June TBR

The last few months were fails. I hardly read and did not really read from my TBR lists. May was a write off completely. So let's give this a fresh start!

Mostly June will be my finish it up TBR as I have a few different books on the go and need to finish them up. I don't really want to start anything new just yet. 

These are the books I need to finish...

And the only new addition for the month will be an audiobook I just received from Overdrive and my local library...

That's it! Simple. Or at least I hope so.

EDIT: I bought a book June 6th that I've added to the TBR...

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What are you reading in June? I have so many books I need to get to, but for now I'm just catching up! Wish me luck!

TBR for April

So March was an epic fail. I did not finish a single book from the TBR pile, but given that I started a new job AND the world felt like it was coming to an end, I feel okay with it. We had no daycare for a few weeks (as at the time I'm posting this - which could change and be longer) and had to rely on me taking time off from my new job (eep!) and a friend to watch our daughter. So needless to say when home with our almost 4 year old, I was not able to read AT ALL and then with the stress of working a new job with a lot of added factors I've just not felt that I could sit still and enjoy anything.

BUT... I decided to still make a TBR for April. I'm limiting it to three books, because I have others I started and am hoping to finish from March (maybe, who knows?!?).

So the first book is one that came in from my local library and I have an extended return time due to the libraries being closed. Hold On, But Don't Hold Still by Kristina Kuzmic - I was the first on the waitlist for this book and it's been sitting on my shelf since it came in. Guess I better make this a top priority.

And for the other two, I had my husband pull two from the TBR jar and he picked... M and Green Cover.

So my April books are going to be:

Have you read any other books I am planning to read in April? If yes, leave some comments? If no, would you ever read any of them?

My Entire NetGalley TBR

So to be more accountable for all of the eARCs I am behind on reviewing, I thought I would make a post to list them all. It's embarrassing, but I've been picking away at the list for some time now and have made a dent. I want to get this list down to at least 40 by the end of the year. 

This is the section of books I've read but need to post reviews for:

The Fever by Megan Abbott

The Doll House by Phoebe Morgan
Defy by Sara B. Larson
What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin 

This is my section for still need to read (newest to oldest):
The Girl From Widow Hills by Megan Miranda
What You Wish For by Katherine Center
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
Ordinary Hazards by Anna Bruno
The Friendship List by Susan Mallery

Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers

A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs 

Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Mean People Suck by Michael Brenner 

Matchmaking For Beginners by Maddie Dawson

Dead Girl Running by Christina Dodd

Potions and Pastries by Bailey Cates

Holiday in the Hamptons by Sarah Morgan

The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

All the Good Parts by Loretta Nyhan

The Sinner by Amanda Stevens

A Stolen Kiss by Kelsey Keating

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

Sleepless in Manhattan by Sarah Morgan

Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe

If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins 

The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow

A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan 

Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood

The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim 

Cleo by Lucy Coats

The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

Lovely Wild by Megan Hart

Broken Bonds by Karen Harper 

Jackaby by William Ritter

As Long As You Love Me by Ann Aguire

Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallory

'Tis The Season by Robyn Carr

Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston

Mr. Right Goes Wrong by Pamela Morsi

Wildlife by Fiona Wood 

Bound by Night by Larissa Ione

Since You've Been Gone by Anouska Knight 

The Art of Arranging Flowers by Lynne Branard

Knight of Love by Catherine LaRoche 

Riot by Sarah Mussi 

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson 

Little Lies by Heather Gudenkauf

Aloha Also Means Goodbye by Jessica Rosenberg 

The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst

All for You by Jessica Scott 

Undone by Shannon Richard 

Flying by Megan Hart 

Evening Stars by Susan Mallery 

Unleashing Mr. Darcy by Teri Wilson 

Four Friends by Robyn Carr 

Forever by Karen Ann Hopkins 

The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard

Countdown by Michelle Rowen 

Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel 

Christmas in Snowflake Canyon by RaeAnne Thayne 

Sleep With the Lights On by Maggie Shayne 

Butterfly Cove by Christina Skye 

Broken by A. E. Rought 

Fathomless by Jackson Pearce 

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa 

Sins of the Son by Linda Poitevin 

Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter 

WISH ME LUCK!!!

 

TBR for March

This month I'm mixing it up. I'm going to read some of my NetGalley ARCs that I need to get to (I have a large backlist), I'm going to read a book I borrowed from my sister before Christmas and I'm going to pull from my TBR jar. Anything else I get to will be either library books that come in or mood reading choices.

So... for TBR jar, I asked my hubby to pull a prompt from the jar and he pulled "Hubby chooses your next book". So I asked him to go to my shelf and pick a book, the first one was one I finished at the end of last year, so his second choice was The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe. I cannot believe I still haven't read this since I got it in 2012 and had it signed at the YA ApocalypseTour at a local bookstore. Also, when asked why he chose it... "It's yellow."

The two that I'm choosing from my NetGalley list are A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs and When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald.

And the book from borrowed from my sister, The Never List by Koethi Zan. I borrowed this back in October to read for spooky season and never got to it.

What are you reading this month?

New to my shelves...

In the last little while I've added a few new books to my shelves. Mainly I've been grabbing them from my apartment building's common room where we have a take a book/leave a book shelf. But most recent has been my mini haul from the thrift store! And a few Kindle deals now that I have a Kindle for the first time.

This week I picked up Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney (I listened to the audio version and loved this thriller so I was excited to grab this one up), Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly (Beauty & the Best? Yes please!), Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, and I found an ARC of Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga (this thrift store has ARCs often so I try to grab them up).

I nabbed these two from the Kindle deals:

Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski

Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women by Otegha Uwagba

And these two from the Little Free Library in my apartment building: 

The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff 

Women Talking by Miriam Toews

What are some of your most recent books?

February TBR Pile

This is my tentative TBR for February. I am such a mood reader that I have a hard time committing to a set pile, but I also find it helpful to have some books that I need to get to and want to get to soon.

The first two are ones that I will definitely get to as one is a carryover from my January post and the other is a library book that came in mid-January that I need to return soon.

Next up, I have a book I pre-ordered in January that released in January as well. I really want to get to this one as Marie is someone I'd love to call a friend via social media and she is a local author. I'm very excited to read Hung Up On You by Maire Landry. Look at the cover! It's so perfect!

And I have a novella from Maggie Stiefvater that I just have to read as I am in full on Raven Cycle mode still. So I added Opal to my Kindle the other day and have been told so many great things about it.

And lastly, I have a review book that I am just dying to get to - How To Build A Heart by Maria Padian.

Now, if I can manage to get through all of these, then I'd also be willing to add the following to tackle my NetGalley backlog and my Nonfiction Reading Challenge at the same time!

What books are on your February TBR this month? Have you read any that are on my list and if so, what did you think?

TBR for the rest of January

I didn't post a TBR list at the beginning of January as I had no idea what I was planning to read, but now that we're halfway through I'm feeling the need to make myself more accountable so that I stay on track for my reading goals.

As of right now, I have only finished one book for the year - Call Down The Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater. And I have a handful on the go, some from a while back that I just haven't piked back up and some that I'm actively trying to read.

I'm actively listening to The Patient by Steena Holmes during my commute to and from work so the audio book CD stays in my car. It's really good so far and I already have a few theories that I'm flipping between. The second book I've been working on is a novella, Beautiful Boss by Christina Lauren and I should have been able to finish in one sitting, but I've only been reading during my lunch hours for a few minutes at a time. The third book I started before Christmas and keep trying to read in the evenings on my new Kindle, but most nights I've been too tired to read for very long - Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith - I'm actually really interested in this one and need to just sit down and read. And the last book I've been trying to focus on is, Regretting You by Colleen Hoover. This will be my second CoHo book ever and I've enjoyed what I have read so far, but I just need to buckle down and read. I feel distracted lately and overly tired, so evenings have not been good for reading.

There are three other books that I've started in 2019, and one from even further back, that I still want to finish, I just need to figure out when I'll pick them back up again.

And I have a book that my toddler picked out for me to read... Things To Do When It's Raining by Marissa Stapley. This one might have to get bumped to my February TBR list. 

Have you read any of these? Which should I bump up my TBR list so that I can finally knock them off my list? What are you reading in January?

September TBR

So I'm doing this last minute. I had no idea what my September TBR would be, but I decided just today that I want to read as many of the shorter books on my TBR as possible in September. So here are the books I'll be choosing from.

Any of these on your TBR? Any books under 300 pages that you can suggest that I check out for this "short reads" September TBR?