March 2018 Wrap-up
March's TBR Pile (15/16):
- MVPA Book Club Selection: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (not pictured) ✓
- TBR Pile: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant ✓
- Reading Assignment: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning ✓
- Book of the Month Club (February): The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller ✓
- Book of the Month Club (March): Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser ✓
- Series Pick: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins ✓
- Series Pick: Spirit Bound by Rachel Hawkins ✓
- Series Pick: Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra by Anne Rice ✓
- Comics Pick: The Wicked + the Divine Vol. 6 ✓
- Comics Pick: One Week in the Library by W. Prince, John Amor, and Frazer Irving ✓
- Romance Pick: A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh ✓
- Classics Pick: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell ✓
- Nonfiction Pick: The Words We Live By by Linda Monk
- Carryover Pick: As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner ✓
- Added: Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal ✓
- Added: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 4582 pages
Pages Remaining: 684,549 pages
Current Read - If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books bought/received (1) -- I picked up Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides based on the recommendation from a bookseller at my local independent bookstore.
April's TBR Pile:
- MVPA Book Club Selection: The Radium Girls by Denise Kiernan (not pictured)
- TBR Pile: Parasite by Mira Grant
- TBR Pile: The Dress Lodger by Sherri Holman
- Reading Assignment: The Words We Live By by Linda Monk (not pictured)
- Book of the Month Club (April): TBD (not pictured)
- Series Pick: If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
- Comics Pick: Revival Volume 8
- Short Stories: The Emerald City by Jane Yolen
- Romance Pick: Slightly Married by Mary Balogh
- Romance Pick: Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh
- Romance Pick: Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
- Classics Pick: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Nonfiction Pick: It’s All Relative by A.J. Jacobs
- Nonfiction Pick: Lost San Francisco
- Nonfiction Pick: Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Nonfiction Pick: Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (not pictured)
- Spring Into Horror Pick: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice (not pictured)
- SIH Pick: The Great Halifax Explosion by John Bacon
- SIH Pick: Alice in Zombieland by Gina Showalter (not pictured)
- SIH Pick: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
- SIH Pick: Jennifer Government by Max Barry
- SIH Pick: Dead Bold by Juliet Blackwell
- SIH Pick: Penny Dreadful Volume 1
- SIH Pick: The Worlds of Lore Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke (not pictured)
Movies watched
- Justice League -- Wow that was boring...
- The Foreigner -- James Bond as a villain was the perfect choice. And Jackie Chan is amazing in this low-key roll. Really enjoyed this one!
- War Dogs -- Mediocre in my opinion. I realize that it's based off of a true story, but I just didn't find it super fascinating.
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi -- Oh so good! Star Wars isn't my number one fandom, but I do enjoy the movies. This one was just great.
- The Mummy -- We were bored. So much exposition.
- The Imitation Game -- We finally watched this one. So so good!
- Rubber -- That was one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen.
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle -- Arthur and I watched this one. Pretty entertaining.
- Neighbors 2 -- Mediocre comedy. There were a few scenes but that's it.
TV Shows watched
- The Magicians S3 -- Love love loving this season! The departures from the books really do make sense and I love all the character growth.
- Another Period -- So dumb, but I love it!
- Happy S1 -- Such a strange show.
- Supernatural S3 -- Still working through this series a few episodes at a time.
Comments - Another awesome reading month! So excited that my momentum has continued through the early spring. On to April!
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