Returning with Hubris (March TBR)

Dear Reader,
yes, I am starting with such a sappy line. And yes, you are correct, I am returning to this blog. For now. Let us see how long it lasts this time, shall we?
The decision to dust of my book blog was rather quick and not very well thought-through. Like most of my decisions. You will see more of that if you decide to hang around. I thought about deleting my previous posts (these awful articles and reviews I wrote 10 years ago? I do not want to look at them, tbh), but I decided to keep them. I decided to allow them to stay, in their unfinished and badly written truth. As a memory to humble beginnings? To mistakes that were made? Or simply because I am too lazy to work through all that? We will never know.

I am looking out of my window right now, watching the last of the cold winter winds brush over the new green and the first buds of spring. What better time than to decide what I wish to keep this year? What I want to change and where I want to put my energy to work? One thing I do want to keep is books. My love for them, the joy I have in reading and recommending and talking about the words close to my heart. I want to keep that, as much as I want to keep writing for myself.

OwlCrateathon TBR

It is February 10^th over here in my time zone and that means one thing: it's Owlcrateathon! happy dances The Readathon runs from February 10 to 23 and the goal is to get some of those Owlcrate books off of my tbr. Up until now I have enjoyed every owlcrate book that I got in my mail, but sometimes I wasn't able to read them right away, so I too am guilty of having a few owls on my tbr. Here is my TBR for this readathon:

The first challenge is to read two books in two weeks but since I really need to step up this year's reading game I have decided to double up on that goal. Let's see how that goes.

The first book I intend to read is Wild Beauty by Anna – Marie McLemore. I do not count it for any challenge, since I have already read around half of it during December, but wasn't able to pick it up again. I really enjoy the setting and the backstory of the book, but so far I was not really able to delve into it. I hope to change that now.

The second one is The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones. I am counting this for the „Book you earned the longest“-challenge. Technically it is not my first Owlcrate book (That was The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and I LOVED IT), but it is the one that's been sitting longest on my TBR.

Number three is „foolish hearts“ by Emma Mills. I must admit that contemporary romance is the genre that I read the least, but since reading out of the box is always good for a nice surprise I am already looking forward to starting this book, I count it for the challenge to read at least two different genres, since it is so clearly out of the fantasy genre.

And last but not least book number four, which is the one I am most excited for and am therefore putting at the back of the list (so I HAVE to read the rest ;D). It is „The Cruel Prince“ by Holly Black and gosh it sounds so amazing! I have been looking forward to reading this book ever since I unpacked it and the few pages I was able to read so far just sound amazing!! I hope I can stay motivated and focused and reach this book! ♥

What's on your TBR for this challenge and have you read any of my picks? Tell me in the coments below and let's stay motivated together!