BTT: Anticipate

What’s the last book you were really EXCITED to read?

And, were you excited about it in advance? Or did the excitement bloom while you were reading it?

Are there any books you’re excited about right NOW?

Well, gosh, you know, I really can’t think of a book that I’ve anticipated reading in a while. I usually tend to look at each book as a bit of a blank slate. I tend to follow the school of subjectivity so I can’t really get excited about what other people are saying about a book before I’ve been able to read through it, myself. I dont read through many sequential books and even when I do, I don’t put much weight on the next in a series adding up to the last.

Looking back through this year, I think my favorite reads were probably The Tiger’s Wife and A Visit From the Goon Squad. Yes, I know, that’s terribly cliche since they were the Orange Prize and Pulitzer winners, respectively. No, but really, they did win these with good reason!  Oh, my, I almost forgot! I also think that The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet ranks high on my list, too. These are all pretty different but still, in the last half year, the three that rise to the top of my pile.

As far as looking forward, I don’t think I’m waiting on anything too exciting. As mentioned, I tend to meet my favorites cold and try not to attach any excitement to a book or writer before I really get into either one.