderful change of air to try other genres.

Below is my TBR (to be read) list as of now.

This really makes my reading experience richer, this - to discover and know a lot of things.

After all, readers are supposed to know every little bit of everything, right?