FEBRUARY TBR

[@coleton7048]

My for sure TBR this month: Kate Daniels #3 The Doors of Eden Jack Reacher #3 Dead Beat Percy Jackson The Titan's Curse MBR: Kate Daniels #4 Monster Hunter Legion Alex Verus #4 Mercy Thompson #2

[@TheBookCure]

Add Kate Daniels 5,6,7,8,9 to the TBR 😝😝

[@coleton7048]

@@TheBookCure Things can change so quickly. 🤣🤣

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

Lady Trent Audiobooks got me thru the end of 2021, hope its a fun time for you!

[@TheBookCure]

I’m already in love, Angela. 😍😍

[@thatsci-firogue]

Tchaikovsky's one of my new favourite authors from last year. I'm currently reading: *Fantasy* Dragonbone Chair / Tad Williams - I'm really enjoying it so far, it is a slowburn but this time I'm in the mood for it. *Historical-Fantasy* Under Heaven / Guy Gavriel Kay *Historical-Fiction* Last Kingdom 4: Sword Song *Thriller* Bullet Train / Kotaro Isaka

[@TheBookCure]

Nice!! How’s Under Heaven? I have to get to more GGK this year.

[@thatsci-firogue]

@@TheBookCure I LOVED IT

[@RedFuryBooks]

Stoner is one of the most remarkable books that shouldn't be remarkable. It's fantastic! Good luck with Infinite Jest - that's one of those books I'm too afraid to pick up!

[@TheBookCure]

I have a healthy dose of trepidation about IJ, but it’s time to just do it. Hopefully it’ll feel worthwhile at the end. 😅

[@esmayrosalyne]

Happy to hear that the smaller TBRs seem to be working out well for you so far!! YAY for A Natural History of Dragons, I have no doubts that you will have a blast with that story. And I have been meaning to read The Doors of Eden for a while, so you can be my guinnea pig and let me know if I should prioritise it, hahah. Happy reading Sarah!! 🥰🥰

[@TheBookCure]

I’m already loving Lady Trent (at 5 chapters in) and can’t wait to keep listening. 😍

[@Johanna_reads]

Tchaikovsky seems like an SFF chameleon. I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on Stoner, Sarah! I think you’ll immediately see what I mean about Williams’s range in a literary fiction way, and I’m excited to buddy read Butcher’s Crossing with you and Allen this year! That will be so fun! 😁

[@TheBookCure]

Yes!!! Can’t wait to read it with you both ❤️

[@leebrownhill]

I’ve only just started actually having a TBR and it’s been great. It’s also super useful whilst packing all my books away for a house move 😂

[@TheBookCure]

Yes, it certainly helps with staying organized. I’m glad to hear it’s helping with your monthly reads. Hope your February is going well so far ☺️

[@therealbookaholic]

I just finished, Stoner. This is a very excellent book. I wouldn’t consider this cozy or even a joyful story. It provokes a lot of important questions. I truly enjoyed it.

[@TheBookCure]

I’m really looking forward to it. Hoping it’ll be a favourite, for sure.

[@BookishDrummer]

Infinite Jest! Hopefully we all have fun with it! I'm enjoying it so far

[@TheBookCure]

I am late to the game because of travel, but starting tomorrow!

[@jayspeijer614]

Hi Sarah! I also have This Tender Land reaching out from my TBR - this is a new author to me but I was also impressed by the strong reviews on GR. I may tag along with your Buddy Read if your group is open to that (I haven’t done many of that sort of thing so forgive me for not knowing much about how those work). As far as a romance rec. goes, here’s one from an off-beat sector: I am about 100 pages from finishing Lost Stars (my first foray into the Star Wars EU), and OMG, what a great story! It is largely a Romeo & Juliet-esque tale of forbidden love cast against the backdrop of the original Star Wars trilogy. Claudia Gray masterfully weaves the main story involving new characters (separate from the movies) with old familiar ones and key moments from the movies. The quality of the writing is outstanding; this longish book reads very quickly, like a YA but with a mature feel. Instead of inexplicable insta-love, we experience relationships, including the main romance, develop naturally and believably. And then Gray doesn’t tug or tear at the reader’s heartstrings, she shreds them. I’m not a particularly mushy type, but, not gonna lie, this one’s giving me chills. 💞 Thanks for the video!

[@TheBookCure]

Thanks for the rec! I think Andrew has that Star Wars book, so perhaps I’ll give it a shot. I’m discussing This Tender Land with my friend Baron on the Grimoire discord and I’m sure you’re welcome to join in! I’m also happy to chat on my discord if you’re there and want someone to discuss it with ☺️

[@BookishChas]

Sounds like a great month Sarah. Infinite Jest is also on my long list for someday. I also don’t know much about it lol.

[@TheBookCure]

Time to jump in, Chas! I’m going to attempt to vlog it. We’ll see how it goes. 😅

[@aliciaguzman]

TBRs are tough. Everytime I make one I really try to read all of them and then eventually I end up picking up other random books. I like to look at TBR as a pile of possibilities now

[@TheBookCure]

That’s such a good way to look at it. I like the short TBR so far. It’s appealing to my love of organization and allowing for my natural tendency toward impulsivity 😅

[@bridgit2541]

I'm hoping to get to Lady Trent too, soon! If you like it, you need to read Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faerie - same sort of vibe, told in journal entries about her chronicling her study of faerie life. Its wonderful.

[@TheBookCure]

I’m loving Lady Trent so far 🥰 I’ve heard you mention the Faerie one on discord a few times and I’m very intrigued!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I'm so glad you made your TBR change so you can REALLY enjoy reading again. I can't wait to see what you think about Infinite Jest. I almost picked it up today and decided to wait. Lol I'm moving on in RotE and will be reading City of Dragons. I still have 3 books in carrying over from January that I need to get through then I have my 2 Read your Shelf books ready plus a classic or 2

[@TheBookCure]

I need to finish The Trouble with Peace so that I can pick my next Read Your Shelf book 🙈

[@duffypratt]

I love Infinite Jest. Make sure to use two bookmarks (second one for the Endnotes, which would be a shame to skip over). I probably wouldn’t have put anything else on a TBR for the month. I don’t remember how long it took me to read, but certainly over a month, though I read several books concurrently. Quite briefly, it’s about addiction and the ability to feel anything at all. Age of Madness is brilliant. The second book is better than the first, and the third is even better. I just finished it last week and I will be quite happy if I start a better series this year. Oh, and of course, it has Shivers being Shivers.

[@TheBookCure]

It’s hard to dislike a book with Shivers in it! Fantastic stuff so far. And that’s a great tip; will definitely use two bookmarks for IJ.

[@BookishDrummer]

I have The Doors of Eden! I'll probably read it sometime later this year, definitely interested to see what you think

[@TheBookCure]

I’m hoping I’ll enjoy it. Will definitely try to review that one.

[@MacScarfield]

I am awaiting to get my hands on the final "Dandelion Dynasty" Novel, "Speaking Bones" by Ken Liu and since I am about to start reading the "Warlord Chronicles" Trilogy by Bernard Cornwell with "The Winter King", Liam from "Liam's Lyceum" has also got me to buy "Gurzil", another interesting take on Arthurian Legend that I hope to weave in-between my reading of "WCT"! If time, I’ll start on either my designated annual Guy Gavriel Kay books (“Under Heaven” & “River of Star”), or continue on with Elric of Melnibone ("The Sailor on the Seas of Fate") by Michael Moorcock and the "Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser" stories by Fritz Leiber. And I can hardly wait for "The Edan Trilogy" by Professor Philip Chase, starting this March!

[@TheBookCure]

Sounds like an amazing month. I need to add more GGK to my list this year. And Fafhrd is high on my list as well.

[@awizardintraining]

BTW, This Tender Land, is so good. One of my favorites from 2021. It also has some elements of magical realism to it. Definitely want to read Ordinary Grace by him sometime this year

[@TheBookCure]

I’ve just started tonight and it reads so smoothly! I think I’m going to really like it as well ☺️

[@angelamccollister]

I really liked The Doors of Eden. It has an interesting take on divergent evolution. I will also be reading Tchaikovsky in Feb. I'm going to reread Children of Time and Children of Ruin and then read the new one, Children of Memory.

[@TheBookCure]

Nice! I would like to continue that series sometime this year. I hope you enjoy your reread/the final book!

[@bookwormfk]

I just got copies of Stoner and Augustus and hope to start one or the other soon. We’ll see how that turns out since I’m pretty much exclusively a mood reader. At the moment I‘m reading Ed Yong‘s An Immense World (very ejoyable non fiction) and hoping to pick up book 3 of The singing hills cycle by Nghi Vo. Since they are loosely connected stand alone novellas (asian inspired fantasy) they are perfect for „in between“.

[@TheBookCure]

An Immense World is on my priority books for 2023 list. I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying it!

[@fithfath3615]

I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about Natural History of Dragons, it's on my list of potential reads. I'm carrying on with my reading of Exhalation (Ted Chiang) & The Red: First Light (Linda Nagata), probably be reading Juniper Wiles & the Ghost Girls next (Charles De Lint)

[@TheBookCure]

I have just started Natural History and I am loving it so far! Fingers crossed that continues. 😍

[@Danny_Matson]

Can't wait for your Stoner thoughts. I read it off Johanna and Jimmy's recommendation and it was really thought provoking.

[@TheBookCure]

I’m so looking forward to it. Hoping to start next week. 🥳

[@J.R.Carrel]

I've heard really good things about the natural history of dragons might try to slip that in this month

[@TheBookCure]

I just started and I love it so far!

[@mellies.8822]

My favourite romances at the moment are Radiance by Grace Draven and Winter's Orbit. 😊 I'm excited to hear your thoughts on Stoner

[@TheBookCure]

I have read Winter’s Orbit, but not Radiance. Will check at the library for that one; thanks! 🥰

[@novelideea]

I loved Lady Trent. I think you have to be willing to be in for slow reads, though. They are light and funny and She is sassy! Tchaikovsky has never wowed me. I have liked everything to a degree, I’ve never loved anything. I’ll be waiting to hear your thoughts on Eden. (I’m similar in what I’ve read of his - Guns, Children, Elder, & Redemption’s Blade) I’d like to read his new one (city of last chances) and maybe a novella called “made things” . No romance recs - 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@TheBookCure]

I am loving Lady Trent so far. I hope that keeps up. 🥰

[@staciv.6801]

Don't think I've posted here before, but always enjoy your videos. I just read A Natural History of Dragons earlier this month and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The audio was excellent and I think that's a good way to go for this. Infinite Jest has been on my radar for quite a while also. Maybe I will give it a try.

[@TheBookCure]

Thanks so much! I am love the Natural History audiobook so far. Can’t wait to keep listening.

[@cipriansirbu3699]

Sarah,you really should read The Green Mile,it's my second favourite book from King,after IT and above The Stand,haven't read The Dark Tower yet. P.S.I have read The Doors of Eden just after it's releasing,unfortunately,I didn't enjoyed it as much as I would like to.I hope you do.

[@TheBookCure]

I’ll try to make Green Mile one of my next King reads. I’m sorry you didn’t like Doors of Eden. I haven’t started yet, but hopefully it’ll work for me.

[@awizardintraining]

Good luck with Infinite Jest. It completely frustrated me. I haven't committed to Doors of Eden yet because it seems like his most science heavy

[@TheBookCure]

Hahaha, I am so nervous. Planning to start tomorrow. Wish me luck!

[@thejohnsanger]

Sounds like giving yourself more reading freedom is the way to go! Takes some of the pressure off. In February I'm going to be reading: - Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo - Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb - Dreaming the Bull by Manda Scott - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson If i have time maybe Dreaming the Hound by Manda Scott or mood read something from Kindle Unlimited which i just had success with on The Iron Crown by LL MacCrae. I was thinking about reading Wolf Hall sometime in March if you were till interested in maybe checking that one out!

[@TheBookCure]

The things I’m hearing about Tress make me want to pick it up; I hope you enjoy! ☺️

[@TheBookCure]

And I will check at the library for Wolf Hall!

[@SarahAsYouWish]

I can’t recall if you have read any of Emily Henry’s romance books, but if you have enjoyed them, I’d recommend Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez. Happy reading!

[@TheBookCure]

I have read Beach Read (loved!) and Book Lovers (didn’t love). But I am looking forward to her new one. I will check out the other rec, though! Thank you 🥰

[@robertharcourt7650]

I hope Natural History of Dragons is as good as you think it will be Always nice to be looking forward to a book ;)

[@TheBookCure]

I’ve just started and I’m loving it so far!! ❤️

[@joshramirez7]

Wait, Infinite Jest needs to be read in the giant floppy edition, whoever bought you the hardback made a catastrophic mistake. And Natural History might make one of your favorite series of all time based on your past non-fiction naturalist biology books you like, but now your expectations are sky high so my apologies haha I didn't do the audiobook though, her sketches are in the book so you are missing out on how she sketches the dragons...which I think is an important part of reading the series 🤷‍♂️

[@TheBookCure]

I realized once I started the audio that there were sketches. 😭 If I enjoy Book 1 I’ll grab the physical copies so that I can look at the sketches. Still may listen to the audio, but look at the sketches as well. And giant floppy copies are always the best copies!

[@KakashiHatake-ou7mp]

10 books per month! On top of a job and family! How?! 🤯

[@TheBookCure]

I do read pretty quickly, so that helps! But as long as I’m reading things I love, the number can go up or down and I’ll be happy!

[@KakashiHatake-ou7mp]

@@TheBookCure That's still a lot 😅 i can manage max 3 books in a month

[@TheLibraryofAllenxandria]

Oof infinite jest, Sarah???

[@TheBookCure]

Biggest oof. Gonna try to vlog it and see how it goes 🤣 Apparently I’ll need one bookmark for the story and one for the footnotes.

[@mattkean1128]

I can't imagine you not loving Stoner and A Natural History of Dragons.

[@TheBookCure]

I have started A Natural History and I already love it so much 😍