March reads and ratings

[mrspez07]

Add yours!
What did you read in March and how would you rate it?

(Full disclosure: This type of thread is where I get a lot of my ideas for books to add to my to-read list)

[mrspez07]

I had an amazing month! I normally read 1-3 books a month, at the most 4. It's been a good start to the year with books.

We finished reading the awesome version of HP #1 with beautiful illustrations, we'd gotten the first two from Costco for the boys for Christmas (whispers: it's also my first time reading them) 5*
The Leftovers by Tom Perotta 2*
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfield 4*
The Best Man by Kristan Higgins 3* (my first e-book read)
From Potters Field by Patricia Cornwell 4*
Homegoing 4*
Hot Rocks by Nora Roberts 4* as a vacation read

[MrsAxilla]

The Alchemist, 4 stars

The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland, 4 stars (this was a YA kindle first)

The Pearl that Broke its Shell, 5 stars

Under Different Stars, 4 stars (I believe this was a kindle first, too.  Yay, kindle first!)

[CrazyLucky]

mrspez07, Homegoing is on my list.
I read Redemption Road, 5 stars
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes 2 stars (actually I just finished this one)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 4 stars
Me Before You, 4 stars
King of Lies, 2 stars

[travella]

I had an ok month.

Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah 3*
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole 4*
Truly, Madly, Guiltily by Liane Moriarty 3*
The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport 3*

[brewco]

Sharp Objects - 3*
Everything We Keep - 4*
The Marriage Lie - 4*
After You - 3*

I didn't feel like anything I read was really great or really bad. I'm already 2 books in for April, so hopefully something better will come up this month!

[pandora89]

I actually read more in March than I thought I did because I was stuck on a few I didn't love, but a few of the books were books I had been reading for awhile but kept putting aside as a library hold came in.

My Not So Perfect Life - 3.5*
All The Missing Girls - 2.5*
The Heavens May Fall - 4.5*
The Best Kind of People 2.5*
The Trespasser - 4*
While You Were Sleeping - 3.5*

[ufcasey]

1 star
A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

2 stars
Sweet Revenge by Lynsay Sands
Etched in Bone (The Others, #5) by Anne Bishop

3 stars
Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
Entreat Me by Grace Draven
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Still Life by Louise Penny
Fellside by M.R. Carey
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

4 stars
Faithful by Alice Hoffman
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson, #10) by Patricia Briggs

5 stars
Split by Swati Avasthi

[kelliebeans104]

I had a really good March. Much better than normal and I caught up on my reading goal for the year as well.

Summer Sisters - Judy Blume ***
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman ***
The Boston Girl - Anita Diamant **
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo - Amy Schumer ***
A Dance with Dragons - George RR Martin ***
The Daring Ladies of Lowell - Kate Alcott ***
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead - Sheryl Sandberg ****

[pandora89]

ufcasey - I am reading Still Life right now, it started off rather slow but I am really like it now. It makes me want to curl up in front of a fireplace (which I do not have) with a cup of tea lol.

The second book in the series has even better reviews so I am excited to read that.

[kelliebeans104]

Apr 5, 2017 22:55:56 GMT -5 mrspez07 said:

Add yours!
What did you read in March and how would you rate it?

(Full disclosure: This type of thread is where I get a lot of my ideas for books to add to my to-read list)

Me too!

[susiebw]

I read a lot of sexy-time books in March. But the fluff definitely helped me up my numbers for the year so far!

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt - 5*
Reflected in You (Crossfire 2) by Sylvia Day - 4*
Against the Ropes by Sarah Castile - 3*
Entwined with You (Crossfire 3) by Sylvia Day - 3*
Captivated by You (Crossfire 4) by Sylvia Day - 3*
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance - 4*

[snshne322]

Wow, I didn't realize I blew through so much in March.

Frozen Tides (Falling Kingdoms #4) by Morgan Rhodes 5*
Crystal Storm (Falling Kingoms #5) by Morgan Rhodes 5*
Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham 4*
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys 4*
Dirty (Dive Bar #1) by Kylie Scott 4*
Like a River Glorious (The Gold Seer #2) by Rae Carson 3*
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden (Coincidence #1) by Jessica Sorenson 2*
Too Late by Colleen Hoover 2*
Silence Fallen (Mercy #10) by Patricia Briggs 4*
The Passage by Justin Cronin 4*
Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson #3) by Darynda Jones 4*
Highlander Untamed by Monica McCarty 2*

[charlatti]

3 stars:
Everything You Want Me To Be by Mindy Mejia

4 stars:
The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson

Also a bunch of middle grade books: Wonderstruck, Rules, Criss Cross, Fairy Tale Detectives

[litskispeciality]

Awful month for me.

Re-read of Thirteen Reasons Why 3.5

I read most of All the Missing Girls, I have to finish tonight. It's ok, but it's hard to follow with the backward story.

I love this thread for new ideas!

[Vespasia]

Traveled a bit so I actually had a chance to read

All the Missing Girls - 2.5 stars
Invasion of the Tearling - 4 stars
In a Dark, Dark Wood - 3.5 stars

[rainbowchip]

I read
Crown of Midnight 3*
The Circle 4*
All the Missing Girls 3*
Thirteen Reasons Why 5*
Hidden Figures 3*

[cole]

All out of 5 stars:

The Fate of the Tearling: 2 stars, still terrible, still annoyed by it a month later, lol.

The Underground Railroad: 4 stars

Heartless: 3 stars

Born Survivors: 4 stars

Guantanamo Diary: 4 stars

Glass Sword: 2 stars

[spedrunner]

Love and look forward to these threads as well! <3

March Reads:

The Woman in Cabin 10 (4 stars)
Ware, Ruth 

I am Malala (5 stars)



Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (3.5 stars)

[spedrunner]

Apr 6, 2017 13:21:54 GMT -5 snshne322 said:

Wow, I didn't realize I blew through so much in March.

Frozen Tides (Falling Kingdoms #4) by Morgan Rhodes 5*
Crystal Storm (Falling Kingoms #5) by Morgan Rhodes 5*
Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham 4*
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys 4*
Dirty (Dive Bar #1) by Kylie Scott 4*
Like a River Glorious (The Gold Seer #2) by Rae Carson 3*
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden (Coincidence #1) by Jessica Sorenson 2*
Too Late by Colleen Hoover 2*
Silence Fallen (Mercy #10) by Patricia Briggs 4*
The Passage by Justin Cronin 4*
Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson #3) by Darynda Jones 4*
Highlander Untamed by Monica McCarty 2*

I almost got this at the library, then I saw how thick it was and put it back lol

[mrspez07]

Apr 6, 2017 0:45:43 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

mrspez07, Homegoing is on my list.
I read Redemption Road, 5 stars
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes 2 stars (actually I just finished this one)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 4 stars
Me Before You, 4 stars
King of Lies, 2 stars

Which redemption road, which author?

[CrazyLucky]

Apr 6, 2017 20:07:58 GMT -5 mrspez07 said:

Apr 6, 2017 0:45:43 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

mrspez07 , Homegoing is on my list.
I read Redemption Road, 5 stars
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes 2 stars (actually I just finished this one)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 4 stars
Me Before You, 4 stars
King of Lies, 2 stars

Which redemption road, which author?

I didn't know there was more than one.  It's a mystery by John Hart. 

[ufcasey]

Apr 6, 2017 10:16:47 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

ufcasey - I am reading Still Life right now, it started off rather slow but I am really like it now. It makes me want to curl up in front of a fireplace (which I do not have) with a cup of tea lol.

The second book in the series has even better reviews so I am excited to read that.

Yup I added the second book to my TBR-soon pile too!   We'll have to compare notes!

[ufcasey]

Apr 6, 2017 14:50:54 GMT -5 cole said:

All out of 5 stars:

The Fate of the Tearling: 2 stars, still terrible, still annoyed by it a month later, lol.

The Underground Railroad: 4 stars

Heartless: 3 stars

Born Survivors: 4 stars

Guantanamo Diary: 4 stars

Glass Sword: 2 stars

Yup! Me too! Three months later. That freaking book...

[Nonny]

Three Stars:

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson - she's a good writer, and the premise of this book was good, but the ending was lame and it was way too long

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - loved the first 95% of the book, but hated the ending and was iffy on the writing style

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance - this was interesting, but the more I think about, the more I think that Vance is probably a huge asshole and the more annoyed I am about how much he glossed over.

Two Stars:

Room by Emma Donoghue - I hated it, but I didn't.  The story was interesting, but I had a LOT of issues with how the story was presented.

[dorothyinAus]

The Alienist -- Caleb Carr ***
Tall Tail -- Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie Brown ****
The Bee's Kiss -- Barbara Cleverly ****
A Murder at Carlton House -- Ashley Gardner *****
Chocolate Pomegranate Glaze Murder -- Susan Gillard **
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi -- Rudyard Kipling ***

Everyone else I know loved The Alienist, but I really did not enjoy it. It was well-written but I did not like the story or the characters.
I loved A Murder at Carlton House, finished it in less than 24 hours, but then Captain Lacey and Lord Grenville are some of my favorite characters.

I've read 17 of my goal of 48 books, though a few are Kindle Freebie short-stories/novellas, so I feel like I've cheated a bit with those. Goodreads says I'm 5 books ahead of schedule. And I have collected 13 of 40 properties for the Monopoly Challenge. I feel like I'm behind, though I know objectively I am not.

[abs]

Pretty sure I only read The Pearl that Broke Its Shell. It was very good--4 stars.

Terrible month of reading for me!

[frog]

Beyond the Ties of Blood ****
The Nutmeg Tree ****
Way Station ****
Cress ****
Winter ****
Mila 18 ****
Flowertown ***
The Secret Wife ****
From Sand and Ash ****
Kitchens of the Great Midwest ****
The Zookeeper's Wife ***
Serena ****
No One is Here Except All of Us **