Month in Review: March 2019

According to the calendar, Spring is here, but Mother Nature isn’t quite playing nice as the temps are still a bit chilly. We’ve had some nice days where it has gotten up to the 50s and I’ve been able to sit outside for a bit and read on my front porch, but we’ve also had quite a few days where it’s only been in the 40s. I’m so ready for the warmer, dare I say, hot weather to be here! It was another great month for reading and I managed to mix-up my reading, throwing in a few historical fiction books in the mix. Do you stick to one genre or read a wide variety? I still love my psychological thriller/suspense/mysteries, but I’ve been trying to read more historical fiction as I really go enjoy that genre, too.

 

Reading Stats: 

• Read this month: 18
• Year to date: 52
  

Books Read:  

1. The Hunting Party — Lucy Foley
2. The Beautiful Strangers — Camille Di Maio (audio book)
3. Her Pretty Bones — Carla Kovach (e-book)
4. Her Father’s Secret — Sara Blaedel
5. Until the Day I Die — Emily Carpenter (audio book)
6. The Woman in the Dark — Vanessa Savage
7. The Wolf and the Watchman — Niklas Natt Och Dagg
8. The Secret Child — Caroline Mitchell (audio book)
9. Where the Forest Meets the Stars — Glendy Vanderah
10. Silenced— Kristina Ohlsson 
11. Beautiful Bad — Annie Ward
12. Private: Gold (Bookshots) — James Patterson
13. The Library of Lost and Found — Phaedra Patrick
14. The Huntress — Kate Quinn (audio book)
15. The 17th Suspect — James Patterson
16. Our Little Secret — Darren O’Sullivan
17. Girl Most Likely — Max Allan Collins (audio book)
18. Saving Meghan — D.J. Palmer

  
Favorite Books of March:   

• The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage
• Until the Day I Die by Emily Carpenter
• The Huntress — Kate Quinn

Challenges:

I am participating in 2 challenges/projects this year and I will be keeping be giving updates in these posts.

#UnReadShelfProject2019:

*These
numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a
while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review
books.

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of March: 185
• Books read in March (that count): 3
• Books bought/received as gift in March: 7
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of March: 189

 

 YTD Stats:  

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 186
• Total Books read from shelves (that count): 7
• Total Books bought/received as gift: 10
• Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of March: 189

 

 

#ThrillerThursdayChallenge:

• January’s Challenge: A Thriller from a debut author 
• Book read: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 
• February’s Challenge: A Thriller with one word title
• Book read: Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson
• March’s Challenge: A Thriller with the word “Woman” in the title
• Book read: The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage