January and February were really great reading months for me. March has been even better! I managed to read 3 books for The Classics Club and 1 for the TBR Pile Challenge.
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| Yay books! |
Here’s what I read this month:
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Historia, Historia by Eleanor Stanford
- Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
- Capital of the World by Charlene Mires
- The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
- Indiscretion by Charles Dubow
- Sticks and Stones by Emily Bazelon
- Between Man and Beast by Monte Reel
- Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (Classics Club)
- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
- The Confidant by Helene Gremillon
- Fever by Mary Beth Keane
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
- The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran
- Marbles by Ellen Forney
- The Clover House by Henriette Power
- Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone
- The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Classics Club)
- We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
- Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
- The Liar’s Gospel by Naomi Alderman
- The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (Classics Club & TBR Pile Challenge)
- The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin
You have read 57 books toward your goal of 125 books.
Awesome, you’re 27 books (21%) ahead of schedule!
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| I have a good feeling about April |
How was March for YOU? I hope it was stupendous!
The Relentless Reader 
Ohhh now I feel ashamed of the little amount of books I have read in March!Anyway, the most important thing is to enjoy the readings!
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Your reading accomplishments put mine to shame. SHAME I tell you!
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Wow! I guess the long winter helped for reading so many books! I still get distracted by online Literati word games and online backgammon when my eyes get tired!
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I am aghast, I am agog! That's a lot of books. Well done!
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Good lord, woman! Stop making the rest of us look bad!! (just kidding, of course, as that is seriously awesome.)
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Um, yeah. I feel bad, now. LOL You must be a super-fast reader. There are some chunksters in that pile — quite a few of them, actually. I think I read about a dozen or so, but that includes children's picture books.
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If I read half as many books I'm doing well!
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Holy wow you had a productive March! I loved Devil in the White City, and since I live in Chicago I think it made it more interesting. I'm going to check out a few of the books from your March collection–specifically Moloka'i and Dangerous Liaisons!
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WTF HOW DID YOU READ THIS MANYAnd here I was all proud of myself. Damn, woman.
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You are smokin'! I think you are going to need to write a hall of fame post pretty soon. With 57 books already for the year, you should do a hall of fame post quarterly. I'd love to know what your absolutely favorite books are for the year.
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24 books! You are a cyborg! Nice work, chica.
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I just looked at your classics bookclub list – I love Anna K… might be my favorite classic. I JUST finished The Great Gatsby over the weekend… is this a classic?You had a stellar month! I need to finish my March wrap up post.Have a great week!
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I've read 20 books so far this year…lol. Stinking job and kids take too much time 😉 But it puts me at 20/50 or 40% of my Goodreads challenge. I'm 8 books ahead. I might actually have to up my goal for the year!I would absolutely love to read 24 books in a month. I can't wait for summer.
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No reader shame allowed! 🙂 It doesn't matter how many books you read as long as you're READING! 😀
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I'd take quality over quantity any day. Luckily I had both, ha ha!
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Hmm..literati word games? Tell me more! 😉
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Thank you ever so much 🙂 I'm quite pleased!
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Haha, thanks friend 😉 I've never kept track of my reading before this year. I always knew I read a lot but I didn't realize just HOW much.
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I am a super fast reader so don't you feel bad missy! I forbid it 😉
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I'm not normal, keep that in mind! 😉
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This was my most bookish month, no lie. I'm a Midwestern girl too and I really like reading books set in our area 🙂
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You should still be proud of yourself lady!
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Thanks Heidi! Hmm..I've never thought of doing that but maybe I should? I don't know, I'm too wimpy to even pick my favorite book of the month, ha ha. Maybe I'll give it a whirl! If I did it quarterly I'd have to do it SOON 🙂
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I should have named this blog Robot Reader. Ha ha 😉 Thanks Kelly!
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The Great Gatsby is absolutely a classic! In fact, it's on my list too. Right? I don't know, lol. It's so hard to remember which ones are on that darn list.Thanks! Same to you 🙂 Thanks for visiting!
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I've been thinking that I might have to up my goal as well! Job and kids…2 major detriments to the reading life 😉 My kids are older (youngest is 13) and I homeschool one of them. I'm very lucky that way, it leaves me plenty of reading time!
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Wow, that's almost a book a day! I also had a great reading month.
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Great to see that there is someone who read more books than I did in March! Thanks for reading that many. Makes me feel better. 🙂
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Wow, that is amazing!! I got though nine books this month, and I thought that was pretty good. I used to read more, but I think like is just going to continue to get in the way 🙂
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What a great month! I had a good week with reading and blogging, but now I need to get back to work on my other writing so it will probably slow down again. Joy's Book Blog
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I just finished Devil In The White City last week! Reminded me a lot of Bill Bryson's At Home (well, At Home + Serial Killing…)
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I'm glad to hear that Laura! March was good to us 🙂
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Ha ha! I do feel like some sort of reading freak! I'm glad you're out there doing the same 😉
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Stinkin' life~! Doesn't it know that there are books to be read?? 😉
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Thanks Joy! Finding a balance isn't always the easiest is it?
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+ Serial killing, lol. True! I don't think I've ever read Bryson, but I'd really like to get to A Short History. Thanks for visiting Rebecca!
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Congrats that is quite the March Madness! Hope April brings you as much success!
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I don't want to jinx you or anything but I think you are going to hit 200 this year. Go Jennifer, Go!
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TWENTY FOUR BOOKS????? You're awesome!!
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Thanks Tanya, it was a GREAT month of reading! 🙂
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I think I might too Belle! I keep thinking that I should raise my goal but I kinda like seeing myself slaughtering it, lol
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LOL! That made me laugh Rebecca 😉 Thanks friend!!
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Once again I bow to your reading prowess!
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So basically… I'm a serious slacker!! Haha. Well done, as always 🙂
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And 27 books ahead to boot. You're reading all that and quite obviously have lots of time for other activities (I know you joined Bloggiesta, for example). Wow, just wow.
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Thanks Sam! 😉
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No you aren't, I'm just a freak of nature 😉 Thanks Jade!
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I'll let you in on a little secret: You know that time turner necklace from Harry Potter? It's real and I have one! 😉 Ha ha, jk.
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Holy bonkers! You've had a busy reading month, hope they were mostly terrific 🙂
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I really lucked out with some fantastic reads this month!
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