The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Ah the start of Spring and finally winter fading into actual sunshine and baby lambs.

What did you end up reading in March? Was it a good reading month? Did anything particularly spark your interest?

Oh Yes, very! I ended up reading 7 books:

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I'm pretty happy with this number, since I'm usually very busy with uni and don't have enough time to read as much as I would like! :)

The art of war

I read:
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
La ciudad y los perros (The Time of the Hero)
Ivanhoe
Spice & Wolf, Vol. 11: Side Colors II

Would've read more, but Paradise Lost took me longer than I thought. It was great though. I also read my first Lovecraft, that was nice too.

I read 6 books in March, it was a disappointing reading month. My books were just OK.
I, Robot
The Sun Also Rises
Father Goriot
The Once and Future King
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
Help the Poor Struggler

I read 5 books in March and thought it was a good month. I started multiple books that were 800-1400 pages long and that I will most likely be reading for several months. These are the ones I finished.

The Angry Tide
Sorcerer to the Crown
Strange Fruit
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

March was a rather good month for me. I got a lot of reading done which surprised me a bit. The easter weekend was really helpful, I guess :)

This is what I read:
Die Rückkehr des Sherlock Holmes
More Than This
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
The Girl on the Train
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Armada

Also finished:
Beastly Bones (February leftover)
Oliver Twist (November leftover)

I read 10 books in March, and some of them were really good ones:

A Clash of Kings - February leftover, not as good as the first one in my opinion, but still a good read
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches - a bit disappointing, though not bad
The Harmony Silk Factory - loved it!
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope - the best book of the year so far
Mosquitoes - the worst book of the year so far, LOL!
Brain over Binge - interesting but controversial
Son - a nice end to The Giver Quartet
The Little World of the Past - boring, but not that bad
The Call of the Wild - disappointing, but nice nonetheless
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - very very good, another 5 stars

Julia London Cedar Springs Series- It was nice contemporary reads.

Marina-
I just bought The Body Keeps the Score. Glad to see you've recommended it so highly!

I was in a bit of a reading slump in March but still read several books:

All the Birds in the Sky - a blend of sci-fi and fantasy - highly recommend.
What Alice Forgot Good read, not great.
American Housewife: Stories - a satirical collection of short stories - a little snarky but I enjoyed it.
The Sea of Tranquility I'm not a big YA reader but read this for a challenge prompt and liked it.
Death of a Nurse Hamish Macbeth is always a good cozy mystery read. Makes me want to go to Scotland.
The Sympathizer A bit uneven; I wanted to enjoy it more than I did.

Renee wrote: "Marina-
I just bought The Body Keeps the Score. Glad to see you've recommended it so highly!"

If you're interested in trauma you'll love it!

The perks of being a wallflower

I read 9 books in March :3

Macbeth - read this for school and is was better than expected, but nothing that changed my life.
City of Bones - amazing writing style and world. Loved it
The Raven Boys - Perfection
The Dream Thieves - Perfection 2.0
Cold Spell - Retelling fo the Snow Queen and it was really good
Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Perfection 3.0
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Simply amazing
City of Ashes - Better than the first book
Prodigy - Cry worthy

I read nothing in March, but April seems to be going a little stronger!