Despite being a shorter month I still read a ton of books. A lot of this probably had to do with the fact that I took a week off for my birthday to rest and recharge and did nothing but sit around and read. It was heaven!

This month I knocked two books off my “25 in 2025 TBR Challenge” list, I read two that satisfied some of my 2025 reading prompts, and one that satisfied a February monthly reading prompt. (I didn’t bother with the second prompt because it was to read one of my favorite books and I had already read all of them – obviously.) Here are my favorite books of the month and how I rated all of them:

5 Star:

• Devolution by Max Brooks (This satisfied my 2025 reading prompt of “Read a book set in the middle of nowhere”)
• Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (This book was from my 25 in 2025 TBR Challenge)

4 – 4.75 Star:

• Notes on Surviving the Fire by Christine Murphy
• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (This book was from my 25 in 2025 TBR Challenge)
• Death of the Author nu Nnedi Okorafor
• Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey (This satisfied my 2025 reading prompt of “Read a book that is a retelling”)
• Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
• Penitence by Kristin Koval
• This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer
• We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

3 – 3.75 Star:

• Unromance by Erin Connor
• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (This satisfied my 2025 reading prompt of “Read a book that takes place over at least 5 years”)
• Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
• Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
• Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
• A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher
• This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead
• Playworld by Adam Ross (This satisfied my 2025 reading prompt of “Read a book that is at least 500 pages”)
• More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova

I have a few ARCs that I need to read this month and plan to get through more of my 2025 lists. I also got a full box from Book of the Month and intend to read as many of those as I can. If Aardvark’s hints pan out the way I expect, I’ll likely sneak one or two of those in as I am able.

Besides the books pictured above, I also hope to read the following:

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (This will satisfy my “cozy fantasy” 2025 reading prompt)
• Symphony of Secrets by Brandon Slocumb (This will satisfy my “book focused on music or a musician” 2025 reading prompt)
• Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes (ARC)
• Normal People by Sally Rooney (This is from my 25 TBR in 2025 challenge)
• The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig (ARC)
• Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (Book of the Month pick)
• Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley (Book of the Month pick)
• You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego (Aardvark Pick)
• Ravensong by TJ Klune (This is from my 25 in 2025 TBR challenge)