What I Want to Read in March

Happy March! I liked what I did in February where I didn’t force myself to stick to a TBR and instead had a selection of books on my mind that I’m currently in the mood for. TBR’s always stress me out because I’m a big mood reader and restricting myself to a certain collection of books never works out for me.

Here are some of the books that I’m feeling inclined to pick up this month:

The Last Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

I started this book at the end of February so I’m hoping to finish it this month.It’s a historical fiction based on some true events set in World War 2. This story centers around events set during the war in which a large number of undercover female spies working for the British army have disappeared without a trace. We follow two timelines, one that takes place during the war and one a few years after the war. It’s an interesting mix trying to understand and follow this group of brave women during the war as it’s happening from the perspective of one of these agents and from the perspective of an American citizen living in a world trying to pick itself back up after the war. The alternating timelines and the easy to read writing has me picking up this book every chance I get. 

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

Since I’m currently feeling in the mood for some historical fiction and also a mystery/thriller, I feel like this book will be the perfect combo. I bought this book during the holidays last year and I don’t remember much about it other than that it involves our main character finding out that her father passed away from an accident while cleaning his gun. But as she explores his untimely death, she starts to uncover some really dark things that have her believing that there’s more to her father’s death. Also I’m really in the mood for reading about a female character in some YA fiction that upturns society’s standards and pushes through it all to get what she wants and from the summary, I have a feeling that this book will deliver.

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Ah, another mystery/thriller? Are you still surprised, haha. I really loved reading “The Dry” by Jane Harper. Her writing is so atmospheric, that the plot grabs you and sucks you right in from the first page. Once I found out this book is in my library, I grabbed it. This follows the main character from the “The Dry”, Aaron Falk, as he investigates a woman who went missing in the Australian bushlands during a hiking retreat with some of her colleagues. I’m really excited to see what Jane Harper does what this new setting as her last book centered around a drought ridden small town. Her writing style is so descriptive and powerful that I was literally able to feel the dryness from the desperation and crippling heat this small town’s pushed under as the plot dwells further and further into the investigation.

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

This so far, is the only fantasy novel that I’m currently in the mood for. I’ve also picked this up recently to read alongside with the “The Lost Girls of Paris”.
This story revolves around our main character Isobel who’s a talented portrait painter who makes a deadly mistake one day and ends up getting swept away by a fair folk prince to stand trial for
her crime. I’ve recently been getting into reading more about the fair folk and am enjoying reading different interpretations on these dark cunning creatures. I’ve also heard that there’s a little bit of insta-love and some forbidden romance, and I’m not going to lie, I’m in a mood for some good tropes to tide me over my more dense reads.