A detailed look at March’s reading habits: My March Wrap includes 43 books read and three DNFs, with angst-driven plots. My April Hopefuls list includes prompts from a new challenge I’ve joined, the TBR Knockoff Challenge.
Overview
| March Blog Updates | March Bookish Posts |
|---|---|
| 📖 Weekly Wrap: February 28th to March 6th 📖 Weekly Wrap: March 7th to March 13th | 📚 32 Fantastical Books Read in January 📚 36 Climactic Books Read in February |
Outline
March Reflection and Into April
My March Wrap Up is yet another monthly wrap that I’m writing retroactively. March was really stressful, so of course, I read quite a few books 😅. I finished my re-read of SJM’s Throne of Glass series in March. Unsurprising that Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas was my longest read at 989 pages. Now, my goal for 2022 is to read an even longer book. Otherwise, Kingdom of Ash will be my longest book of the year for the 3rd year in a row!
In March, I only completed two books from my Hopefuls list: Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson and She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. I also started Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler but finished it in April. I’m hoping to get better at predicting my reading mood, which will hopefully help me prioritize all the unread books on my shelf 😅.
I want to figure out how to create a TBR for mood readers. I think the first step is putting fewer books on my TBR or creating a reading schedule to manage my reading time better. But, the likelihood of me doing the latter is low. I’ve seen mood reader TBR lists that are prompt-based, which has been my approach for my monthly Hopefuls. But, my goal in 2022 is to make a dent in my Up Next Shelf which means knocking off specific books each month. So far, the reading challenges have worked well for me but I want the books from my Up Next Shelf to become a larger percentage of the books I read.
I found it funny that my favourite and least favourite books of the month are from the same series (Beach Kingdom by Tessa Bailey)! My reviews of each book are below. Heat Stroke by Tessa Bailey was such a great romance (and great vibes) that I knew immediately after finishing it would be my favourite read of March.
Books I Read This Month
Key: 🔁 re-read | 🤓 reviewed on this blog | 📜 Up Next Shelf | 📲 eARC
• Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
• Chasing Cassandra (The Ravenels, #6) by Lisa Kleypas 🔁
• Tempt Me at Twilight (The Hathaways, #3) by Lisa Kleypas 🔁
• A Hathaway Wedding (The Hathaways, #2.5) by Lisa Kleypas
• Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins 🔁
• Heat Stroke (Beach Kingdom, #2) by Tessa Bailey
• The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1) by Tessa Dare
• Marrying Winterborne (The Ravenels, #2) by Lisa Kleypas 🔁
• Mouth to Mouth (Beach Kingdom, #1) by Tessa Bailey 🔁
• Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, #2) by Holly Jackson 📜
• Devil in Spring (The Ravenels, #3) by Lisa Kleypas 🔁
• Married by Morning (The Hathaways, #4) by Lisa Kleypas 🔁
• Hunted (The Feral Souls Trilogy, #1) by Erica Woods 🔁
• Assembly (The Feral Souls Trilogy, #2) by Erica Woods 🔁
• Following Maggie by Melanie Moreland 📲
• She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Empire, #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan 📜
• When He’s Sinful (The Olympus Pride, #3) by Suzanne Wright
• Shattering the Darkness (Pieces of Us, #4) by Kerry Taylor
• Embrace the Darkness (Maura Quinn, #1) by Ashley N. Rostek
• Father of the Bride by Chloe Maine
• Bulky by Jessa Kane 🔁
• The Elemental Collective: Volume 2 by Montana Ash
• Endure the Pain (Maura Quinn, #2) by Ashley N. Rostek
• Endurance (Maura Quinn, #2.5) by Ashley N. Rostek
• F*ckboy Psychos (Scarlett Force, #1) by C.M. Stunich
• Breaking the Speed Limit (Reynolds Restorations, #2) by Melanie Moreland 📲
• Blitz (The Storm Dragons’ Mate, #1) by M. Sinclair
• Before He Was Her Headmaster by Chloe Maine
• Lunar Witch (Phase of the Moon, #1) by M. Sinclair
• The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2) by Julia Quinn
• For Whom the Bell Tolls (Darkest Queen, #1) by Katie May and Ann Denton
• The Point of No Return by Devyn Sinclair
• A Baby for the Boss by Jessa Kane
• Secretary and the Cowboy (Justice, #6) by Ella Goode
• Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1) by Emiko Jean 📜
• Above the Shop by Chloe Maine
• Frivolous by Veronica Lancet
• Blade of Iris (Mafia Wars, #6) by K.A. Knight
• Sink or Swim (Beach Kingdom, #3) by Tessa Bailey
Book Types: Most books were on Kindle Unlimited (20).
Rating Distribution: There was a tie between 3-star and 4-star reads in March, with 15 books in each star rating.
March Breakdown
Want to Read from this month
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Most Favourite and Least Favourite*
*Can’t be a re-read
Most Favourite: Heat Stroke by Tessa Bailey. See why here.
Least Favourite: Sink or Swim by Tessa Bailey. See why here.
Longest and Shortest Books
Longest Book: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas ~ 989 pages
Shortest Book: A Hathaway Wedding by Lisa Kleypas ~ 28 pages
Statistics
Most Read Genre: Reverse Harem (12)
Origin Breakdown: Most of the books I read were “instant” reads (27), meaning I purchased/borrowed and immediately read them.
Most Read Author: Lisa Kleypas (6)
*Person of Colour includes non-white human characters in fantasy novels
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My April Hopefuls
This TBR list is published a bit retroactively. I’m still prioritizing my Up Next Shelf and have included books I didn’t get to in my previous months’ Hopefuls lists. But, I purposefully picked books from my Up Next Shelf that I read in April since this is being published in June 😅.
Up Next Prompt #1: Books About Books
Anticipated April Releases
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
Released April 5, 2022
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Released April 26, 2022
See my Upcoming Release page for more of the books I’m looking forward to in April!
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