March 2020 TBR

Last month was pretty good and I hope that carries through into this month as well. And, of course, here’s hoping I can stay caught up on here as well.

• Havenfall by Sara Holland [ARC 3/3] – Currently Reading
• The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley – Currently Listening
• Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (book club) – Currently Reading
• Catch & Kill by Ronan Farrow – Currently Reading
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (book club)
• We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian [ARC 3/31]
• Meet Me At Midnight by Jessica Pennington [ARC 4/7]
• We Didn’t Ask For This by Adi Alsaid [ARC 4/7]
• The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

I know, I know. I’m reading a lot of books at once–I do that sometimes. I get into this mode where I’m reading one book in each format (physical, Kindle, phone, audio).

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

February 2020 Wrap-Up & TBR Update

I had a great reading month in February! With Locke & Key hitting Netflix, I decided to binge the whole graphic novel series–I’ll probably do an overall series review sometime…soon.

• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens – Finished
• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson [ARC 2/4] – Read and reviewed
• Ten Days Gone by Beverly Long [ARC 2/18] – DNF 9%
• Havenfall by Sara Holland [ARC 3/3] – Currently Reading
• Every Reason We Shouldn’t by Sara Fujimara [ARC 3/3] – DNF 26%
• Lucky Caller by Emma Mills – Read, review coming
• Prey by Michael Crichton (book club) – Read

Also read/reading:

• Locke & Key, vol 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill – Read
• Locke & Key, vol 2: Head Games by Joe Hill – Read
• Locke & Key, vol 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill – Read
• Locke & Key, vol 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill – Read
• Locke & Key, vol 5: Clockworks by Joe Hill – Read
• Locke & Key, vol 6: Alpha and Omega by Joe Hill – Read
• Furious Hours by Casey Cep – Read
• This Place: 150 Years Untold (Anthology) – Read
• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (narrated by Tom Hanks) – Finished
• The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware – Read, review coming
• Sword & Pen by Rachel Caine – Read, review coming
• The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley – Currently Listening
• Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 15 with 2 DNF
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of February = 302
Books added to TBR = 9
Books read/deleted from TBR = 6
Total on TBR now = 305

How did your reading go this month?

February TBR

I feel like I’ve been in a bit of reading slump lately. I just haven’t felt the motivation to read that much and I know if I just found the right book, I’d be all over reading again. Perhaps one of the books for this month will get me out of it…

• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens – Currently Listening
• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson [ARC 2/4] – Currently Reading
• Ten Days Gone by Beverly Long [ARC 2/18]
• Havenfall by Sara Holland [ARC 3/3]
• Every Reason We Shouldn’t by Sara Fujimara [ARC 3/3]
• Lucky Caller by Emma Mills
• Prey by Michael Crichton (book club)

I think Lucky Caller could be the one (I LOVE Emma Mills) but I’m just waiting for my hold to come in to the library…

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

January Wrap-Up

Okay, I didn’t have an official TBR for January, but here are the books I read this month/what I’m currently reading.

• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – Read
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi – Read, review coming
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – Read and reviewed
• The Royal We by Heather Cocks – Read
• How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian[ARC 1/28] – Read and reviewed
• Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller [ARC 2/1] – DNF 10%
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens – Currently Listening
• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson [ARC 2/4] – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 5 books read with 1 DNF
Books currently reading: 2

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
Books added to TBR = 8
Books read/deleted from TBR = 2
Total on TBR now = 302

How did your reading go this month?

California Winter | November Wrap-Up & TBR Update

This month hasn’t been great blogging wise (you might have noticed) but it’s been pretty good reading wise! I was able to snag some library copies of a couple of my anticipated November releases, so that was awesome. It always feels like I’m slogging through a book that’s taking me too much time, so then I’m surprised when I see how much I’ve actually read in a month.

• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim [ARC 1/7]
• The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord [ARC 1/7] – Read, review coming
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens [Book Club] – Read, review coming
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Caraval by Stephanie Garber [Book Club] – Read
• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – Read, review coming
• The Toll by Neal Shusterman – Read, review coming

Also read/reading:

• Sisters of Shadow and Light by Sara B. Larson [ARC 11/5] – Read and reviewed
• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke – Finished Listening
• Inkspell by Cornelia Funke – Currently Listening
• Twenty-One Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks [ARC 11/19] – Read
• Legendary by Stephanie Garber – Read, review coming
• Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks – Read
• Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake – Read, review coming
• The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White [ARC 11/5] – Read and reviewed
• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles [Book Club] – Currently Reading
• Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins [BT 12/13] – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 12
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 383
TBR at the beginning of November =305
Books added to TBR = 2
Books read/deleted from TBR = 7
Total on TBR now = 300

How did your reading go this month?

Cooler weather at last! | October Wrap-Up & TBR Update

The heat has finally dialed it back and we’re having some nice cooler weather where I don’t feel like I’m dying every time I step outside. I’ve had a tough blogging month…but we’ll see how next month goes.

• Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes [ARC 11/5] – Read and reviewed
• Across a Broken Shore by Amy Trueblood [ARC 11/5] – DNF 12%
• Twenty-one Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks [ARC 11/19]
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin [Book Club] – Read
• Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley – Finished #9
• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling – Finished!!! (#4, 5, 6, and 7)

Also read/reading:

• Scythe by Neal Shusterman – Read, review coming
• Operatic by Kyo Maclear – Read
• Secrets & Suitors by Joanna Barker [ARC 10/1] – Read and reviewed
• White Cat by Holly Black – Read and reviewed
• The Umbrella Academy vol 3: The Hotel Oblivion by Gerard Way – Read
• Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman – Read, review coming
• A Constellation of Roses by Miranda Asebedo [ARC 11/5] – Read, Blog Tour
• Tithe by Holly Black – Read and reviewed
• Valiant by Holly Black – Read and reviewed
• Ironside by Holly Black – Read and reviewed
• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde – DNF 33%
• Sisters of Shadow and Light by Sara B. Larson [ARC 11/5] – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 17, 2 DNF
Books currently reading: 1

I didn’t really realize that I’d read so much this month. A couple of them were graphic novels and then I had to binge the Harry Potter books because the audios all got checked out to me at once basically. So those things helped.

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 383
TBR at the beginning of October = 342
Books added to TBR = 8
Books read/deleted from TBR = 45
Total on TBR now = 305

How did your reading go this month?

I’m back baby! | July Wrap-Up & TBR Update

The reading! It’s happening! I’m finding glorious pockets throughout my day to read and it’s making my life so full right now!

• Vengeful by V.E. Schwab – Read and reviewed
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Book Club) – Read and reviewed
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power [ARC] – Read and reviewed
• This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills – Read and reviewed
• House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A Craig [ARC] – Read and reviewed
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte – Currently reading
• Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley – Finished #3, 4, and 5; Currently listening to #6

Also read/reading:

• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo – Read and reviewed
• Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey – Read and reviewed
• Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz – Currently listening
• Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills – Read and reviewed
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He – Currently reading

Books finished this month: 11
Books currently reading: 4

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 383
TBR at the beginning of July = 472
Books added to TBR = 8
Books read/deleted from TBR = 11
Total on TBR now = 469

How did your reading go this month?

April: the month that almost killed me [Monthly Wrap-Up & TBR Update]

Okay, so my title is a little dramatic, but this month was seriously ROUGH. I’m not quite done with everything (I’ve got one more wedding this Saturday), but I’m hoping after that I’ll have even just a millisecond to relax. My reading went completely off the rails this month. I discovered a free game on my phone so…there went that free time (it’s called Two Dots if you’re wondering). I just read a bunch of random stuff and almost nothing that I’d planned on. Oh well.

• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – Currently Reading
• When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon by Joshua D Mezrich – DNF at 31 pages
• A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab – Read, review coming
• The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters – DNF at 24%
• King of Fools by Amanda Foody – Currently Reading
• Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
• Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens’s London by Claire Harman – DNF at 71 pages (had to turn it back into the library)
• The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon – Currently Reading

Also read/reading:

• Lumberjanes vol 10: Parent’s Day by Shannon Watters – Read
• The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth: And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris – Read, review coming
• The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara – Read, review coming
• The Steel Prince #1 by V.E. Schwab – Read
• The Umbrella Academy vol 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way – Read, review coming
• The Umbrella Academy vol 2: Dallas by Gerard Way – Read, review coming

Books finished this month: 7 (3 DNF)
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 383
TBR at the beginning of April = 449
Books added to TBR = 22
Books read/deleted from TBR = 5
Total on TBR now = 466

How did your reading go this month?

March Wrap-up & TBR Update

YOU GUYS. I had such a good reading month! I’m blown away by how much I was able to read. Not only did I complete my entire TBR (which never happens) but I read other books in addition! Now, a lot of these were graphic novels which read much quicker, but even with all of those, this has still been my biggest reading month for a while!

• The Library Book by Susan Orlean – Read, review coming
• Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott – Read, review coming
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab – Read, review coming
• Lumberjanes vol 3: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson – Read*
• The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict – Read, review coming
• Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren – Read, review
• You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn – Read, review

Also read/reading:

• Lumberjanes vol 4: Out of Time by Noelle Stevenson – Read*
• Lumberjanes vol 5: Band Together by Noelle Stevenson – Read*
• Lumberjanes vol 6: Sink or Swim by Shannon Watters – Read*
• Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy vol 1 by Chynna Clugston Flores – Read*
• Lumberjanes vol 7: A Bird’s Eye View by Shannon Watters – Read*
• Lumberjanes vol 8: Stone Cold by Shannon Watters – Read*
• Lumberjanes vol 9: On a Roll by Shannon Watters – Read*
• Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks by Holly Black – Read*
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman – Read, mini-review
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill – Read, review coming
• Nimona by Noelle Stevenson – Read
• A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab – Read, review coming
• Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett – Currently Reading
• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – Currently Reading
• Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley – Read
• When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon by Joshua D Mezrich – Currently Reading

*I didn’t review each of the Lumberjanes volumes individually, instead, I wrote this Lumberjanes overview.

Books finished this month: 20 (11 graphic novels)
Books currently reading: 3

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 383
TBR at the beginning of March = 444
Books added to TBR = 23
Books read/deleted from TBR = 18
Total on TBR now = 449

How did your reading go this month?

March TBR

I’ve got a few ARCs for this month, so I really need to do better sticking to my TBR in March…fingers crossed.

• The Library Book by Susan Orlean – currently reading
• Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott
• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
• Lumberjanes vol 3: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson
• The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
• Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren
• You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn

So there we go, let’s see how I do!

What books are you planning on reading this month? Link your March TBRs in the comments!