March 2024 Wrap-up
- monthly wrap-up
March TBR Pile (25/31):
- Bookworms BC: NONE
- Friend BC: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia ✓
- Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
- Kid Read Aloud: The Witches by Roald Dahl ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: Sweep by Jonathan Auxier ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✓
- Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston
- Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett
- Kid Book Club: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf ✓
- Fantasy: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge ✓
- Fantasy: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett ✓
- Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland ✓
- Science Fiction: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino ✓
- Historical Fiction: Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig ✓
- Romance: Ruthless by Anne Stuart ✓
- Romance: Reckless by Anne Stuart ✓
- Romance: The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score ✓
- Romance: So Not Meant to Be by Meghan Quinn ✓
- Romance: Bride by Ali Hazelwood ✓
- Horror: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
- Horror: What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell ✓
- Horror: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud ✓
- Horror: Dark Waters by Katherine Arden ✓
- Nonfiction: The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart - in progress, slow and steady read
- Nonfiction: Toil & Trouble by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson ✓
- Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 1 ✓
- Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 2 ✓
- Comics: The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg ✓
- 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:
- Bookworms BC: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- Friend BC: Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
- Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: NONE
- Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston
- Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett
- Kid Book Club: Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr
- Fantasy: A Tale Dark and Grim by Adam Gidwitz
- Horror: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
- Horror: Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden
- Comics: Lore Olympus Vol. 4
- Comics: Die Vol. 1
- Comics: Die Vol. 2
- Comics: Die Vol. 3
- 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:










