My reading stack for March

This year I've been trying to make TBR's I actually stick to and I've found a solution! I'm calling it a 'reading stack' opposed to a TBR since I know I'm not going to read every single book from the list. It's basically books I can choose from instead of books I need to read. It gives me a bit more freedom and I definitely prefer that. Which is why it's not 3-5 books but about 10! 

This time I've made a massive list of 10+ books so I definitely have something to choose from! 

As you can see in the picture I have different categories and one book can be in multiple categories e.g. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is both 'high priority' and 'readalongs'. I'll write a post all about it soon but I thought I'd give you a bit of inspiration! 

I have 14 books this time to be precise and I hope I can get through the majority! There's a single eARC, a library book, a couple of physical review books and the rest is my own! 

The eARC I hope to read is Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. It's releasing this month on the 22. I believe. Last month I read Jane Eyre so I could delve into Jane Steele - which is a gothic retelling of Jane Eyre so I definitely feel the pressure to read it!

Next up I have The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt which is the book of the month from the stack my boyfriend choose for the year. You can read more about it here, but he basically chose 12 books from my shelves and assigned each of them to a month. I'm a bit over 200 pages in so far and it's definitely good! 

I'm also reading this with a bunch of fellow bookstagrammers; i.reads, theclubofbooks, bookiewithoutborders, chika.reads, booksandskulls and symonebooks.

I actually have two books by Jane Austen in my stack this month! A bunch of Danish bloggers and readers are reading Sense and Sensibility this month on instagram since a new gorgeous Danish edition of it has just been released! And I also chose to put Persuasion on the list since it's one of her shorter books. 

- I'm trying to get through my 20 before 20 list and both of these are on it! 

A few extra picks which is a bit high priority as well;

I checked Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler out from the library in February so I need to read it this month! 

I also have a book club book which is A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess! 

My TBR Jar pick this month is A Room of One's Own / The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf

Lastly I have 5 books in my 'want to read' category

• About Grace by Anthony Doerr which I just bought the other day! 
• The entire Shamer Chronicles which consists of 4 books but I have two bindups with two books in each! 
• The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart which I bought in February and I'm soo intrigued by it! 
• Lastly I have The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf because I love A Room of One's Own! And this is also essays about reading. 

The review books I can choose from this month are;

• Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye 
• I'm Still Here by Clélie Avit
• and a Danish book called Skæbnegudinden fra Salon d'Amour by Anna Jansson

Which book are you looking forward to read this month? I'm definitely looking forward to reading The Common Reader! 

My February reading stack

February reading stack

I've finally put together my TBR for February, or rather the stack from which I choose books to read. I'm not that good with TBR's but somehow I stuck to the one I made for January so I'm going to make an official one this time.
My stack this month consists of 8 physical books and 1 title from Netgalley.

The first book (in the picture) is The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster which consists of City of Glass,  Ghosts and The Locked Room. I originally bought this for a class last year but since I chose not to continue I never got around to it. I'm quite intrigued by it and since it's a whole trilogy fitted in a regular sized book I feel like I can manage! Also, I know there's a writer in the first book, that's about it.

Since I started Nineteen Eighty-Four a few days ago I hope to finish it this month, which should be quite doable since I've read 234 pages out of 342. I'ts okay so far and I hope to talk more about it on Friday where I'll share the first paragraph and my thoughts with you guys!

I can't remember if I told you guys about my recent obsession with Sherlock Holmes in my wrap up for January but I've recently come across the TV series with Benedict Cumberbatch and I'm in love! That is why I need to read The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - or rather, that is the goal. I definitely want to read a couple of stories from this collection and finish it by the end of the year.

Then I have a Danish book I've received for review called Hvor intet bryder vinden by Christina Leonora Skov. As far as I can tell it has an And Then There Were None-feel to it - which is why I wanted to read it. 4 people travel to an Island and things start to happen.

Apparently our bookclub has chosen to read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia, #2) by C.S. Lewis - and we're actually meeting on my 19th birthday; March 2nd! I therefore want to read 3-4 of the books in the Narnia Chronicles - especially since it's on my 20 before 20 list and since my birthday is next month I don't have that much time.

As I mentioned in my Reading Challenges and Goals for 2016 post I need to read more of my own books! And my boyfriend chose 12 books from my shelves - one for each month - that I have to read. White Queen by Gwyneth Jones is the book for February and all I now is that it's a science fiction book.

Omega Beginnings Miniseries by Lizzy Ford is the next one on my list. It's a collection of all the short stories in the Omega Beginnings Miniseries - of course. I believe there's 7 or 8 stories in the series! Lizzy Ford kindly sent this to me for review and I can't wait to read it!

Lastly but not least, on my physical TBR, we have Jeg er her stadig (= I'm Still Here) by Clélie Avit. I received this one for review back in December and I need to get my review pile down! It's a beautiful cover and I hope the story is just as beautiful.

I also want to finish Hidden Bodies (You, #2) by Caroline Kepnes which is going to be released on February 23rd. I hope to have a review for you guys on the release date - but I'm definitely enjoying it!

Lastly I have to continue my yearlong reads which is 365 stories by James Robertson and The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I'm a bit behind with those books but since I don't have to read them all the way through yet I should be able to catch up.
I was also thinking of sharing my favorite story, maybe stories, from 365 stories - would that be something you'd like?

What's on your reading stack or TBR for this month?