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.
- Poison & Lies (Spellcaster Academy 8) by Jenetta Penner / 4 stars // ARC
- On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (Wingfeather Saga 1) by Andrew Peterson / 2,5 stars // ARC
- The Electric Heir (Feverwake 2) by Victoria Lee / 4 stars // ARC
- The Mystery of the Black Flower (Duftapotheke 2) by Anna Ruhe / 4 stars
- The Serpent’s Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond 1) by Sayantani DasGupta / 4 stars
- Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke / 4 stars
- City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake 1) by Victoria Schwab / 3,5 stars
- The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho / 4 stars // ARC
- Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co. 2) by Anna James / 5 stars
- Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake 2) by Victoria Schwab / 3 stars
- Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestors 3) by Mark Lawrence / 4 stars
- The Girl and the Stars (Book of the Ice 1) by Mark Lawrence / 5 stars // ARC
- Drowned Country (Greenhollow 2) by Emily Tesh / 5 stars // ARC
- 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.
Wish I had less news and more books in March, well done for reading 14.
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I hope grandpa recovers quickly. Congrats on reading 14 books. I hope you have a good April.
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I’ve been meaning to read more of Schwab’s books, but haven’t had the time! I’m amazed you read so many books in March! I’m struggling to find Me Time in all this madness.
Lindsi @ Do You Dog-ear? 💬
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Oof, what a rough month. But it looks like you had some good reads, at least. I hope April looks better for you than March!
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Sounds like March was a good reading month, even if everything else went topsy-turvey. I agree, though, what even is normal anymore?
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March was the longest year of my life, but it is oddly calming to know so much of the global community is in it together. I hope your fil recovers quickly.
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I enjoyed City of Ghosts, and I want to read Tunnel of Bones soon. I’m sorry your son has had a bit of a rough time lately. I imagine it’s tough for the younger kids!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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Great wrap-up article! I’ve come across so many new books/authors that I want to get aquatinted with now haha! Always love coming across wrap ups like these that are so beautifully put together! I’m a bit behind on it all seeing I haven’t been doing anything with book blogging for a while, but I’ll be getting back on track with everything now including leaving some replies from now on – because I love reading your blog!
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Ik heb het idee dat ik hier elke maand zeg dat ik hoop dat de volgende beter zal zijn voor jou en je gezin. Tot nu toe zonder al te veel effect. Wat een jaar is 2020 tot nu toe al geweest zeg. Maar ik blijf gewoon zowel voor julle als voor mezelf hopen dat het zo snel mogelijk mag beteren.
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You had a great reading month! I read City of Ghosts and Tunnel of Bones and enjoyed them enough that I will pick up book #3, which I think comes out this fall. I hope your April is going as well as it can and that COVID-19 hasn’t personally impacted you, your family, or friends.
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I definitely feel for people with little kids right now—I’m sure it adds a huge extra layer of stress to everything else that’s going on!! Hope April is a little better and you guys have found some routine!
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March was rough. I hope April was somewhat better. Better weather for you anyway, I think. (((((((HUGS))))))) 💜
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