March Recap

[Zaz, Mood Minion]

What did you read this past month? Following the order or not ;)
(February recap is available here for those who joined later or missed it)

My list
The original Challenge:
10. a mystery or thriller: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ****
11. a book with a one-word title: Genesis *****
12. a book of short stories: Through the Woods ****
+ The Lottery and Other Stories ***
13. a book set in a different country: The Mango Season *****
16. a book from an author you love that you haven't read yet: I Shall Wear Midnight *****
32. a trilogy (the first): Theft of Swords ****

Side-reads
Books:
Ravage **
The Time Machine ****
Scarlet and the Keepers of Light ****
P.O.W.ER ****

Short free stories:
During the Dance *****
Select Mode ****
Greener Grass ****
The Axe ****
This Chance Planet: A Tor.Com Original ****

I'm starting to move side-reads in the challenge as I want free time at the end of the year to read some choice award books, so I'll do a bit of out of order. This month doing this was helpful as I had to change my one word book because it was bad and 2 other weeks were not really entertaining.
I decided to read some free short stories on weekends, so I didn't read my usual graphic novels :)

[Emily]

Ugh. March has been a tough month for me! It's been a busy month, not as much time for reading as I would have liked.

So far I've read:

Side Reads
*The Lost World by Michael Crichton
*The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
*The Damned by Andrew Pyper
*Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

All very good books, but none that I had placed for this challenge. If I'm falling behind later in the year, I'll go through and place some of the side reads, because I know they'll fit in some categories. But I'm going to try and stick with my plans as much as I can.

As for the Challenge List, I'll have one book finished by the end of today:
Week 8: Funny Book - The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

Been slacking on this Challenge a bit. I'll try and get back to it in April.

[Laura, Mod]

This month my reading really picked up and I was able to finish much more than I had in previous months. I also really liked everything I read :)

Falling into Place by Amy Zhang (Week 38: Set in High School)
The Selection by Kiera Cass (Week 32: Trilogy Book 1)
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (Week 40: A book that makes you cry)
Where She Went by Gayle Forman (Week 29: Somewhere You've Always Wanted to Visit)
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Week 45: Hometown)
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Week 26: Memoir)
In the Woods by Tana French (Week 10: Mystery/Thriller)

Side audiobook: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Currently reading: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

[Marina]

I think I did okay when it comes to reading in march. All the books was either from my challenge-list or I managed to fit the book into the list after reading it.

9. A female author: Me Before You
10. Mystery or thriller: Reconstructing Amelia
11. One-word titel: Atonement
32. Trilogy (the first book): The Fellowship of the Ring
12. Short stories: Interpreter of Maladies
38. Set in high school: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
13. Set in different country: Sarum: The Novel of England (I've read the first half)

The Fellowship of the Ring wasn't my original idea for week 32, but if I want to complete the challenge I can't have to many side-reads.
I feel like I'm behind schedule now because Sarum is taking me longer to read than I had planned. But I've read a couple of books from the weeks to come, so hopefully there'll be time to catch up!

[Grace Meredith]

I know I read an awful lot, but I was trying to catch up with my challenge. 22 books in all.

The original challenge in the order I read them:

Week 17: Midnight Magic
Week 51: The Importance of Being Earnest
Week 1: Gone with the Wind
Week 36: The Great Gatsby
Week 29: The Diary of a Young Girl
Week 10: The Moonstone
Week 43: The Book Thief
Week 11: Insurgent
Week 3: The Princess Bride
Week 41: Howl's Moving Castle
Week 12: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Other Stories
Week 37: Fahrenheit 451
Week 13: Cutting for Stone


Side-Reads:

Divergent
Allegiant
The Fault in Our Stars
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
City of Bones
Four: A Divergent Story Collection

[Cait]

I've had a bit of a slow month for books this month. I had a lot of long and slow books that I struggled to get through or which were very easy to put down and not pick back up!

Challenge reads:
The Game by Laurie R. King (Week 9, a book by a female author) - Started in February but finished in March
Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle (Week 10, mystery or thriller)
Filth by Irvine Welsh (Week 11, one word title)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (Week 12, collection of short stories)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Week 13, set in another country) - Started in March, finished in April

Side reads:
Lastnight by Stephen Leather
The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue by Anonymous, translated by Katrina C. Attwood
Blood Bath by Stephen Leather
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel

[Sarah]

The original Challenge:
Week 9 (female author) The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Week 11 (one word title) Omens by Kelley Armstrong
Week 12 (short stories) Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Week 13 (different Country) Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur
Week 16 (favorite author) The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts

Side Reads this month:
Changeless by Gail Carriger
Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur

Started but didn't finish:
Week 10 (A mystery or thriller) The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Calbraith