February TBR: #Blackathon2021

February is Black History Month, so I’m planning to mainly read books from Black authors. I’m participating in Blackathon, which has Jesse @ Bowties and Books as the main host, but my participation is pretty loose: I’m not really doing the challenges, just reading what I’m in the mood for!

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Physical TBR

My first goal is to read as many books as possible off my physical TBR. I promised myself I wouldn’t buy any new books, but I’ve already failed there, as there were just too many amazing new releases, and I would like to squeeze some of them in this month as well. Here’s my initial physical TBR though:

• N.K. Jemisin – The City We Became
• Ashia Monet – The Black Veins
• Bryan Washington – Memorial
• B.B. Alston – Amari and the Night Brothers
• Kacen Callender – King and the Dragonflies
• Nic Stone – Dear Justyce
• Candice Iloh – Every Body Looking
• Angie Thomas – Concrete Rose
• Ibi Zoboi, ed. – Black Enough
• Tiffany D. Jackson – Monday’s Not Coming
• Nic Stone – Clean Getaway
• Namina Forna – The Gilded Ones

Top layer of a black TBR cart with 10 book spines (as described above), in front of a white background

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Digital TBR

Aside from my physical TBR, I also have a bunch of eARCS, ebooks and audiobooks I would love to get to! Here are the ones I’m most hoping to read:

• L.L. McKinney – Nubia: Real One (eARC)
• Ryan Douglass – The Taking of Jake Livingston (eARC)
• Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – Ace of Spades (eARC)
• C.L. Clark – The Unbroken (eARC)
• Alyssa Cole – How to Catch a Queen (eARC)
• Talia Hibbert – Mating the Huntress (ebook)
• Alyssa Cole – The A.I. Who Loved Me (ebook)
• Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain – Four Hundred Souls (audio, kindly gifted by Libro.fm)
• Elise Bryant – Happily Ever Afters (audio)
• Janae Marks – From the Desk of Zoe Washington (audio)

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What are you planning to read this month?