Best Books of the Month: The Poet Empress and Things We Leave Unfinished Comments:  Lots of quick and easy romance, in part because I could listen to it while working through some tedious stuff.   Continuing a trend of multiple DNF's.  Life is too short and my TBR is too big to push when it's just not doing it for me! Adding more details about why I'm reading some of the books.  Random wheel spinner for when I can't decide on my own and library hold when I have a time limit for them.   1.  Slow Dance, Rainbow Rowell (wheel spin!) - I had forgotten how much I enjoy Rowell's writing as it's been years since I last read her.  Her characters always seem very real and grounded, and she doesn't put them in a magical/wishful/fairy tale world.  Picked this up on the Apple sale page, and am glad I did.  Needing some lighter books just now, and this second-chance/friends-to-lovers did just the trick!   2.  You Should Be So...