Month in Review: March 2020

So…anyone else still struggling to find a new normal? I think what is most frustrating is the not knowing how long this is going to last. I normally work from home, so that wasn’t an adjustment, but what is an adjustment is being able to head out when I want to – head to a bookstore to just wander aimlessly or head out to Starbucks just to grab a drink and sit there and enjoy my drink while I read. Or most importantly, go visit my nieces and nephews! I know things will get better and I am trying to keep a positive outlook, but some days it is hard. 

Thank goodness for books, right? While I did read my usual amount, I thought I might have read more, but I was a little distracted with the news. I’m hoping April is a little better – I really am trying to stay off social media a little more just to keep my sanity…and hopefully the weather will get warmer soon so I can read outside more!

 

Reading Stats:

• Read this month: 22
• Year to date: 68
  

Books Read:  

1. Hide Away — Jason Pinter (audio book)
2. Girl Can’t Help It — Max Allan Collins (audio book)
3. The Sea of Lost Girls — Carol Goodman
4. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant — Kayte Nunn
5. What It Seems — Emily Bleeker
6. Little Lovely Things — Maureen Joyce Connelly (audio book)
7. Lying in Wait — Liz Nugent
8. The Operator — Gretchen Berg
9. No Bad Deed — Heather Chavez
10. In Five Years — Rebecca Serle (audio book)
11. A Good Neighborhood — Therese Anne Fowler
12. Eight Perfect Murders — Peter Swanson
13. Problem Child –Victoria Helen Stone
14. Darling Rose Gold — Stephanie Wrobel
15. The Familiar Dark — Amy Engel
16. Please See Us — Caitlin Mullen (e-book)
17. Summer of ’79: A Summer of ’69 Story — Elin Hilderbrand (e-book)
18. Target Alex Cross — James Patterson
19. Miss Austen — Gill Hornby (e-book)
20. Watching From the Dark — Gytha Lodge
21. The Eighth Girl — Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
22. The Missing Sister — Elle Marr (audio book)

  
Favorite Books of March:   

• A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
• The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel
• The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

 

Challenges:

Once
again I am participating in #TheUnreadShelfProject2020, hosted by
@theunreadshelf. I will be posting monthly updates both here and over on
Instagram.

#TheUnReadShelfProject2020:

*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: 164
• Books read this month (that count): 2
• Books bought/received as gift this month: 8
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of March: 170

 

 YTD Stats:  

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 158
• Total Books read from shelves (that count): 7
• Total Books bought/received as gift: 19
• Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of March: 170