My April TBR List + Upcoming Releases

Like I figured, March was a slow month for me. I finished one book instead of my goal of 4. I am hoping now that we are starting to get on a regular schedule that I will be able to read more. So here is my list for this month!

Possible April Reads:

• The Crucible by Arthur Miller [reread]
• The Initiation and The Captive, Part 1 by L.J. Smith [new series]
• Covet by J.R. Ward [new series]
• Ashfall by Mike Mullin [new series]
• Breathe by Sarah Crossan [new series]
• Icons by Margaret Stohl [new series]

Lots of new releases this month: any you're excited about?

What's on your March TBR?

My March TBR List + Upcoming Releases

So I am currently up to 13 books read this year - 5 books ahead of schedule. I've finished 2 series. Last month, I finished off 7 books. I read Beastly from my Feb TBR, four books from the Losing It series that finished it out for me, Flawless (part of the Pretty Little Liars series) and The One that caught me up on The Selection series. I tried to start Animal Farm (also on my Feb TBR), but wasn't really feeling it.

This month, I have quite the list to choose from, so I'm hoping that will make my 2 books from my TBR easy to do. I then get a free pick and a series book. With Mason being here, I'm not sure how much reading will get done, but I still aim to do one book a week. With how I've been reading, I hope I can manage. I will also be studying for yet another Praxis exam that I have to take. I've taken 5, but Tennessee is changing what they require for anyone who applies for certification after Sept 1 - and that's me. So now there's yet another exam I am paying for out of pocket, stressing over, and not happy that I have to take.

Possible March Reads: 

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
• If You Ask Me, And Of Course You Won't by Betty White
• Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella [new series]
• Decision Points by George W. Bush
• All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin [new series]
• Black City by Elizabeth Richards [new series]
• Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead [new series]
• Nightseer by Laurell K. Hamilton [new series]
• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas [new series]

Lots of new releases this month: any you're excited about?

What's on your March TBR?

My February TBR List + Upcoming Releases

I did pretty well in January - much better than I have done in any months in 2014. My goal was to read 4 books: 2 from my TBR list, 1 series book, and 1 pick of my choice. I read 6 books. Two from my TBR list (Alice in Zombieland and The Fifth Wave), two series (Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice) that finished out the Vampire Academy series, one from my Netgalley list (Day 21) and I also read Lola and the Boy Next Door. I'll be talking about each of them tomorrow. Here's the books I will choose two from this month :)

Possible February Reads: 

• Animal Farm by George Orwell  [reread]
• The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman [reread/new series]
• Beastly by Alex Flinn - 2/4
• The Black Prism by Brent Weeks [new series]
• 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz

(I've also finished Keeping Her by Cora Carmack (2/2), The One by Kiera Cass (2/5), Faking It by Cora Carmack (2/11), Finding It by Cora Carmack (2/13), Seeking Her by Cora Carmack (2/16), Flawless by Sara Shepard (2/22))

Lots of new releases this month: any you're excited about?

What's on your February TBR?

My January To-Be-Read List + Upcoming Releases + 2015 Goals

Because I have too many blogs to keep up with...I've decided to share my TBR, Upcoming Releases, and reading progress here on Teacher's Pet because I love to read and a lot of what I read is middle grade or YA and as I am working towards becoming a middle school teacher, it's relevant :) Many of the 8th graders during my in-class observations were reading books I've read or want to read and I wanted to sit down with them and just talk books. Of course, I'm sure my host teacher wouldn't have necessarily appreciated that during class, so I didn't! I'm pretty active on Goodreads, so please feel free to add me there and say you found me via my blog!

My new goal for 2015 is similar to last year, but different too. I am setting my yearly Goodreads challenge for 52 books - that's one a week. That is my goal this year: to finish one book a week. My monthly goals will be to read 2 books off my 2014 monthly TBR, 1 book of my choosing from my massive TBR shelf, and 1 series book. I will have a newborn soon (in Feb!?!) and then in the fall, I will be doing my student teaching, so I will definitely have a crazy year ahead. I'm not sure which will be worse for my reading progress: lack of sleep and a newborn or a very busy full day practice teaching gig.

Possible January Reads: 

• 1984 by George Orwell 
• Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter [new series] - 1/15
• The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey [new series] - 1/11
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore [new series]
• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
• The King by J.R. Ward

But before I go completely...some questions for you all: What books are y'all reading this month? Any releases you are stoked for? What are your 2015 reading goals? Any books I need to have on my radar?