What Did You Read in March

[Dusky]

What did you read in March?  Anything good?  Anything terrible?

I got two book in this month: Girl on the Train (which I didn't care for at all) and Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (which I really enjoyed).

[dorothyinAus]

9. Around the World in Eighty Days -- Verne, Jules
10. Love in Sight -- Gilliatt, Holly
11. Heart of Soldier -- Calhoune, Belle
12. Huckleberry Spring -- Beckstrand, Jennifer
13. The Orchid Affair -- Willig, Lauren
14. The Litter of the Law -- Brown, Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie Brown

Around the World in Eighty Days surprised me.  I really didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did.
The Orchid Affair was good, but not one of the better in the series.
The Litter of the Law was not bad, but wow! has the series gotten a bit preachy.
The other three were just quick Christian romances I read to try and get out of my slump -- not great, but enjoyable enough.

[Emerald1486]

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Currently reading Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

I really enjoyed Vision in Silver (3rd book in the Others series). It's an easy read, so I finished it the day after it came out. I am excited for the 4th book due out next year. I think she has a 5th book in the works too.
The Outlander series is definitely different from most of the books I read, but I am really enjoying it.

[apelila]

I finished three for the month of March.

9. "A" is for Alibi - Sue Grafton (2 stars)
10. Dark Places - Gillian Flynn (3 stars)
11. An Irish Country Doctor - Patrick Taylor (3 stars)

[msmerymac]

The Gunslinger - Stephen King ****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling *****
What's the Matter With Kansas? - Thomas Frank ****
Claudia and the Bad Joke - Ann M. Martin ***
Kristy and the Walking Disaster - Ann M. Martin **

Even with reading the BSC books again, I'm still 3 books behind. :/ Only 15 for the year so far. I need to read a LOT more Babysitters Club.

[rootbeerfloat]

Golden Son (Red Rising #2), Pierce Brown - 4*
Wreckage, Emily Bleeker - 3*
The Mermaid's Sister, Carrie Anne Noble - 3*
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien - 4*
Food: A Love Story, Jim Gaffigan - 3*

12/50 for the year.

[spedrunner]

Imperfectly Perfect (A Series of Imperfections, #1)

Woodward, A.E. *

3 stars


The Best of Me

Sparks, Nicholas *

4 stars

The Ruins

Smith, Scott
3.5 stars


A Beautiful Mess (Beautiful Mess, #1)

Leigh, T.K. *

4 stars


Death Will Extend Your Vacation (Bruce Kohler, #3)

Zelvin, Elizabeth *

2 stars

Breaking Free

Koz, S.M. *

3.5 stars

The Girl on the Train

Hawkins, Paula *

4 stars

We Are Called to Rise

McBride, Laura *

4 stars


The Lovely Bones

Sebold, Alic
4.5 stars

[MrsAxilla]

The Reintegraters - 3 stars
The Life of Pi - 3 stars
The Color Purple - 4 stars
Gone with the Wind - 5 stars

I'm actually not done with GWTW, but it's 1000 pages and I've been working on it for almost three weeks, so I'm including it with March. I read it years ago and gave it five stars and it definitely holds up. It's really an excellent book.

[Nonny]

Apr 1, 2015 13:19:18 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

The Gunslinger - Stephen King ****

Is this a re-read for you, or your first time through? I started reading the series in October, and just finished The Dark Tower in March.

My March:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (re-read)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (re-read)

Flowers in the Attic

Dark Tower

The Lowland

[mrspez07]

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton 3*
The Back Echo by Michael Connelly 4*
Best Friends by Jennifer Weiner 3*

[Vespasia]

I rarely read enough books to participate over here but March was a good month for me. 

Winter of the World - Ken Follett  3.5*   This took forever to read and by the end I just wanted it to be over. I will read the 3rd book but I need a long break.
Wreckage - Emily Bleeker 4.5* Not a literary masterpiece but I really enjoyed it.
The Last Passenger - Manel Loureiro 4* A fun, suspenseful book about a Nazi ghost ship
The Girl on the Train - 4* This was really good but it didn't quite live up to the hype. I figured out a few of the twists early on.
Our Endless Numbered Days - Claire Fuller 5* This is the best book I have read so far this year, I loved it. 
 

[msmerymac]

Apr 2, 2015 19:54:51 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Apr 1, 2015 13:19:18 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

The Gunslinger - Stephen King ****

Is this a re-read for you, or your first time through? I started reading the series in October, and just finished The Dark Tower in March.

My March:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (re-read)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (re-read)

Flowers in the Attic

Dark Tower

The Lowland

First time! I've only read a few Stephen King books here and there before (most recently 11/22/63). I'm on the Drawing of the Three right now.

[charlatti]

Apr 3, 2015 7:27:11 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Our Endless Numbered Days - Claire Fuller 5* This is the best book I have read so far this year, I loved it. 
 

Glad to hear this is good! It has been on my radar.

[mactastic]

Apr 3, 2015 10:38:24 GMT -5 charlatti said:

Apr 3, 2015 7:27:11 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Our Endless Numbered Days - Claire Fuller 5* This is the best book I have read so far this year, I loved it. 
 

Glad to hear this is good! It has been on my radar.

Oooh - this looks fantastic! Just requested it from the library!

Side note - have any of you read Fourth of July Creek? Somewhat similar premise (suvivalist father, etc), but it's told from the view of the local social worker who is trying to figure out how best to help them. Heavy read, but recommended!

[aurora]

I only read 2 in March...I'm way slow for the year.

Written in my Own Heart's Blood
The Cuckoo's Calling (audiobook)

[BlackCanary]

Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher 5*
First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher 4*
God is Disappointed in You by Mark Russell 4*

[mactastic]

March was a good month for me - read 5, and listened to two.

Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin 3* Book club read; not my normal jam, but interesting
All the Light We Cannot See - 4* Thought this was good, but not great. Overhyped!
Fourth of July Creek - 4.5* Really good, really haunting - one that sticks with you
12 Years a Slave - 4*
Big Little Lies - 3.5*

Audiobooks:
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena - 3*
Sisterland - 2* Words can't express how much I detested the protagonist in this!!

That puts me at 15/65 - about one book behind for the year!

[rootbeerfloat]

Apr 3, 2015 11:33:05 GMT -5 mactastic said:

Sisterland - 2* Words can't express how much I detested the protagonist in this!!

Yeah, she was awful. I've decided all of Sittenfeld's protagonists are insufferable, and it kind of makes me hate her books, lol.

[Pippin]

March was a pretty good month for me.

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, 3 stars
Break Out by Nina Croft, 3 stars
Dawn of Eden by Julie Kagawa, 4 stars (Short Story)
The Eternity Cure and The Forever Song also by Julie Kagawa, 5 stars (rereads Love this series)

I'm at 15/50 for my reading goal.

[dorothyinAus]

Apr 3, 2015 7:27:11 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

I rarely read enough books to participate over here but March was a good month for me. 
 

Join us anyway.  You are definitely welcome, no matter how much you read.

[MrsAxilla]

Apr 3, 2015 7:27:11 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Wreckage - Emily Bleeker 4.5* Not a literary masterpiece but I really enjoyed it.

4.5 stars is pretty good.  I downloaded that one, too, but I haven't had great luck with Kindle First.  Plus I read Life of Pi and Unbroken last month and I needed something completely different - lol.  Maybe I'll give a shot soon.

[Vespasia]

Apr 6, 2015 12:56:57 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Apr 3, 2015 7:27:11 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Wreckage - Emily Bleeker 4.5* Not a literary masterpiece but I really enjoyed it.

4.5 stars is pretty good.  I downloaded that one, too, but I haven't had great luck with Kindle First.  Plus I read Life of Pi and Unbroken last month and I needed something completely different - lol.  Maybe I'll give a shot soon.

I think the main reason I loved it so much was that it came right after Winter of the World. I needed something light(er) and engaging, and that book was perfect. 

[2curlydogs]

Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf. 3 stars. Interesting but rather dry and dull, which is sad because the subject matter had so much potential. Possibly would have been better as a print book (I had it as audiobook), but I somehow doubt it.

Elizabeth and Leicester: Power Passion and Politics by Sarah Gristwood. 4 stars. No real new material for anyone well read on Elizabeth, but nicely researched and presented.

A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin. 4 stars.

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. 4 stars. I fluctuate on my review on this one. The book was so artfully crafted, but I sort of hated the main character.

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Lawrence Bergreen. 5 stars. So, so well done.

Fatal Puzzle by Catherine Shepherd. 1 star. Blech. If I could give it 0 stars I would. This was a Kindle First pick, so at least I didn't pay money for it.

March was a decent month!