March TBR Pile (22/29):

1. Bookworms BC: The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron ✓

2. Friend BC: Acid for the Children by Flea ✓

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (reread) ✓

4. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Beck Chambers (reread) ✓

5. Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty ✓

6. Kid Read Aloud: The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis ✓

7. Kid Read Aloud: The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne ✓

8. Kid Book Club: Argos by Ralph Hardy ✓

9. Kid Book Club: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix

10. Fantasy: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi ✓

11. Fantasy: The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

12. Fantasy: Weyward by Emilia Hart ✓

13. Fantasy: The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty

14. Romance: About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis ✓

15. Romance: Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis ✓

16. Romance: The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

17. Romance: The Score by Elle Kennedy ✓

18. Romance: My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey ✓

19. Scifi: Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

20. Scifi: VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

21. Scifi: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler ✓

22. Scifi: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee ✓

23. Thriller: The Drift by CJ Tudor ✓

24. Thriller: The Stranded by Sarah Daniels ✓

25. Thriller: The Getaway by Lamar Giles ✓

26. Literary Fiction: The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson

27. Classics: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald ✓

28. Nonfiction: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon ✓

29. Nonfiction: You Just Need to Lose Weight by Aubrey Gordon ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 7389 pages
Pages Remaining: 337,423 pages

Current Read - Radiant Sin by Katee Robert; The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukerjee

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (10)

Two BOTM selections for me this month. It was my birthday month and thankfully there were multiple books I wanted to take advanttage of my free add-on book. For my birthday weekend, I also hit up the Library Sale, my favorite local used book store Jackson Street Booksellers, and Barnes and Noble. Finally I picked up a few book for the kids’ read aloud shelf.

• Wayward by Emilia Hart

• The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi by S.A. Chakraborty

• Dangerous Joy by Jo Beverley

• The Seduction of Phaeton Black by Jillian Stone

• The Revenant Express by George Mann

• The Power by Naomi Alderman

• The Emperor of Maladies by Siddartha Mukherjee

• The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

• Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokski

• The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 334

• Books Read: 2

• Books Acquired: 8

• Books Unshelved: 2

• Finishing Number: 338

April TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: The Library of the Unwritten by AJ Hackwith

2. Friend BC: Crossings by Alex Landragin

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

4. Currently Reading Bookish Friends BC: TBD

5. Kid Read Aloud: Midsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca

6. Kid Book Club: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix

7. Kid Book Club: The Last Shadow Warrior by Sam Subity

8. Fantasy: The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

9. Fantasy: King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

10. Comics: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade

11. Romance: Radiant Sin by Katee Robert

12. Romance: The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

13. Romance: The Dark King by Gina L. Maxwell

14. Romance: A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

15. Romance: A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

16. Scifi: Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

17. Nonfiction: The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukerjee

18. Nonfiction: The Angel Makers by Patricia Nell McCracken

Movies Watched

• We Have a Ghost - We wanted to like it, but there was definitely some weird tonal shifts between the acts.

• 7 Days in Hell - Somehow I hadn’t seen this and J was amazed. It was hilarious.

• The Last Vermeer - Interesting art drama based on a true story. A little too slow at times, but a good movie.

• Cocaine Bear - Lots of gory fun. The tone was a little off in parts, but an enjoyable ride.

• Operation Fortune - Not the best Guy Ritchie movie, but a fun one.

• Ex-Machina - We finally got to this movie. Predictable, but a good scifi movie.

TV Shows Watched 

• Brave New World - We blew through this series. It was a good adaptation. Very not safe for kids and teens.

• History of the World Part II - Delightful! Not every sketch was hilarious, but most were entertaining.

• The Toys that Build America - We sprinkle these in when we don’t have another currently watching choice.

• The Mandalorian S3 - Still in this show. We’ll see where it goes.

• Ted Lasso S3 - So excited to be back with Ted and the gang.

• McMillion$ - Randomly we remembered about this documentary series about the McDonald’s Monopoly cheating scandal. It had so many twists and turns! Very interesting.

• Misfits S1 - Finally started this show. So good so far. Very into it.

Comments - And my big reading month streak continues. Even though I added many books to my Unread Shelves, I actually took a few off between reading and unshelving. Just need to step up the game a bit.

Next up on the TBR pile: