Reading Writes {Chapter Four} Reading in 2015 | Reading

After a bit of a Reading Writes holiday in December and January we are back for another fab year of book nerdiness and reading rapture! This month I wanted to chat a little about what you plan to read in 2015, any reading goals or challenges you may be participating in, and any new releases that you are awaiting with bated breath!


To start with, let's have a little chat about what we got up to reading-wise over the holidays. I managed two and 3/4 books over the Christmas/ New Year period. I finally embarked on the epic journey that is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. So many people love these books and I'm glad to say I'm no exception.

I was a little worried at first that I wasn't going to enjoy them, as I found the first one, Cross Stitch (Outlander) a bit slow to start with. But by about half way through I was totally hooked. The love story between Jamie and Claire is, of course, captivating, and very passionate. I also love the historical element and the fact that the author isn't afraid to tackles some of the more shady elements of the times.

I'm about 3 quarters of the way through the 2nd book, Dragonfly in Amber, and I'm loving the shift from Scotland to France. I am finding I have to restrain myself from flipping to the end to find out what happens because I am so damn intrigued!

The other book I read was Kelly Exeter's Your Best Year Yet. I spoke about what I got out of the book in this post in January, and I'm still turning over some of the key messages from it weeks later. Your Best Year Yet is non-fiction of course, and probably best described as self-help, a category I don't often read, but I highly recommend this book.

So that's what I've been reading over the holiday period, how about you?

Moving on, there are a few books on my list to read in 2015. In 2013 I did a reading challenge with The Little White Dove to read 13 books over the year. And last year I set myself a little unofficial challenge to read nothing but series, which I mostly succeeded at, the A Song of Ice and Fire series and Wool trilogy being the ones that took the most time.

In 2015 I haven't set myself any challenges, but I am hoping to read all of the books published so far in the Outlander series, as well as re-read the first two books in Justin Cronin's The Passage trilogy. The third book in the series, The City of Mirrors was expected to be released late last year, however it never eventuated. Not happy, Jan!!!

At last look, Amazon has an expected release date of October 8th 2015, and I sincerely hope Cronin works to that! I read the first book, The Passage back in 2010, and the second book, The Twelve came out in 2014. When you check out Justin's Facebook page, it's filled with messages from fans asking  when the  final book will be released. I completely understand their frustration and anticipation, as this really is one of the best trilogies I've ever read, it's definitely up there in my favourites.

Waiting for the next book in a trilogy or series...

The wait for Cronin's third Passage book feels a little George R. R. Martin-ish, in that it seems to be taking forever! Hopefully he won't take as long as Martin, though, who's 6th book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series is not realistically expected till 2017! The last book released in the series was 2011, so that will be a wait of 5 years between books, which is better than 6 years it took him to write the previous one. At this rate, the 7th and final book won't be published until Punky is in high school!

But when a book is good, it's worth the wait, no matter how frustrating that wait might be. The only concern is that the author then delivers on the anticipation that has built. There is nothing worse than waiting years for a book to be released, only to be let down by it once you finally have it in your hands.

Are you waiting for any books to be released? What's on your reading list for 2015? Are you participating in any reading challenges, or have you set any reading goals for the year? Let me know in the comments, and don't forget to link up any reading or book related posts you might have written during the last few months.

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