We are halfway through February. Feels like the perfect time for an updated TBR post!
Truth be told, I'm constantly adding titles to my list of things to read, and I want to do a better job of keeping you guys updated on what's been catching my interest lately. Of course, this doesn't mean I'll be reading any, all, or even most of these quickly. Case in point,
I shared an updated TBR list with y'all back in January, and I haven't read any of those titles yet, but let's be real -- my TBR currently has hundreds of titles on it.
There are just way too many good books out there for me to be able to read them all in a timely manner!
So how do I keep track of the titles I want to read? I primarily download samples onto my Kindle; this keeps all the titles I want to eventually read right in front of me (it's kind of like having my own personal bookstore right there on my ereader). I also have a running wish list in my library app, a saved collection on Facebook, and a Pinterest board dedicated to all things book.
I do not use Goodreads or any other tracking service -- I've tried them but ultimately decided they weren't for me. Instead, I make and publish reading lists here on the blog and keep track of what I've read with my reading roundups. I've also been trying to do a better job of sharing reading updates in my stories on Instagram.
So without further ado, here are the books I've downloaded in the last month or so onto my Kindle.
3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Author: John Scalzi
This is technically a short story -- the first in a series of six -- but it sounds really interesting. Anyone with the means, a.k.a. money, can travel anywhere back in time, and no matter what they do or change in the past, their future stays exactly the same. It's all thanks to the time travel technician. But on this particular day, the technician must step away from his controls and take action.
The Amalfi Curse
Author: Sarah Penner
Sarah Penner has become a favorite author of mine in recent years, and this book of hers is right up my alley. Haven travels to Positano to investigate the mysterious shipwrecks along the Amalfi Coast. She is trying to find the priceless gemstones her late father spotted on his final dive, but upon her arrival, strange things tied to an ancient curse begin plaguing the region, threatening its destruction.
The Water Women
Author: Bonnie Blaylock
This is my Amazon First Reads pick for February. The water women of the island of Sardinia spend their days weaving the fine threads of mollusks into golden cloth and tapestry. For Allegra and her daughters, it is an honor and a duty to maintain this tradition. But by 1942, Germany has arrived in Italy, and Allegra's family withdraws from the community in fear. Then, her daughter, Zaneta, meets a German deserter, revealing a secret that will haunt Zaneta and her daughter, Mira, for years to come.
Chasing Stardust
Author: Erica Lucke Dean
Zoey is on a cross-country journey to spread her mother's ashes along David Bowie's 1972 Ziggy Stardust tour. Her grandma, G-Lo, followed that same path, claiming that Zoey's mother was conceived somewhere between Memphis and Malibu and that David Bowie himself is Zoey's grandfather. The trip seems destined to fail when Zoey breaks down outside Nashville, until she meets Dash at an all-night diner and he offers to drive her on the remainder of her trip.
The Sirens
Author: Emilia Hart
After Lucy wakes from a dream with her hands around her ex-lover's throat, she flees to her older sister's home on the Australian coast. She hopes Jess can explain her strange nightmare, but her sister is nowhere to be found. While she waits for Jess to return, Lucy learns of the rumors surrounding the town: men going missing at sea, a baby found hidden in a cave, and sailors hearing women's voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy begins to read Jess's teen diary. Jess was a lonely teen diagnosed with a rare water allergy. She always felt different until her young and charming art teacher took an interest in her drawings. In the 1800s, twins Mary and Eliza were forced to leave Ireland for Australia. The further they get out to sea, the more unexplainable changes they start to notice in their bodies.
Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Author: Rhys Bowen
When Ellie's unfaithful husband divorces her after thirty years of marriage, she decides it's an opportunity to start over. So she takes the Bentley, her housekeeper, and an elderly friend and heads for the South of France. They break down in Saint Benet, a fishing hamlet, and Ellie rents an abandoned villa. She makes friends among the villagers and meets the handsome Nico. Things are going well until the threat of war.
Good Grief
Author: Sara Goodman Confino
Two years after her husband's death, Barbara feels as if she's finally emerging from her grief. Then her mother-in-law, Ruth, shows up on her doorstep to help with the children. As days turn to weeks, Barbara realizes that Ruth has got to go, so she comes up with a brilliant plan: introduce Ruth to some nice men and marry her off. Soon, though, she realizes that Ruth is doing the same thing to her.
The Book of Doors
Author: Gareth Brown
Cassie works in a bookshop in New York City. Her life is ordinary until one of her favorite customers dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. All she has left to remember him by was the last book he was reading: the Book of Doors. It promises that any door is every door if you only know how to open them. Then she meets Drummond, a librarian who keeps watch over Special Books, and the one that Cassie now holds is coveted. Now she's being hunted by those who would use the book to do evil.
Tell Me You Love Me
Author: Emilia Finn
Y'all know I love me some Emilia Finn fighter stories. This one is set in a new town in a new gym, but I have high hopes. I love the way Emilia writes her men. Ten years ago, Alana left town, and Tommy, without a goodbye. Now she's back with a kid who was born seven months after she left, and it doesn't take a genius to know just whose kid it is.
The Last Letter
Author: Rebecca Yarros
The synopsis for this one is a letter asking Beckett to take care of Ryan's sister, Ella, and her twins. Ella is a single mother raising the twins alone. She's lost her grandmother and parents and now her brother. The Amazon listing page for this book has an excerpt from chapter 1, so I don't feel like it's much of a spoiler to tell you that Beckett and Ella have been exchanging letters for awhile, although Ella doesn't know Beckett's actual name. This one promises to be a tearjerker, so we'll see if it lives up to the hype.
The Wild Card
Author: Carolyn Brown
Carla Wilson is a professional poker player whose luck has run dry. Now she's the proud owner of the Tumbleweed Bus Stop and Diner. Her plan to sell the cafe and move on is simple, until she meets some people that start to feel like family and a man who's playing for keeps.
The Second Mrs. Astor
Author: Shana Abe
Madeleine Talmage Force is John Jacob "Jack" Astor's second, much younger wife. They honeymoon in Egypt, where they are able to escape the shadow of scandal attached to their nuptials. In April 1912, they board the Titanic to return home, but the ship hits an iceberg and sinks. Madeleine is rescued, but Jack goes down with the ship. Four months later, Madeleine gives birth in the Astors' mansion in New York. In the wake of the disaster, she's no longer tainted by scandal but regarded as a virtuous, tragic heroine. Now all that's left to decide is what she'll do next.
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