September has come to an end, so it’s time to share my October TBR! And for this month, I’m actually planning on doing something a little bit unconventional for me and not (fully) planning out my reading. This is especially abnormal for me because I enjoy picking out spooky books for the season, but I decided to go against that this month.
While I enjoy picking out spooky reads for my October TBR (and will likely read some anyway), I really just want to see what I’m in the mood for. I love planning and sticking to my TBR, but my mood has been fluctuating way too much recently to plan my reading around that. So this month, I’m going to read the ARCs I have planned and dedicate the rest to whatever strikes me at the moment from my physical TBR. It should be fun – I haven’t had a mood reading month in a long time!
So without further ado, here’s what I plan to read this month!
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
This is the Feminist Book Club Pick for October. I’ve been slowly working my way back into true crime, and I do like to keep up with the books each month, so this is one I’d definitely like to read for my October TBR. I’m not too familiar with this case either, so that combined with the length of this book has me very curious.
A Face for Picasso by Ariel Henley
Thank you to FierceReads and NetGalley for the ARC! I read Ariel Henley’s piece in Disability Visibility earlier this year and it’s one of the most memorable of the collection for me, so when I saw Henley was publishing a memoir I knew I wanted to read it too.
Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu
Thank you to FierceReads for the ARC! I enjoyed reading Moxie several years ago, and I love the idea of this book being a feminist retelling of The Outsiders. I’ve actually read the first few chapters of this book already and was hooked, so I look forward to continuing it.
Under a Starlit Sky by E.M. Castellan
Thank you (one more time!) to FierceReads and NetGalley for the ARC! While I wasn’t totally in love with the first book, I do want to return to this setting and cozy up with historical fantasy, especially this time of year. I’m also curious to see how the story will progress from the last one!
Those are all of the books on my TBR for October! Let me know if you read any of these or plan to.
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March 2021 TBR
Believe it or not, I did actually plan for my March TBR to be small this time! I want to have a short TBR every now and then so I can both focus on my physical TBR and pick books up on a whim. However, that did not happen. Maybe one day I will keep to a short TBR, but today is not that day.
There are just too many new releases I’m excited for this month! Plus, there are a few books on my physical TBR that I’d like to get to. And if March is anything like February, then I have a feeling I’ll be reading a lot this month, too.
So without further ado, here are all the books I plan on reading this March!
February 2021 Wrapup
With February over, it’s time to share my reading wrapup. To be honest, with the shorter month I wasn’t sure I would be able to read as much as I did. However, I still managed to read thirteen books! I did take part in both the #24in48 readathon and spent one weekend reading A Court of Silver Flames, so that’s probably what did it.
But quantity aside, I feel like the books I read this month were really good reads as well! So overall it’s been a pretty good month – I hope yours was the same, and you found lots of great new books as well.
2021 Reading Goals
February might be more than halfway over, but…better late than never, right?
I actually intended to post this in early January, but obviously, that never happened! As a result, this has been sitting in my drafts for quite some time now. I set these goals in December of last year but I really wanted to share them, and I also want to do some check-in blog posts throughout the year.
Speaking of goal check-ins, before I share what my reading goals are for 2021, I want to share how I did with my 2020 reading goals.
Bad Girls Never Say Die sounds very interesting. I like the idea of a feminist retelling of The Outsiders too.
It’s really good so far! I like the twist on it.