M. Suzanne Terry

So, as expected, I didn’t finish all 35 books from my February TBR. I finished 14 of them, though, which is still more than I usually read in a month. I guess when there’s winter weather chaos where you can’t do much else but read by flashlight while the lights are off, counting on the body heat you built up rearranging furniture when the electricity was on, finishing books is something that will happen. Not quite the process I had in mind at the beginning of the month and not the way I would have preferred to go about it, but here we are.

I didn’t receive any guesses via email, but I want to honor the intention to raise money for Denton Bail Fund. So I’m taking the money I would have spent on a book for someone and donating it to help those who are retained even though they haven’t been convicted of any crime but just don’t have the money to post bail.

My favorite book I read in February was Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. The audiobook is fantastic – highly recommend listening to it. I also was delighted by Untamed and Spark Joy. Not only were they both charming and entertaining, but the former served as a much-needed reminder to pay attention to my restlessness and continue to seek out what I’m to be doing with my life, and the latter was the inspiration for the aforementioned furniture moving (because once you KonMari your clothes, why not reorganize the whole room so that it sparks more joy?). Cocaine Blues introduced me to a new (to me) series that I love (as well as a new TV show). I also enjoyed the first three of Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. Lots of good reading this month.

March TBR coming up in a few days, and the joy selections focus on the joy of reading. What are you reading this month?