TBR Stack February 2022

January Recap

Once again, I’m a tad later posting my TBR stack than I wanted to be. Unfortunately so far this month it’s due to health flare-ups and a lack of work-life balance.

I finished quite a few books in January—eleven to be exact! Three ebooks, two audio books, four comic issues, and two physical books.

I also DNF’d two books, both of them ebooks.

• Sabriel by Garth Nix (4 stars)
• Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (3 stars)
• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (re-read, 5 stars)
• Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, Issue #1 (re-read, 3 stars)
• Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, Issue #2 (re-read, 3 stars)
• Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, Issue #3 (re-read, 3 stars)
• Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, Issue #4 (re-read, 4 stars)
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2 stars)
• Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab (2 stars)
• All the Feels by Olivia Dade (5 stars)
• Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (re-read, 5 stars)
• Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout (DNF, 2 stars)
• Murder on the Mind by L.L. Bartlett (DNF, 1 star)

Five of these were a part of my Mercy-verse re-read. Of the remaining eight books, six were on my TBR stack for January.

Sabriel and Binti were books I started in December and finished in January.

Library Run

As usual, let’s being with the books I plan to add to my TBR stack this month from the public library or Kindle Prime.

• Desperate Duchess by Eloisa James – I’m grabbing this one from the library. I’m reading it as a part of the 12 Challenge by Shadowbooker on Instagram.
• The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young – This one is the group read for the Creating & Co. Make Waves Readathon happening at the end of this month.
• Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti – This is another book I’m reading as a part of the 12 Challenge. While the challenge is for 12 books over 12 month (suggested by 12 mutuals), I (of course) went with 13 books instead. Because I prefer the number 13 to 12. I’m borrowing this one from Kindle Prime.

Shop My Shelves

As I mentioned last month, I’m really hoping that this is the biggest section of my TBR stack posts.

Let’s see if I met my goal to do that this month!

• 3 Months to No. 1 by Will Coombe – A carry-over from January’s TBR stack post. At this rate I’ll probably finish it sometime in March unless I can get a good reading zerg in one day this month.
• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – A re-read that has been carried over from January. I’m trying to finish up my Creating & Co. Winter Reading Challenge, so I’m focusing on these book choices as much as possible.
• Bacchanal by Veronica Henry – Another Winter Reading Challenge carry-over from January.
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood – Another carry-over from last month’s TBR stack. I’m really looking forward to this one, so I’m trying to get through some re-reads first so I can savor it. Trying to get it in as a part of the Winter Reading Challenge, but I’ll read it regardless.
• The Diviners by Libba Bray – Yet another re-read and carry-over from January. I really want to finish this series since I enjoyed the first one so much, and figured I’d rather re-read the first before getting into the others than starting from the second book. Using it for a prompt in the Winter Reading Challenge.
• Murder in Wizard’s Wood by Michael J. Allen – I’m sensing a theme here… because this is another book that was initially on January’s TBR stack and I’m using for a prompt in the Winter Reading Challenge.
• A Curse of Ash and Embers by Jo Spurrier – The last carry-over from January’s TBR stack, and the last read for prompts in the Winter Reading Challenge.
• Shadow Bound by Erin Kellison – Gods I love this book so much. This is a re-read that I know I’ll devour in one sitting. I’m using it for the “Beautiful” prompt in the Make Waves Readathon.
• Shadow Fall by Erin Kellison – While I’ve read the first book in this series multiple times, I’ve yet to actually read the second (and third) books. So I thought I’d remedy that during the Make Waves Readathon. Will be fulfilling the “Love” prompt.
• Magpie’s Fall by Allison Pang – I enjoyed the first book of this series enough to pick up the second one, and figured since it’s on the shorter side it’d be a great choice for the “Cursed” prompt in the Make Waves Readathon.

New Purchases to the TBR Stack

My goal every month was to try and read more books that I own compared to the number of new books I added to my TBR stack.

I missed it by one book this month. For what it’s worth, however, I do know that I am going to be reading at least one of these books during the month!

• Stalked by the Kraken by Lillian Lark – I might have a thing for Monster Fucker books. And I also might have a thing for tentacles. So I added this one to my “want to read” shelf when it came across my Twitter feed a while ago. But I haven’t yet made it a priority. I thought I would change that this month by using it for the “Water” prompt in the Make Waves Readathon. Therefore I finally picked it up. And I would be lying if I said I wasn’t excited to read it.
• The Astronaut and the Star by Jen Comfort – One of the two books I picked up this month as a part of the Amazon First reads program.
• The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry – The second book I picked up this month from Amazon First reads.
• Rebel Witch by Kelly-Ann Maddox – I’ve seen a lot of good things about this book, and noticed it was on sale (and was eligible for some Kindle credits I needed to use up), so I figured why not grab it.
• The Nocere by Heather Carson – I found this one as a suggestion when I was picking up something else not reading related on Amazon, and I couldn’t resist the idea of Dystopian Fae.
• A Love Divided by Belle McInnes – I tell you, Amazon gets me good with the free read suggestions every single time.
• Violet Spark by Erin Kellison – I absolutely adore Shadow Fall by Kellison, and thought why not grab this one since it was a new release.
• Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa – I got a deal from Goodreads to pick this book up, and decided to do so since it was already on my “want to read” list.
• Monsters After Dark by Various Authors – I grabbed this book because I love PNR (Paranormal Romance), and this seemed to be a darker collection of novellas. I will never say no to giving more UF/PNR authors a try!
• Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs – While this doesn’t come out until June, I decided to use one of my Audible credits and snatch it up as a pre-order. Because I absolutely know that I will be devouring it the moment it releases.
• The Apples of Idunn by Matt Larkin – This was a free offer that showed up when I was window shopping on Amazon. I think it ended up as a suggestion since I gifted Manthing some Asatru books for the holidays. But I will never say no to free books to try out. It’s a bit of a weakness.