After participating in (or attempting to participate in, let’s be real) a few different readathons in Feb, I’m taking it back to mood-reading for the month of March. This is partially because I’m generally a mood-reader, but it’s also because my reads overall for Feb were a bit disappointing, and several highly anticipated reads fell short of a 5-star rating for me.

I’m looking to read a few different types of books in March:

New releases/ARCs:

Several of my most anticipated books of 2020 come out this month, and in particular, I’ve been hyped to pick up Sarah J. Maas’s new book Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood, the first book in an adult UF/PNR series that sounds fantastic. I have it pre-ordered, so hopefully it’ll be getting here in the mail this week and I’ll be able to start it ASAP. I also have two ARCs sent to me by publishers that I need to get to this month: Before Anyone Else by Leslie Hooton (release date 3/24), a contemporary with romance elements set in the culinary world, and What Shines From It by Sara Rauch (release date 3/3), an excellent short story collection I’m currently in the middle of (thank you so much to the publishers for the opportunity to read & review both of these!).

Backlist Books:

Feeling discouraged by the current political climate, I felt pulled towards Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark over the weekend, since Solnit’s insightful essays always help me learn and gain perspective; I think it was the right choice to pick up this month. I’m also hoping to get to Normal People by Sally Rooney, one of the books on my top 10 TBR for 2020, since I’m trying to pick up at least one of those per month.

ebooks/audiobooks:

I have 2 current reads going on my phone that I’d like to finish in March also, one on ebook and one on audio. I started reading Trick by Natalia Jaster, a fantasy romance between a clever fool and a stubborn princess, last month, but got distracted by other reads; I’d like to finish it in March and figure out whether this author and series are ones I’d like to read more from. I also started listening to Solitaire by Alice Oseman after a long audiobook drought; I love Oseman’s writing, and although I think it’ll take me awhile, since my audio listening skills are not functioning stellarly lately, I’m hoping I can finish it this month as well.

That’s it for me! What are you hoping to read in March? See any books on my TBR you’ve enjoyed (or disliked)?