December 2020 TBR

Honestly…I don’t even know if I want to make a TBR for this month because I haven’t really been following them, but here we are.

• Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane – Currently Reading
• How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
• Here’s Looking At You by Mhairi McFarlane
• Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
• The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker
• Master of One by Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett

And we’ll see what else I get to. I’ve been so bad at doing ARCs lately so I’ve got quite a few of those piled up…

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

November 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

This month I officially leaned way into reading romance. It’s the only thing that I’ve been able to get through lately. I’ve enjoyed reading other books, but they seem to take me way longer than usual. So yeah! Lots of romance this month.

• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – Read
• Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch [ARC 11/10] – DNF 15%
• The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White [ARC 11/10]
• It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne [ARC 12/1]
• The Umbrella Academy vols 2-3 by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba – Read

Also read/reading:

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J Klune – Read, review coming
• Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher – Read and reviewed
• Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore – Read and reviewed
• Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes – Read and reviewed
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman – Read and reviewed
• If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane – Read and reviewed
• Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters – Read, review coming
• Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 10, 1 DNF
Books currently reading: 1

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of November = 325
Books added to TBR = 7
Books read/deleted from TBR = 1
Total on TBR now = 331

How did your reading go this month?

November 2020 TBR

I’m really not planning on holding myself to this TBR. I’ve been such a mood reader lately so we’ll just see how this month goes.

• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – Currently Reading
• Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch [ARC 11/10] – Currently Reading
• The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White [ARC 11/10]
• It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne [ARC 12/1]
• The Umbrella Academy vols 2-3 by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba (reread)

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

October 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

I had high hopes for this month, but I ended up feeling so slumpy. Nothing sounded good and I had no motivation to actually read. On the other hand, I did catch up on some graphic novel series and ended up doing some rereads so I read more than it felt like I did.

• The Umbrella Academy vols 1-3 by Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba (reread) – Finished volume 1
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (preorder) – Read and reviewed
• Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff [ARC 10/6]
• Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch [ARC 11/10] – Currently Reading
• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes – Read and reviewed
• Emma by Jane Austen (book club)

Also read/reading:

• Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody – Currently Reading
• The How and the Why by Cynthia Hand – Read, review coming
• Lumberjanes vol 12: Jackalope Springs Eternal by Shannon Watters et al – Read
• Lumberjanes vol 14: X Marks the Spot by Shannon Watters et al – Read
• The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen – Reread, dream cast
• The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton – Read and reviewed
• Runaways vol 4: But You Can’t Hide by Rainbow Rowell – Read
• Runaways vol 5: Canon Fodder by Rainbow Rowell – Read
• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black – Reread
• The Wicked King by Holly Black – Reread
• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 12
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of October = 319
Books added to TBR = 14
Books read/deleted from TBR = 8
Total on TBR now = 325

How did your reading go this month?

September 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

I didn’t feel super slumpy this month, but I guess I was? I didn’t read a ton from my TBR, but I feel okay about it.

• The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand – Currently Reading
• Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody [ARC 9/1]
• The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi [ARC 9/22] – DNF 12%
• Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff [ARC 10/6]
• Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford [ARC 10/6] – Currently Reading
• 1984 by George Orwell
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black – Read, review coming

Also read/reading:

• Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles [ARC 8/25] – Read, review coming
• Majesty by Katharine McGee – Read and reviewed
• Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan – Read, review coming
• Friends and Foes by Sarah M. Eden – Read, review coming
• Lumberjanes vol 12: Jackalope Springs Eternal by Shannon Watters, Noelle Stevenson, et al – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 5, 1 DNF
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of September = 319
Books added to TBR = 5
Books read/deleted from TBR = 5
Total on TBR now = 319

How did your reading go this month?

July 2020 TBR

I had a really great reading month in June, but I’ve got some things planned for July so we’ll see how much reading I get done.

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – Currently Reading
• Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby – Currently Reading
• Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
• Being Toffee by Sarah Crossan [ARC 7/14]
• Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon [ARC 7/28]
• The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand

That’s all I’ll say for sure though there are a couple of other books that I’m hoping to get from the library when they come out this month!

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

June 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

I actually had a really good month! I’m surprised at how well I was able to stick to my TBR.

• Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer – Read
• Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner – Read, review coming
• Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby – Currently Reading
• So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson – Read
• Holes by Louis Sachar (book club) – Read
• Again Again by E. Lockhart [ARC 6/2] Read and reviewed
• When the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry – DNF pg 52
• Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin – Read, review coming
• American Royals by Katharine McGee – Read, review coming

Also read/reading:

• Saga vol 1-9 by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples – Read
• Lumberjanes, vol 13: Indoor Recess by Shannon Watters – Read
• Stars Above by Marissa Meyer – Finally finished after 3 years
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (book club) – Read
• Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore – Read, review coming
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 20 (1 DNF) Books currently reading: 2

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296 TBR at the beginning of June = 318 Books added to TBR = 7 Books read/deleted from TBR = 8 Total on TBR now = 317

How did your reading go this month?

June 2020 TBR

This month we’ve got some of our local libraries opening up. They’re doing reduced hours and services and all that, but it’s a sign that things might be returning to normal soon-ish.

• Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer – Currently Reading
• Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner – Currently Reading
• Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
• So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
• Holes by Louis Sachar (book club)
• Again Again by E. Lockhart [ARC 6/2]
• When the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry
• Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin
• American Royals by Katharine McGee

Let’s see how this month goes!

What are you guys reading this month? Let me know in the comments!

May 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

I’ve felt pretty good about this month! I’ve read a few great books and some new ones that I was excited about.

• The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant [ARC 6/2] – Read and reviewed
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid – Read and reviewed
• The Holdout by Graham Moore – Read, review coming
• The Greatest Game Ever Played by Mark Frost
• Beach Read by Emily Henry – Read, review coming
• Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman (book club) – Read
• Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

Also read/reading:

• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer – Read and reviewed
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer – Read and reviewed
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer – Read and reviewed
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer – Read and reviewed
• The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes by Suzanne Collins – Read, review coming
• Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer – Currently Reading
• Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 10
Books currently reading: 2

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of May = 308
Books added to TBR = 14
Books read/deleted from TBR = 4
Total on TBR now = 318

How did your reading go this month?

April 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

This has just been a weird month all around and I’m pretty proud of how much reading I managed to get done.

• Continue Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot – All finished! (#5-11)
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (book club) – Read, review coming
• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – Read and reviewed
• Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden
• The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch [ARC, Blog Tour on 5/7] – Read, review coming
• Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (book club) – …I’m giving up on this one…
• The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant [ARC 6/2]
• Something by Kristin Hannah: The Great Alone – Currently Reading

Also read/reading:

• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – Reread
• More than Maybe by Erin Hahn [ARC 7/21] – Read, review coming
• Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid – Read, review coming
• Behind Every Great Man by Marlene Wagman-Geller – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 13
Books currently reading: 2

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of April = 307
Books added to TBR = 4
Books read/deleted from TBR = 3
Total on TBR now = 308

How did your reading go this month?