The Terror of Knowing

Sooo I have a fraught relationship with TBRs – I’m generally good at sticking to them if it’s for a short-term thing, i.e. a readathon, but if it’s a month-long or (worse still) year-long, I promptly forget about every single book I wanted to read as soon as I write it down on some form of TBR. Like I said, “fraught” would probably be an apt descriptor.

However, as I’ve been drawing out my monthly bullet journal spreads thus far this year, I’ve happened to include a page for that month’s TBR. Sure, I do add to the page throughout the month if I decide to read something that wasn’t originally on there, but I also still really try to think ahead and plan what I want to read for the upcoming month. So as I was drawing out my fresh spreads for March, I thought if I’m doing this anyway – and, let’s face it, making it quite permanent considering it’s right there, in my bullet journal, in black ink – why not also tell my blog/the internet about it and give myself even more accountability? ‘Why not’ indeed.

Handily, this isn’t just your average March TBR though, it’s also a TBR for a readathon, specifically Zoe’s 24-hour long readathon, aptly named Readathon by Zoe, which is happening this Saturday, 3rd March. Hopefully setting a TBR for both a very short-term goal that is that readathon and for the whole of March will play to my strengths and I’ll manage to actually stick to said TBRs. If I don’t, well, then this post was just a nice indication of what books I felt like reading at this present moment in time, a snapshot of my reading taste at this point in the year, if you will. We shall see…

March TBR

1. 1. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman [audiobook]
   2. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry – READ
   3. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
   4. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin [eARC]
   5. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert – READ
   6. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge – READ
   7. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge [eARC]
   8. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
   9. Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
   10. Circe by Madeline Miller [eARC] – READ

Readathon by Zoe TBR

As I said, since it’s a 24-hour readathon, I’m unlikely to finish a full book but I do always like to have a potential stack to choose from so that I can read something whatever my mood happens to be on Saturday, or whichever format I end up reading from, be it audiobook or ebook or a good old fashioned hardcover. Let’s just take a look at the books I’m hoping to read from…

1. Saga Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
2. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman [audiobook]
3. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

That’s all, folks! As you can see from my January Wrap-Up and February Wrap-Up, thinking I’ll read 10 books this month is definitely rather optimistic, but I’d rather aim high and fall short than not aim high at all to begin with. (Now if only I could apply this philosophy to things other than my reading, huh?)

What books are you planning to read in the month of March?
Are there any new releases you’re really looking forward to picking up this month?
And are you taking place in Zoe’s readathon on Saturday? If you are, say hi, we can cheer each other on throughout the day!

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