March 2024 Wrap-up

March TBR Pile (25/31):

1. Bookworms BC: NONE
2. Friend BC: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia ✓
3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
4. Kid Read Aloud: The Witches by Roald Dahl ✓
5. Kid Read Aloud: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo ✓
6. Kid Read Aloud: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar ✓
7. Kid Read Aloud: Sweep by Jonathan Auxier ✓
8. Kid Read Aloud: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✓
9. Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston
10. Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett
11. Kid Book Club: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf ✓
12. Fantasy: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge ✓
13. Fantasy: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett ✓
14. Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland ✓
15. Science Fiction: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino ✓
16. Historical Fiction: Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig ✓
17. Romance: Ruthless by Anne Stuart ✓
18. Romance: Reckless by Anne Stuart ✓
19. Romance: The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score ✓
20. Romance: So Not Meant to Be by Meghan Quinn ✓
21. Romance: Bride by Ali Hazelwood ✓
22. Horror: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
23. Horror: What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell ✓
24. Horror: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud ✓
25. Horror: Dark Waters by Katherine Arden ✓
26. Nonfiction: The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart - in progress, slow and steady read
27. Nonfiction: Toil & Trouble by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson ✓
28. Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 1 ✓
29. Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 2 ✓
30. Comics: The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg ✓
31. Comics: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 8558 pages Pages Remaining: 249,312 pages

Current Read - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White; The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (10):

It’s my birthday month, so of course I got a free book from BOTM. Plus I grabbed one of the nominees for the best book of the year that I hadn’t already read.

• A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
• Murder Road by Simone St. James
• Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

During my birthday day out, I went to two local bookstores and grabbed a few titles. From The Bookworm, I picked up:

• Raising Critical Thinkers by Julie Bogart
• Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
• Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
• The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

At Jackson Street Booksellers, I discovered:

• DK The Ecology Book
• Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
• The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 325
• Books Read: 3
• Books Acquired: 10
• Books Unshelved: 2
• Finishing Number: 330

April TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
2. Friend BC: Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: NONE
4. Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston
5. Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett
6. Kid Book Club: Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr
7. Fantasy: A Tale Dark and Grim by Adam Gidwitz
8. Horror: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
9. Horror: Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden
10. Comics: Lore Olympus Vol. 4
11. Comics: Die Vol. 1
12. Comics: Die Vol. 2
13. Comics: Die Vol. 3
14. Comics: Die Vol. 4

Movies Watched

• Argyle
• Lisa Frankenstein
• Road House

TV Shows Watched

• Bachelor
• Below Deck
• Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist S2
• Monarch
• Dick Turpin
• Shōgun
• SAS: Rogue Heroes

Comments - Another big month for reading! I didn’t read that many off my shelves this month, but still read a ton.

Next up on the TBR pile: