December 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

More romance for me this month! We were also in the process of moving/buying a house, so I really couldn’t handle anything too intense.

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

Also read/reading:

• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor – Reread
• The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary – Read
• Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker – Read
• A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday – Read
• A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore – Read
• Say You Still Love Me by K.A. Tucker – Read
• It’s Not Me, It’s You by Mhairi McFarlane – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 11
Books currently reading: 1

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of December = 331
Books added to TBR = 6
Books read/deleted from TBR = 2
Total on TBR now = 335

How did your reading go this month?

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?

October 2020 TBR

Let’s see how this month goes! I’m really close to my yearly Goodreads goal–I think I’m at 94 out of 100 right now. Hopefully this month I’ll be able to finish!

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

Let’s do this!

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

August 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

Despite getting through most of my TBR, I’ve been feeling super slumpy this month. I haven’t really been excited by the books I’ve been reading and I’ve had to force myself to get back into them. There’s nothing really wrong with the books themselves…but they haven’t been as absorbing as I would like.

• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss – Read
• The Gentleman Spy by Erica Vetsch [Blog Tour 8/14] -Read, blog tour
• The Lion’s Den by Katherine St. John – Read, review coming
• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell – Read, review coming
• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London – Read, review coming
• Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles [ARC 8/25] – Currently Reading
• Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale [ARC 8/25] – DNF 28%
• The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand

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

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of August = 320
Books added to TBR = 6
Books read/deleted from TBR = 7
Total on TBR now = 319

How did your reading go this month?

August 2020 TBR

I didn’t read a TON last month, but I have a few books out from the library that I’m hoping to get to this month.

• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss – Currently Reading
• The Gentleman Spy by Erica Vetsch [Blog Tour 8/14]
• The Lion’s Den by Katherine St. John
• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
• Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles [ARC 8/25]
• Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale [ARC 8/25]
• The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand

I’m really racing against the clock here on some of these library books. Fingers crossed I can get to them fast enough!

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

July 2020 Wrap-Up/TBR Update

I did surprisingly well this month completing my TBR! I got to almost every book even though I didn’t end up reading that many.

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – Read and reviewed
• Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby – Read, review coming
• Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero – DNF pg 10
• Being Toffee by Sarah Crossan [ARC 7/14] – Read
• Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon [ARC 7/28] – DNF 11%
• The How & the Why by Cynthia Hand

Also read/reading:

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Read, review coming
• The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan – Read
• The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss – Currently Reading

Books finished this month: 5, 2 DNF
Books currently reading: 1

Overall TBR:

TBR at the beginning of the year = 296
TBR at the beginning of July = 317
Books added to TBR = 5
Books read/deleted from TBR = 2
Total on TBR now = 320

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!