So, new month, new stack of books pulled out of my overflowing shelves. Well, half-way new. About half of them are holdovers from last month, because I didn’t get through a lot in terms of actual books.

Now do I have any intention of reading this whole stack? Good grief no. But it’s nice to narrow down my choices all in one go, rather than staring at my shelves intermittently throughout the month. Makes the choice paralysis a lot less of a thing. And if I end up just not feeling one of these it’s easier to put it aside if I have something else on hand to pick up.

Now, on to the stack.

The Fellowship of the Ring – J. R. R. Tolkien/
I’m slowly making my way through this sucker. I got a little over a hundred pages in last month, so we’ll see how far I get this time around.

Clues in the Shadows: A Molly Mystery – Kathleen Ernst
I’m admittedly a bit of an AG fangirl. I’ve read most of the original stories (minus the newer characters and the GOTY characters) but I only have a few of the mysteries, so when I see one out in the wild I tend to pick them up. I’ve had this one sitting around for a bit, but evidently I have WWII on the brain at the moment. A quick read that should work pretty good as a breather in between other books.

It Can’t Happen Here – Sinclair Lewis
I’ve tried reading this one before, but the language was kind of stilted and I just wasn’t feeling it. Figured with everything going on in the world it might be a good time to pick it up again.

Guts – Raina Telgemeier
Telgemeier is one of my favorite authors when it comes to middle grade graphic novels, so I was thrilled when I ran across another one of her books at my local thrift store.

A Darker Shade of Magic – V. E. Schwab
So, I’ve heard of this one, but I’m really walking in blind. All I know, really, is that it’s fantasy and it’s the beginning of a trilogy.

Look Who’s Back – Timur Vernes
Finishing this one up from last month. Well, technically I’ve already finished it as of last night, but I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about it…

The Case for God – Karen Armstrong
I’ve been trying to read this book for a few months now, though that doesn’t surprise me. I’m always rather slow with informational texts and I got bogged down in the early Christian theology. Gonna try to chisel away at it this month.

So, it’s probably a little late for a TBR post. Honestly, I thought it was late when I’d initially decided to post it, back on the 6th. It was just sitting there in my drafts, ready to publish and… well, you may be able to guess why the post slipped my mind. Be that as it may, here’s the books I picked out as maybes for this month.

Lord of the Rings Part one – The Fellowship of the Ring – J. R. R. Tolkien
So, I’ve read the Hobbit. I’ve watched the Peter Jackson films and the Rankin/Bass films. I’ve never, however, actually read the Lord of the Rings trilogy and it’s about time I fix that. 

Crank- Ellen Hopkins
I have a small collection of this author’s work, thanks to a local thrift store, but this will be the first I’ll get to if it gets pulled out of the pile this month. It deals with some pretty heavy subject matter, but I love stories told through poetry, which is this author’s thing. 

The Fool’s Girl by Celia Rees
So I had intended on picking this one up last month, but it got pushed off a bit. So far I’m really liking the writing style. It veers between first and third person narration, which I don’t see very often.

Looks Who’s Back-  Timur Vermes
A few years ago I saw the film adaption of this book and found it… well, a story about Hitler, without explanation, winding up in present-day Germany? I like weird stuff like that sometimes, especially when it’s trying to make a point rather than being absurd simply to be absurd.

Honestly starting to rethink this one at this point…

The Case for God – Karen Armstrong
Afraid I didn’t make it very far in the book in December. Got a bit bogged down by the early Christian theologians and the creation of the trinity. Hitting slow spots is pretty normal for me in regards to nonfiction works though. I’ve found I just have to read a bit of them at a time. We’ll see how it goes in January.

Critical Role Vox Machina origins Vol 1
So I’ve already read this one once, but I received Vol 2 for Christmas which means it’s time for a reread!

Critical Role Vox Machina origins Vol 2
I love Critical Role. Seriously, it was my main obsession for over half a year at one point- the second campaign at least. If you’re familiar with it you’ll know how much of a time-sink the show is, so campaign one… well, I’m slowly getting there. Very slowly, so I’m looking forward to getting a more manageable chunk of Vox Machina this month.