Books of 2016 (first half)

I love my reading. And there's nothing more than I love than watching Booktube videos and spending hours perusing Goodreads. So I wanted to do a quick blog post on books that have caught my eye that I want to get to in the first half of 2016, and have a quick look at scheduled releases that I would like to pick up at some point.

Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
For those of you who followed by New Year's Resolution post, you will know that this series is on my bucket list to start in 2016. I have a love/hate relationship with book series, and need to read one and take a break before the next, so I know it will take me a few years to get through it! Fantasy ain't my bag, baby. So this really is a challenge for 2016 - but I am looking forward to it!

One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
This book has been on my radar for quite some time now, and I am really determined to get to it this year. I have a real fascination with American culture in the 20s, and I really love the premise of this book taking a race through history and slowing down and focusing on one year and the impact that a season within that year had.


The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
This historical fiction novel is set in Paris during the 1800s, more particularly Paris Opera. Very Moulin Rouge. Very fantastic. Published Feb 2nd.

Lazaretto by Diane McKinney-Whetstone 
This historical fiction novel is set in the first quarantine hospital in the US, and centres around characters who have emigrated there to start a new life in Philadelphia. It is due to be published in April and the cover is just perfect.

LaRose by Louise Erdrich
In this American-set novel, Erdrich tells the story of a hunter who mistakes a young girl for a deer and shoots her dead. It's an interesting premise and a look at an accident's rippling effect.