Dancing Out of March 2020

March was the weirdest and longest month. With covid-19 hitting most of us, I expect I won’t be the only one who feels like that…

The Numbers

In March I read a total of 14  books which makes the total of 2020 39 books read.
Of the 14 books 13 books were fantasy and 1 book was sci-fi.
Out of the 31 days of March I read 16 days which amounted to a total of 3767 pages. My best reading day was March 9th  with 562 pages.
The rating average of this month was 4.

1.  Poison & Lies (Spellcaster Academy 8) by Jenetta Penner / 4 stars // ARC
   
2. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (Wingfeather Saga 1) by Andrew Peterson / 2,5 stars // ARC
3. The Electric Heir (Feverwake 2) by Victoria Lee / 4 stars // ARC
4. The Mystery of the Black Flower (Duftapotheke 2) by Anna Ruhe / 4 stars
5. The Serpent’s Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond 1) by Sayantani DasGupta / 4 stars
6. Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke / 4 stars
7. City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake 1) by Victoria Schwab / 3,5  stars
8. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho / 4 stars // ARC
9. Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co. 2) by Anna James / 5 stars
10. Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake 2) by Victoria Schwab / 3 stars
11. Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestors 3) by Mark Lawrence / 4 stars
12. The Girl and the Stars (Book of the Ice 1) by Mark Lawrence / 5 stars // ARC
13. Drowned Country (Greenhollow 2) by Emily Tesh / 5 stars // ARC
14. When the Moon was Ours by Anne-Marie McLemore / 4 stars

Read: 0
Total: 3/15

April Plan: Wyrd Sisters | Guards! Guards!

Read: 1
Total: 3/15
My E-arc copy of The Electric Heir was over 500 pages so that totally counted.

April Plan: I mean, I don’t know. I have a lot of plans but none for reading a 500+ page book but I do have a lot of plans for May for those so…

Read: 7
Physical: 7
Ebook: 0
Total: 13

April TBR: Crown of Feathers | Iron Cast | The Gathering | Guards! Guards! | Wyrd Sisters

Read for #MiddleGradeMarch: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness | The Mystery of the Black Flower | The Serpent’s Secret | Igraine the Brave | City of Ghosts | Tilly and the Lost Fairytales | Tunnel of Bones

⌘ I’m sure this was a weird month for everyone with covid-19 hitting the western countries fairly hard. In the Netherlands they decided to close down school in the middle of the month, including pre-school, until April 6th (now April 28th). So Merijn has been home. Most people have to work from home if possible.

⌘ Husband works at a supermarket and his job has been marked vital which amuses me. But yeah he has been working 4-5 days a week still.

⌘ Merijn has been having a hard time not having pre-school and searched very hard for some structure. We ended up choosing to use pictograms for a day structure and that has helped him. But he has regressed in certain behaviours because of all the stress (points down below) and change.

⌘ Unfortunately grandpa (fil) had a cerebral hemorrhage and that affected Merijn a lot too. At the end of the month he was admitted to a rehabilitation center to work on getting better. But overal he got extremely lucky with how much damage was done. We’re mostly worried about his eyes at this point.

⌘ So one can imagine that I have no idea what is up or down anymore. Things are all over the place and what is even normal?

Announcements and the Like
⌘ All Systems Go | The Murderbot Readalong | #allsystemsgo
⌘ O.W.L.S. 2020 | Magical Readathon Sign-Up
⌘ Vote for April’s Readalong Book | Turtle Recall
⌘ Turtle Recall | April Readalong Book

Wrap Ups and Other Memes
⌘ Dancing out of February 2020
⌘ Best of the Bunch // February 2020
⌘ Short Stacks #8 / A Few More I Read in 2019
⌘The End of an Adventure | Pondathon 2020 Wrap Up
⌘ Show Your Bujo Theme| March // Link-Up

Reviews
⌘ On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (Wingfeather Saga 1) by Andrew Peterson | ARC
⌘ The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
⌘ The Electric Heir (Feverwake 2) by Victoria Lee | Arc
⌘Thorn by Intisar Khanani | Arc
⌘ The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan
⌘Poison & Lies (Spellcaster Academy 8) by Jenetta Penner | Arc
⌘ The Serpent’s Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond 1) by Sayantani DasGupta

Top Ten Tuesday
⌘ 8 Books With Single Word Titles That I Loved
⌘ Four Favorite Authors to Follow on Twitter
⌘ Books on My Spring 2020 TBR
⌘ Middle Grade Stories I Really Want to Share with My Son in the Future
⌘ Eight Signs I’m a Book Lover

Discussions, Topics and the Like
⌘ Book Haul #51 | In Which I Am Behaving on the Physical Book Buying Front…
⌘ The Finished Books // Book Tag
⌘ Turtle Recall Reading Guide / Discworld Collector’s Library / Gollancz & Doubleday
⌘ The Great Series Read Project
⌘ Why It Is Fine to Read Middle Grade as an Adult

 

Blogs

⌘ Fadwa from Word Wonders is sharing her 2020 reading spreadsheet with you all.
⌘ Wyrd and Wonder is back this May!
⌘  Jackie B. from Death by Tsondoku shares 10 ways to manage stress and anxiety.
⌘  Sammie from The Writerly Way shares how to decide which blogs to follow. And she sharessome middle grade recs for the curious adult mind.
⌘ KJ Mulder from Worlds in Ink created the Stay Far, Far Away Bingo Reading Challenge.
⌘ Run Along The Shelves has The Book Tempter’s TBR Book Challenge going for about 12 weeks.

 

This monthly wrap up will be linked up with the monthly one by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction. This so we can blog hop to each others wrap ups easier.