March turned out to be busier than expected! Overtime at work carried through to the end of the month. I think I ended up doing something like 35 hours of OT in March. I have also been visiting my Grandpa a lot while my parents are away on vacation. Overtime is finished now, my parents return in a few days, and I have adjusted my work schedule so I frequently have Fridays off. Perhaps I’ll be able to return to eight posts/month for April… at least March saw me reading better books than in February!
Books Finished
- Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
- The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
- When Fragments Make a Whole: A Personal Journey through Healing Stories in the Bible by Lory Widmer Hess
- Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes
- The Winter Garden by Alexandra Bell
- Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys #3) by Seanan McGuire
Books Reviewed
- As part of 2024 Review Round Up #1:
- Mislaidn in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children #9) by Seanan McGuire (adult portal fantasy)
- Long Lost by Jacqueline West (MG speculative fiction)
- The Stone Child (Misewa Saga #3) by David A. Robertson (MG speculative fiction)
- Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon (MG contemporary fiction)
- Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz (MG contemporary fiction)
- Gently to Nagasaki by Joy Kogawa (memoir)
Posts Written
- Described the process of updating my review archive
- Discussed The Winter Garden with my Mom for Family Reads
Challenges Check-In
This section tallies up my annual goals. (Posts and views are the only two metrics which are per month.)
- 4/30 middle grade fiction novels (excluding rereads)
- 3/9 Family Reads
- 1/6 “I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read that Yet”
- 21/81 books read
- Reviewed 52%/40% of what I read (that’s 11/21)
- I’m counting two of the five ‘reviews’ I wrote in my Round Up post for this stat
- Reread The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings – have not started but I’m getting the itch! I may pick up LotR this month.
- 5/8 posts in March
- The OT made this challenging, so I’m pleased that I even got 5 posts done!
- 2,323/2,200 views in March
- Pleased to see this number back up after the February drop, even though I posted the same amount of times as in February.
- 1/12 books for 2024 Booktempter’s TBR Challenge
- I made a graphic for this which I forgot to include in my January wrap up. However, I didn’t make progress on this challenge in
FebruaryMarch so I guess I’ll save it for another month 😛
- I made a graphic for this which I forgot to include in my January wrap up. However, I didn’t make progress on this challenge in
On My Radar in April
Representation indicated below AFAIK (I haven’t read these books). Please notify me of any errors or places where I can be more specific.
- 9 April – Release date of Keeping Pace by Laurie Morrison (MG contemporary), The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (historical fantasy) and A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland (sapphic historical fantasy)
- 13 April – Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon
- 16 April – Release date of Earthflown by Wren Frances (queer scifi dystopia)
How was your March? What new books, or bookish events, are you looking forward to this month?
