Read What You Own 2026

I almost made it to 3 weeks but ive bought and am reading new. How dare authors publish new books 😆

First RWYO finished - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. This was exactly what I needed right now, cosy and comfy.

I've just finished David Copperfield which I must have had on my bookshelves for more than 20 years now so I'm feeling very happy to have finally read it!

My people! I’m just finishing the latest Richard Osman which I started last year, as soon as I purchased, but put down and only picked up again on 3rd January!
I do have a book club book to read but I have several books waiting to be finished/started that I’ve had for years!

Should have said, that’s 6 RWYO I’ve finished now and just over half way through another, so glad I came across this thread it’s really giving me the kick up the bum I needed!

Finished People Person by Candice Carty-Williams. It was ok, I quite enjoyed the characters but wasn’t gripped.

@ÚlldemoShúl how was the Wally Lamb? I read I Know This Much is True years ago, always meant to read more of his but somehow don’t think I ever did.

Finished Nutshell by Ian McEwan. Been on my kindle since 2018. * *

Another RWYO and another graphic novel for me - Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton. ‘Twas okay.

Decided to DNF Buffalo Hunter Hunter and Witchcraft for Wayward Girls the former was impenetrable and the latter boring

Starting Camino ghosts by John grisham tonight...bought it a couple of years ago

I've just finished "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling which I thought was a really interesting book that's made me really reflect on my understanding of the world and how I approach information.

I have set myself the challenge of reading 26 books I already own in 2026 and to motivate myself I've made a Storygraph challenge. So far I am at 2 out of 26 books so still quite a way to go. I am reading a lot that my brain just gets excited by new books all the time so I find it really hard to settle down to the ones I have on my shelf.

I currently have about four different books on the go depending what mood takes me when I sit down to read

Going back to read Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland. I’ve read it several times but not for at least a decade - I wonder if I’ll still like it as much 🤣

I think I'm going to dnf the sittaford mystery...I think I read it years ago so know the ending (which is fine if its a known re-read..)

Yeah…I read Isola @ÚlldemoShúl starts promisingly falls off a cliff

Have decided to DNF The Colour of Fashion by Caroline Young.

I honestly bought it for its cover and natty rainbow coloured internal bookmark ribbon but it's somewhere in between a coffee table book (some nice pics but not lots) and a serious book about dyes and colonialism and so on. It has ten colours and I've pushed through 2.5 of them but it's just not that good.

Finished my second RWYO and my fourth overall, so I'm sticking to my 50% plan so far! It was The Compound, by Aisling Rawe, which I'll review properly over on the main 50books thread - but it was only OK.

@CatWithThreeLegs That is really interesting and I agree re the Maud O'Connor ones. I think I have read 3/4 of first one although I have both. The 3rd is out in Feb. I think at some point I will start them again and see if I change my mind. I really enjoyed all the other Nicci French books as well. Weird how the Maud O'Connor ones haven't clicked thus far.

@Boudy I reread the Frieda Klein series in December. I still think they're my favourite Nicci French novels. I'm not warming to their new series as much, but will carry on with it.

Finished Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller, one of the oldest inhabitants of my wish list. A memoir of life with hoarder parents. ok but not a keeper.

I have just started re reading the Frieda Klein series by Nicci French because I cannot seem to settle to anything. Still have a few others on the go but am flitting about more than usual. No idea why!