I swear, I am working on my book list!

So, I have posted my long list of books to read, and I am currently halfway through The Princes of Ireland. (That review will be coming a day or two after I finish!) I have also decided that I need to be realistic. I spend a lot of time looking at books, it is unrealistic to think that I wouldn’t find more- see Peter Grant series. So, in light of this, I have done some editing here: 

-The Gentry: Stories of the English, Adam Nicolson
– Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy, Douglas Smith
– Christmas at the Gingerbread Cafe, Rebecca Raisin– Moved to Christmas reading list.
–High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set, Vol. I (#1-3), Gemma Halliday– If I remember correctly, I only bought this because I wanted to dump a kobo card in my account, and this was less than a dollar. I might read them eventually, but I have no interest right now.
–Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, Diana Gabaldon (I have picked this up probably 6 times and am about 60% done. Quite a slog now.)
–The Children of Henry VIII, Alison Weir
–Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart, John Guy
–Prince William: Born to be King, Penny Junor
–Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy, Sarah Bradford
-Pedigree Mum, Fiona Gibson
–Queen Elizabeth: The Queen Mother: The Official Biography, William Shawcross
–The Vikings: A History, Robert Ferguson
–1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion, Morgan Llywelyn
–Island of the Swans, Ciji WAre
–The Templars and the Shroud of Christ, Barbara Frale
-Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses, Lucy Worsley
–Hidden Treasures, Fern Britton
–North by Northanger: Or the Shades of Pemberley, Carrie Bebris
–Recipe for Love, Katie Fforde
–The Princes of Ireland (The Dublin Saga, #1), Edward Rutherford- Halfway through, going great thus far!
–Twelve Drummers Drumming, C.C. Benison– This has been moved to my list of Christmas reading.
-That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, Anna Sebba
–The Alehouse Murders, Maureen Ash
–Between Two Thorns, Emma Newman
-The Left-Handed Marriage, A. O’Connor
–Mary, Queen of Scots, Antonia Fraser
–The Captive Queen of Scots, Jean Plaidy- Gave up- Made it to 34%, not interested. 

If I have counted correctly, that leaves me with 21 books after Princes of Ireland.

I can’t stop buying books, usually at booksales or in bargain sections, but then I don’t read them for ages, and lose interest. I need to figure out how to break this pattern, definitely. I’m also finding Princes of Ireland challenging because I don’t like stopping in the middle of a chapter, but Rutherford’s chapters are typically 130+ pages. My goal is to have it done by Thursday night, but that just depends on my motivation when I get home from work haha.

Do you find yourself buying more books than you could realistically read? Have you figured out how to cope with it??

Until tomorrow,
The Historian!