I'm working my way through #VirtualMountTBR2025. Here's my current To-Be-Read List, and here's the list of titles I have read this year.
In March 2025
Books read: 5
Books I decided NOT to finish: 2
The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan: It's not the right style of horror for me. Things were dark but maybe too eldritch.
Tin Star: Too much telling, not enough explaining. I could not invest emotionally.
Books left on the TBR List: 36 (plus 11 checked out/in progress)
Best book of the month: All the Sweeter
Technically I haven't finished it yet, but this was a nuanced exploration of foster parenting (not necessarily pitched as a 101 introduction) and it resonated with me.
Worst book of the month: A Splendid Ruin
Which is not to say it was a terrible story. Lots of architectural and social history of familiar places, but not satisfying in its tale of justified revenge.
My persistence in "only books I like" has led to a lot of impulse borrowings on Hoopla, instead of working on the TBR list. I also added a few titles to that list for later. Oh well.
