Clare L. Deming

Another month has passed and it’s time to look back at what I’ve read before delving forward into more of my unrealistic reading goals! I didn’t complete as many books this month as I did in January, but I was also busier in general, leaving me less time to read.

These are the books I read in February:

House of Blight by Maxym M. Martineau was one I reviewed for Net Galley and you can find that review here. The rest of these are in my queue to still review, so you can look for those soon. Of the books I read in February, I think my favorite was The Teller of Small Fortunes, a cozy fantasy story by Julie Leong, even though I didn’t think I’d like it from the description. Knife Children is a novella by Lois McMaster Bujold (one of my favorite authors) and was from my backlog of Net Galley books, so I’ll be getting that review up soon too (paid links).

Here are the books I’m currently reading as March has begun:

I’m back to reading the Outlander series with the audiobook of The Fiery Cross, number five in the series. I started to read Sistersong by Lucy Holland a few days ago, but was struggling to get into it (probably no fault of the book – I was tired). In an attempt to find an easy read, I spontaneously grabbed the second book in Sarah J. Maas’s ACOTAR series, A Court of Mist and Fury (paid links). Of course, I’m now realizing that it is 600+ pages and while it may be an easy read, it isn’t going to be quick.

These are some of the books I had planned to read in February, but didn’t get to:

I’ll probably take The Space Between Worlds off my list for now. The second book in this series was selected for a book club, but I already missed the discussion. I’m trying not to start new series, so I’ll wait on this one. The Wheel of Time continues to haunt me and I’m planning to start book #7 – A Crown of Swords after I finish Sistersong and ACOMAF. I would love to read Inverse and Verdant Divided because they were written by some of my critique partners, but I’ll have to see how long it takes me to get through A Crown of Swords (paid links). I don’t think I’ll actually get to the sixth Outlander book in March because they are so long that it takes me a couple of months to finish one of the audiobooks.

Here is my unrealistic list of other books I’d like to read in March:

I listed these in order of priority for me. I’m hoping to read The Book That Broke the World so I’ll be ready to start the third book when it is released on April 8. I’ve been meaning to read something by T. Kingfisher for a while and I think that Nettle & Bone is a novella. Then I want to keep going on Ed McDonald’s Redwinter series while the first book is fresh in my mind (paid links). As for the rest – they are really just wishful thinking… at least for March.

How are your reading goals going for the year so far? Are there any books that you’ve found surprising? Let’s chat in the comments.