Yesterday I posted my Top Ten Tuesday about the books I hope to read this spring. After seeing a post over on Jesticulates’ blog, I remembered that I did a similar TTT for my Winter TBR. So let’s take a look and see how I did with the books I had hoped to read over the colder and darker months!
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates: It was the author’s first fiction novel and was magnificent. Lyrical and mesmerizing, I really fell for this story.
Recursion by Blake Crouch: Another complete mindf&*k from the impressive imagination of Blake Crouch. It was fascinating, but it really did a number on my head.
Wilder Girls by Rory Power: It was all right. It didn’t really go anywhere, but I was interested enough to not be mad about reading it. Some people were upset with the ending but I found it to be satisfactory.
Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir: A charming ARC that I’ll be posting a full review for in May. Keep an eye out!
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood: THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING. Everything about it was divine. Read my review here!
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver: I started it but had so many ARC’s I needed to read that it got put on the back burner.
A Warning by Anonymous: A pretty grim take on the Trump administration. It didn’t reveal anything new, but the book laid the insanity of this presidency out in a cohesive and downright frightening way.
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester: This has now rolled over into my Spring TBR!
A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen: Probably not the best book to be reading right now if you have virus fears, but it was definitely a compelling story of returning to a semi-normal life after a pandemic. Read my review here.
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein: Perpetually at the top of my TBR, this book is still languishing there. I will read it soon, I promise!
It looks like I managed seven out of ten which I don’t think is too shabby at all. Hopefully I will have similar success with my Spring TBR!
Have you read any of these? How have your TBR lists been going? Let me know in the comments!
A Little Nerd Told Me 
That’s brilliant, a definite success!
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Thanks! I was pretty surprised to see that I’d read that many.
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I think Starship troopers just made it onto my list for my Book vs. Movie theme!! I loved the movie! Didn’t know it was a book! Hope you get to read it soon!
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I’ve never seen the movie or read the book, good to know the movie is good too! Thanks 🙂
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It’s really gory. Just keep that in mind.
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I think you did great! I may do this too, now I’m curious. I’ve read The Unspoken Name and Recursion and loved them both😁
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I’ve never actually followed up on my posted TBR’s so it’s good to see that at least in this instance I read quite a few. And how awesome was The Unspoken Name?!
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You did great! So glad you enjoyed The Unspoken Name and Recursion – I’m planning to read both of them this year. 😀
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I’m always so impressed by how some people can even remotely stick to a TBR. You did really great :))) I’m the type of person that just would stubbornly refuse to read a book if I’d told myself I was gonna read it during a given time period oops! 😬 🙊😂
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Honestly, I almost rarely ever do. Every year I set up a themed mini-TBR challenge for myself and I’ve never even come close to achieving it. Last year I had a list of 12 classic sci-fi books I’ve always meant to read and I think I made it through about 5.
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Recursion was so good! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it too. 🙂
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It reminded me a bit of Dark Matter. That guy really knows how to mess with his readers, haha.
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