Top Ten Tuesday : Books I Was Excited to Get but Still Haven't Read

The problem with getting excited about a book and receiving it, but not having the room to read it at the moment is that life moves by very quickly, and before you know it, that excitement wanes. I have the same problem with planning books to read ahead of time. It sounds like a good idea at the time, but when the time comes, I no longer have the same desire. BUT it does not always mean I will bypass reading the book; it is that I have collected so many others since that now I want to read something else. 

But I am catching up. Meanwhile, here are ten books (on my unread shelf) that I was excited to purchase or receive, but still have not read.

Someone dumped several Ronald Reagan books off at my library, and I bought all of them. This one is his diary, which he wrote in every single day that he was president for eight years. I picked this up years ago, and I still have not read it, or any of the other ones. 

I think I found the next two David McCullough's in the library for super cheap several years ago, and still have not cracked them -- although John Adams is in the wings

This following one, The Pioneers, I convinced my husband to buy for me, for Christmas 2019 or 2020. I want to read the other two preceding titles first before I start this one. It may be a few years, or maybe not, if I really enjoy McCullough's style, which I have heard really great things. 

The Aeneid has been on my shelf forever. No excuses. :(

The next two are also ancient. I read The Purgatorio, but...

I don't remember when I got Middlemarch, but I plan to finally read it this year. We'll see...

Finally, my husband also bought these for me, probably along with The Pioneers, back in 2019 or 20, with a few other titles. I read the others, but I've got these to read now. Still.