So ….. books I meant to read in 2018 but whoops ….. Never mind Top Ten Tuesday for this topic; for me it should be Top Fifty. But I will try to be considerate and in the spirit of not boring you to death and making your eyes glaze over, I’ll keep it to ten …… I think ……. 😉
So here we go!
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor’s Son by Sholem Aleichem
4. 
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
5. 
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
6. 
Le Rêve (The Dream) by Émile Zola
7. 
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
8. 
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
9. 
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell
10. 
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
And will I actually read any of these in 2019? Well, I can say with a certainty that I’ll read Moby Dick as Brona from Brona’s Books is having a read-along of it sometime in February and I’m joining in. Otherwise I should finish The Mysteries of Udolpho. A slight hope will attach to Crime and Punishment, Le Rêve (oh, Zola, how I’ve forgotten about you lately!), Meditations, and Dead Souls. The rest …..??? Well, probably not. How’s that for honesty? 😉
Other Top Ten Tuesday Posts of Interest:
- Books to Pull You Out of a Reading Slump
- Books That I Could Read Forever
- Top Ten Books for 2016 (it was a good year!)
I’ve never read any of these books, but I hope they’re good!
This is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
Thanks for stopping by to comment, Lydia! I would guess that they’ll all be good but we’ll see ….
Cool…I was going to suggest MD when Brona posts her read-along (poor thing…she must know we’re all waiting anxiously on her to say, “Go!”). So that’s one you’ll cover this year.
I can’t wait for the read-along! I’m raring to go! 🙂
I could NOT pull through with Dead Souls either…me thinks we should revisit it at some point.
Yes! Let’s think about getting back to it mid-year. I think I should start again instead of picking up where I left off. Agreed?
Done!
I love that cover of Meditations but I’d wonder how the translation was. Moby Dick coming up soon!
The cover is beautiful, isn’t it? Can’t wait for Moby Dick! It’s been so long since I’ve done a true read-along (I’m not counting buddy reads) and I really miss them. I get so much out of a book reading it that way.
It seems like half the people I follow are doing this particular TTT this week. It makes my feed look a bit homogenous.
And thank you for not doing a Top 50 😉
The guilt increased with every book I added so going past 10 was overwhelming. 😛 I often miss the TTT or WW or all the other formulaic day posts that are out there so I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon today!
I like having them as an option and I think they are great ideas for those dead days every blogger has. Thankfully, most of the people I follow don’t do “Day of the Week” posts every week. Just occasionally. I guess today the seas shifted in their beds just right so I saw 5 or 6 all together today.
Guilt is good. It helps keep you on the straight and narrow 😉
Just wish book review posts generated as much interest as these types of posts. But I guess general is better as people have more scope to chose what they connect with. If you haven’t read the book the person is posting about, it’s much more difficult to comment. I think this is why I like read-alongs so much (although I know you’re burnt out on them); everyone is on the same page so to speak.
Yeah, it would be nice if book reviews did that. But even I must admit that I tend to show more interest in the non-reviews. Does that make me a hypocrite? Nahh 😀
I was hoping that this year I would get back into doing things with other bloggers. So far though, I’m just not feeling it 🙁
If it’s any consolation, I think your list of “shoulda reads” is shorter than mine! Worst of all, I can’t remember all of them. 1984 and Tuck Everlasting were on there, though. 😛
And I can’t wait for Moby-Dick in February!!
Could mine possibly be shorter? Considering I read about 4 books last year and planned on 50-60? I just can’t think about it. Hmmm …. I’ve never read Tuck Everlasting. Perhaps I should. And a big “yay” for Moby Dick! 🙂
Moby Dick is well worth reading! I look forward to your posts about it. I’ve also read Crime and Punishment. I enjoyed it, too!
I’m really looking forward to starting Moby Dick. I actually think I’ll get an early start this weekend. Can’t wait! Good to know about Crime and Punishment. I’ll push it to the front of the line!
Oh, what an enjoyable post!
My mind was set on fire when I read Crime and Punishment at 17, my senior year in high school. Those essays I wrote about it just blasted out of my hand. And now I’m truly afraid to reread it, because it was such an eye-opener for me back then. Such memories.
Dead Souls I enjoyed much more recently. I read it with Katrina, a blogging friend and that improved the experience.
I’m so interested in your other choices.
Are they by any chance on your list for 2019??
I know exactly what you mean; not wanting to read a book you read years ago in case the experience isn’t as good. I love the description of your essay writing! 😀 I believe Cirtnecce and I will give Dead Souls another shot later this year; you’re right that it’s nice to have a reading partner for certain books. Tevye, Gormenghast and Le Rêve probably aren’t going to happen in 2019 but the others are possibilities!
The Samuel Johnson and James Boswell one sounds interesting. I’ve never heard of it before.
I didn’t think of reading last year, and was therefore pleasantly surprised when I was able to count my having read 18 books at the of 2018!! =))
I hope you get to whittle this one down by the end of this year. All the best! 😀
I’ve heard that Boswell and Johnson is a fun read so I’m very interested to get to it. Good for you, Risa! I celebrate your 18 books with you and hope you’re able to squeeze in a few more for 2019!
Haha..thank you! And that book will need to go on my wishlist now!
I’m all in for Melville. Anchors aweigh.
I look forward to exchanging thoughts with you and other readers.
I don’t think I’ve ever known you to participate in a read-along so that will be GREAT!!
Le Rêve is such a quick little read and tender love story.
You could read it in a day with plenty of te and cookies.
Meditations,,,,sweeps you along with noble thoughts. It almost reads itself.
Moby Dick….finished it and review next week.
The rest of your selections….I have yet to discover.
I know. I’ve had such good feedback about Le Rêve. Perhaps I should try to read it for 2019. I can’t wait for Meditations. Time to get back to my Greeks! And Moby Dick, yes! I’m starting this weekend!
I can’t blame you for Moby Dick. I’m reading it now, and it’s 80% exposition about whales and whaling and 20% story, it feels like!
The Tevye stories are fun. Some of Alecheim’s tales are a little…odd, though, as if the humor didn’t quite translate.
Yipes! Then I hope I’m fascinated by the exposition! I think we’ll be going slowly so hopefully it won’t be too arduous.
I’m reading The Good Soldier Svejk now and I can tell that by the time I finish it I’ll be a little tired of humour. 700 pages of comedic relief and I’ll be done for awhile! Tevye just might have to wait.
Ha, that sounds like my reading year! Although I did finish Mary Barton in 2018 (at the start of the year, if I recall correctly) and found it rather enjoyable. Hopefully you’ll get to some of these and enjoy them this year!
I think I’m probably going to read The Mill on the Floss this year and leave Mary Barton until next but we’ll see. I hope your reading year is even better in 2019!