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March 2024 Wrap-up

March TBR Pile (25/31):

  1. Bookworms BC: NONE

  2. Friend BC: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

  3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

  4. Kid Read Aloud: The Witches by Roald Dahl ✓

  5. Kid Read Aloud: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo ✓

  6. Kid Read Aloud: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar ✓

  7. Kid Read Aloud: Sweep by Jonathan Auxier ✓

  8. Kid Read Aloud: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✓

  9. Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston

  10. Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett

  11. Kid Book Club: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf ✓

  12. Fantasy: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

  13. Fantasy: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

  14. Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

  15. Science Fiction: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

  16. Historical Fiction: Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig

  17. Romance: Ruthless by Anne Stuart

  18. Romance: Reckless by Anne Stuart

  19. Romance: The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score

  20. Romance: So Not Meant to Be by Meghan Quinn

  21. Romance: Bride by Ali Hazelwood

  22. Horror: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

  23. Horror: What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell

  24. Horror: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

  25. Horror: Dark Waters by Katherine Arden

  26. Nonfiction: The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart - in progress, slow and steady read

  27. Nonfiction: Toil & Trouble by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

  28. Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 1

  29. Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 2

  30. Comics: The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

  31. Comics: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 8558 pages
Pages Remaining: 249,312 pages

Current Read - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White; The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (10):

It’s my birthday month, so of course I got a free book from BOTM. Plus I grabbed one of the nominees for the best book of the year that I hadn’t already read.

  • A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

  • Murder Road by Simone St. James

  • Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

During my birthday day out, I went to two local bookstores and grabbed a few titles. From The Bookworm, I picked up:

  • Raising Critical Thinkers by Julie Bogart

  • Lone Women by Victor Lavalle

  • Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

  • The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

At Jackson Street Booksellers, I discovered:

  • DK The Ecology Book

  • Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson

  • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

  • The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

UnRead Shelf Progress

  • Starting Number: 325

  • Books Read: 3

  • Books Acquired: 10

  • Books Unshelved: 2

  • Finishing Number: 330

April TBR Pile:

  1. Bookworms BC: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

  2. Friend BC: Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

  3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: NONE

  4. Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston

  5. Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett

  6. Kid Book Club: Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr

  7. Fantasy: A Tale Dark and Grim by Adam Gidwitz

  8. Horror: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

  9. Horror: Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden

  10. Comics: Lore Olympus Vol. 4

  11. Comics: Die Vol. 1

  12. Comics: Die Vol. 2

  13. Comics: Die Vol. 3

  14. Comics: Die Vol. 4

Movies Watched

  • Argyle

  • Lisa Frankenstein

  • Road House

TV Shows Watched

  • Bachelor

  • Below Deck

  • Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist S2

  • Monarch

  • Dick Turpin

  • Shōgun

  • SAS: Rogue Heroes

Comments - Another big month for reading! I didn’t read that many off my shelves this month, but still read a ton.

Next up on the TBR pile: