March Reading Round-Up

We are already at the end of March. Started the month with my hubby in the hospital and ended with him home, but me suffering from gallbladder pain and shingles. Thank God for books! Here’s hoping April will be less stressful and less painful.

It’s time to share what I have been reading this past month.  I will summarize how I did with each challenge as well.

The total read for March was 23 books

Here is the breakdown:

Fantasy -7

Magical Realism – 1

Romance – 4

Historical romance – 1

Non-fiction – 2

Women’s fiction – 4

PB – 1

MG (fantasy) -1

I continue to record in more detail where the books originated – from the library, on my TBR shelves (bought/gifted or won) or an e-book. Here’s the breakdown

Library reads – 16       TBR/owned books –3        E-books –4 

 

 10 Favourite Reads

The overall favourite reads were books by 3 authors:

   

Nalini Singh (Archangel’s Light, Silver Silence, Ocean Light, Wolf rain, Alpha Night)

Mariah Stewart (An Invincible Summer, Goodbye, Again)

Jacqueline Sheehan (The Tiger in the House, Lost and Found)

7 other authors I enjoyed:

Amy Harmon: (What the Wind Knows)

Katee Robert (Neon Gods, Electric Idol)

Kelly Barnhill (The Ogress and the Orphans)

Roselle Lim (Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune)

Patricia Kay (Which End is Up?)

Dawn Dagle (A Hot Flash of Homicide)

Maria Shriver (I’ve Been Thinking)

 I am participating in quite a few challenges, but I have a few that are my favourites and have done these for a few years. Here are the books read for these challenges

 

POPSUGAR Ultimate Reading Challenge (Through Goodreads)

I read 9 books for this challenge.

#4 – Tiger in title or on cover – The Tiger in the House by Jacqueline Sheehan

#14 – Cutlery on the cover – Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

#15- by a Pacific Islander author – Nalini Singh (Silver Silence, Ocean Light, Wolf rain, Alpha Night)

#26 –has misleading title – Which End is Up? By Patricia Kay

#32 -has quote by fav. Author on front cover – Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan

#36 – book you know nothing about – What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

#39 – an #OwnVoices SFF – Archangel’s Light by Nalini Singh

Adv, #4, 5 – A duology: An Invincible Summer, Goodbye, Again by Mariah Stewart

 

52 Books in 52

I read 10 books this month for the challenge.

#2 – featuring a library or bookstore – Goodbye, Again by Mariah Stewart

#3 – title starts with “E” – Electric Idol by Katee Robert

#6 – household object on cover – Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

#14 – character with superhuman ability – Archangel’s Light by Nalini Singh

#36 – recommended by fav. Author – Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan

#39 – MG novel – The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

#43 – author published in more than one genre – Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

#46 – job title in title – The Wedding Crasher and the Cowboy by Robin Bielman

#48 – redo one of this year’s prompts but with diff. genre: #22 – unlikely detective: The Tiger in the House by Jacqueline Sheehan

#49 – Title starts with same letter as your 1^st name (B): – The Baby Switch by Melissa Senate

 

Monthly Key Word Challenge   

I used this key word this month: “End”, and read: Which End is Up? By Patricia Kay

 

Monthly Motif   

The theme this month was “Buzzed about Books from 2021”. I read: Archangel’s Light by Nalini Singh

Beyond the Bookends

The theme was “historical fiction”.  I read: What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

 

Diversify Your Reading   

The theme was “Fantasy” and I read lots: books by Nalini Singh (Archangel’s Light, Silver Silence, Ocean Light, Wolf rain, Alpha Night) and Katee Robert (Neon Gods, Electric Idol)

 

Romance Throughout the Year Challenge

The theme was “new culture” and I read: Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

 

Can you Read a Series in a Month?

I took part in “Can you Read a Series in a Month? and although I had hoped to read 2 series (Check my choices here), I did read 4 bools from the Psy-Changeling Trinity series by Nalini Singh ( Silver Silence, Ocean Light, Wolf Rain, Alpha Night), one more than the 3 I predicted.

Looking Ahead to April

I want to continue reading books from my TBR shelves. I hope to read several Middle Grade novels as well as some poetry books for April’s Poetry Month.

 

I am linking with the following:

Monthly Wrap-Up (At Feed Your Addiction)

Inspire Me Monday (at Create with Joy)