What did you read in March?

[wesleycrusher]

anything good? reviews?

how's it going with the quarantine- have you been able to concentrate on reading? 

[tacokick]

I read a lot early in the month. I actually feel like I’ve read less the last week? I’ve been trying to keep busy. I still read like 25+ books though

The Sun Down Hotel by Simone St James (excellent)

Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (very good)

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate (editor) (mixed bag)

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little (eh)

You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples by Patricia Marx & Roz Chast (eh)

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward (secret downer but good)

Roomies by Christina Lauren (eh)

Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren (eh)

Fifteen by Beverly Cleary (classic)

Who Will Ask the Four Questions? by Naomi Ben-Gur (very cute for small children!)

Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults by Jessica Pan and Rachel Kapelke-Dale (cute)

The Tenant by Katrine Engberg (okay. I don’t think the translation was great)

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (excellent)

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (good but dark)

Brother & Sister by Diane Keaton (Not sure why it was a book)

Filthy Beasts by Kirkland Hamill (bad, I think it was supposed to be “darkly funny” but it wasn’t at all)

Lost Restaurants of Baltimore by Suzanne Loudermilk and Kit Waskom Pollard (very niche interest)

We Met in December by Rosie Curtis (cute, light)

Follow Me by Kathleen Barber (not bad)

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (secret downer storyline)

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic by Michael McCreary (eh)

What You Wish For by Katherine Center (truly ludicrous ending)

The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren (eh)

The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor (odd)

The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett (comedic horror??)

Father's Arcane Daughter by E.L. Konigsberg (classic)

Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant (odd format but good)

You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfield (good)

If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie by Christopher Ingraham (racist, bad)

The Swap by Robyn Harding (lackluster)

[Vespasia]

In the Clearing (Tracy Crosswhite, #3) by Robert Dugoni
In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) by Seanan McGuire
Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children, #5) by Seanan McGuire
The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Hill
Now, Then, and Everywhen (Chronos Origins #1) by Rysa Walker
A Quiet Life In The Country (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #1) by T.E Kinsey


Now, Then, and Everywhen was my favorite of the month. It's the prequel to a series, which I didn't fully realize when I picked it as my Kindle First for March. I will probably read the series soon.



I've been focusing on reading lighter, entertaining books. I can't handle anything heavy or depressing. 

[rainbowchip]

I've been having a really hard time focusing. Add that to my family being home all.the.time. made the end of the month really light for me. I haven't finished a book since 3/21.

She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey 5*
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan 4*
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 3*
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 2*
Open Book by Jessica Simpson 4*
The River by Peter Heller 4*

[meowmaps]

I've been keeping up with my reading for the most part. It's been my escape in the past so it remains so now. The only slight hiccup is that with my H teleworking he often inadvertently interrupts my daytime reading window.

Uncanny Valley 4*
Saint X 4*
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society 3*
The Authenticity Project 4*
The Sun Down Motel 4*
Such a Fun Age 5*
The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America 4*
Call Me American 5*
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 4*

I'd recommend most of these with maybe the exception of Uncanny Valley (I liked what I could understand but it was too intellectual) and Before and After.

[travella]

Things You Save in a Fire 3*

While I don't think I'd typically like this book. It was a decent light read which was needed at the time.

A Duty to the Dead by Todd Charles 2*
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys, 2*
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead NR

[mrspez07]

Finished the following in March-

Audio form:
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 5* narrator was excellent
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince 4* (my least favorite so far)

Book form:
History of Love by Nicole Krause 2* (disappointing, and I have totally forgotten it already)
Our House by Louise Candlish 3* (interesting idea, ok execution)
Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper 2*

I am finding time to read, but in short bursts because of distractions or choosing other things to do. I haven’t been able to do much audio book time because of said distractions, especially kids. I often listen while I’m sewing, and they keep interrupting both!

[mie]

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole 3.5*
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 5*
Marriage on Madison Avenue by Lauren Layne 4*
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen 3.5*
One Day in December by Josie Silver 2.5*
Love the One You're With by Lauren Layne 4*
Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams 3*
Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid 4*
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 4*
Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum 4.5*

I enjoyed Grin and Beard It and Red, White & Royal Blue and Hope and Other Punch Lines the most out of the books read in March. I spend most night reading as an escape from the news/downtime.

[minzy]

March was:
Less - Andrew Sean Greer - 3 stars
Eating the Sun - Small Musings on a Vast Universe - Ella Frances Sanders - 4.5 stars
The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious - A Memoir - Lori Jakiela - 4 stars
The Most Dangerous Place on Earth - Lindsey Lee Johnson - 4 stars
Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder - 3 stars

The personal reading is crap with two kids at home always snacking, making a mess or wanting help or attention and my husband on conference calls all day long. I don’t have a “real” job but I don’t feel like I’m getting anything done these days with the constant actual interruptions (or threat thereof), and it’s kind of driving me nuts.

[abs]

I only managed to read 2 books in March.

Open book by Jessica Simpson--3*
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain--4*

I had a really hard time getting into anything and concentrating on a book for the first few weeks of the month. Also our routine is totally out of whack and I just have on time during the day.

[wesleycrusher]

-The Princess by Lori Wick
-Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
-Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
-In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
-Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomia Adeyemi
-The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
-Squire (audio) and Lady Knight (audio) both by Tamora Pierce
-Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh
-Wishful Drinking (audio) by Carrie Fisher
-Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens (audio) by Eddie Izzard
-Granny's Got a Gun (audio) by Lin Harper
-Find Me by André Aciman
-Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
-The Two Towers (audio) by J.R.R. Tolkein
-I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (manga) by Yoru Sumino
-Once a Soldier, Once a Scoundrel, Once a Rebel all by Mary Jo Putney
-The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
-The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel

[litskispeciality]

Quarantine has been bad for my reading. I find it hard to focus on a book at the end of the day. I think I'm also just not interested in my current book...

I read "Luckiest Girl Alive" 3.75*'s (lol)

I read half of "Daisy Jones and The Six", it's not grabbing me as much as I thought it would.

[intheden]

May I participate?

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern - 4.5
Uganda Be Kidding Me - Chelsea Handler - 1
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill -  3.5
Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 5

[intheden]

Apr 3, 2020 10:57:12 GMT -5 litskispeciality said:

Quarantine has been bad for my reading. I find it hard to focus on a book at the end of the day. I think I'm also just not interested in my current book...

I read "Luckiest Girl Alive" 3.75*'s (lol)

I read half of "Daisy Jones and The Six", it's not grabbing me as much as I thought it would.

I ended up loving this after not being too sure I wanted to even read it.  I love a good romance with 70's music though.