My Spring TBR – What Books I’m Looking Forward To Reading Next

I’m technically already reading this book as I started it last week but haven’t quite fully picked it back up yet because I wanted to finish a few other books I’ve been reading at the same time. Because I’ve been such a moody reader, I keep accidentally reading multiple books at a time (like up to 4 or 5) which I don’t actually like doing, so I’m keen to get into this book once I finish all my concurrent reads. I have little knowledge about this novel other than what I’ve read so far. I’ve pretty much gone into this book blind, like I did with Normal People and I hope it surprises me!

This book, I sought after in a bookstore after my friend, Sofia, recommended I read it because it’s dark academia, apparently humorous and just a great all-rounder type of read. Again, I really don’t know much about it but the second she said academia, I wanted to read it! I haven’t read many academia-type books, only a few that I can think of and I love the aesthetic and the vibes so I hope I love this book too!

I’ve seen multiple people on BookTube read and recommend this novel – I even had a friend tell me it was amazing one day while we were at the bookstore so I couldn’t help myself and pick it up. I’ve never read a memoir before so this will be a first but I’m intrigued to see what it’s like and why everybody is enjoying this so much? I haven’t seen a memoir do the rounds of hyped up books on BookTube since perhaps Michelle Obama’s Becoming so it should certainly be interesting.

I have so far loved every book I’ve read from Christina Lauren and when I saw this for sale in the kindle store, I may have jumped the gun and bought it! I’ve heard that this is also a friends to lovers romance trope (which I adore) so I’m keen to meet these characters, get to know their stories and be swept up in the romance this Spring!

This was another spontaneous kindle sale I jumped on, as it was $3 or something and I previously read Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library (which was amazing) so I’m intrigued and keen to find out what this book is about. All I know about it is that it’s about a man that has been alive for centuries and he’s not allowed to fall in love, and that this is becoming a movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, so…what is there not to like from this information? I for one, was a huge fan of a TV show called Forever that centred on a medical examiner that couldn’t die, as well as the amazing movie called The Age of Adaline where the main character has stopped ageing for decades, and I find this concept really interesting! I can’t wait to read this one.

I don’t know why but recently, I’ve really been wanting to get back into classics! I haven’t read classics since I was in primary school so I basically don’t remember any at all, and would love to add this genre to my repertoire of books. I watched a bunch of videos that listed classics that are great for beginners and The Great Gatsby was one that often came up and it’s free on kindle (thank you Project Gutenberg) so I’m interested to see if I like it, and I might watch the movie afterwards too!

Last but not least, this book has been on my TBR for what feels like forever but I only just bought myself a copy of it in the last couple of weeks! I was super picky about which edition I wanted because I don’t collect books anymore and I really wanted to make sure that this copy matched my other V.E. adult hardcovers. One of my lovely friends that works at a bookstore, had these specially ordered and I had to pick one up. I’m so happy they match and I’m so happy to finally read this soon! Everyone seems to have really enjoyed this one and it also has the concept of a main character that doesn’t die, but in this novel, I think that nobody remembers her after making this deal with the devil? Super mysterious, a dash of Schwab fantasy to end the season. I’m excited.