March was quite a busy month with a short trip to Uruguay, a wedding and my birthday taking away a lot of my reading time, but somehow I still managed to read more than I expected. A few rainy days and quite a lot of quick reads made it possible to almost reach the halfway mark of my Goodreads goal already! 😀 And since down here in Argentina it’s Autumn right now, I’m sure the colder (and sometimes wet) weather will help me read a lot more in the months to come.
- Number of books read in March: 18 (+1 reread)
- Total number of books read this year: 47 (+1 reread)
- Total number of pages read in March: 5.581
- Total number of pages read this year: 14.791
I managed to read a lot of books in the end in March, but none of them received a rating higher than 4 stars. In fact, 11 books received a 3 star rating or below, with one of them even being my first DNF ever. All in all quite disappointing; I’m keeping my fingers crossed next month’s reads will be better! On the brighter side: I’m right on track with my book reviews, which is a small miracle by itself. Some of them haven’t been posted yet, but are already scheduled. 😉
4 STARS: Wow, this was really good. Close to amazing!
Kindred Spirits – by Rainbow Rowell // One – by Sarah Crossan // REREAD: Red Queen – by Victoria Aveyard // The Bookshop Book – by Jen Campbell // Random – by Tom Leveen
3.5 STARS: Great read. Really entertaining!
The Miniaturist – by Jessie Burton // Dead Until Dark – by Charlaine Harris
3 STARS: It was a nice read, but not fantastic.
The Secrets Of Lake Road – by Karen Katchur // Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? – by Mindy Kaling // Apple And Rain – by Sarah Crossan // Beautiful Darkness – by Kami Garcia // Where Things Come Back – by John Corey Whaley
2.5 STARS: I give this one the benefit of the doubt. Nothing too exciting.
Steel Scars – by Victoria Aveyard // Glass Sword – by Victoria Aveyard
2 STARS: It was ok. But mostly ‘meh’.
Queen Song – by Victoria Aveyard // Ugly Love – by Colleen Hoover // Disclaimer – by Renée Knight
1 STAR: Boy, this one gave me a hard time. Not a book to touch again.
Eve – by Iris Johansen
0 STARS (DNF): I didn’t even bother to finish this one. Absolutely and totally horrible!
The Liar’s Chair – by Rebecca Whitney
A new year means new challenges… I decided to join in total four yearly challenges this time, and so far I’m right on track with all of them. Hopefully I will be able to keep this up! 😀
# CHALLENGES #
- Goodreads Reading Challenge: 47/100
- Reading Through The Centuries Challenge: 2/10
- 2016 When Are You Reading? Challenge: 7/12
- The 2016 Bookish Bingo Challenge: 24/35
As for my other blogging goals… I haven’t been paying a lot of attention to them and only managed to squeeze in my first reread of 2016. My TBR pile is still hopeless and I should work on those classics, Spanish reads and older reviews… My running has been put on hold temporarily until my knee agrees to behave again, but hopefully I will be working on my 5km goal again some time this month.
# OTHER READING/BLOGGING GOALS #
- Read at least 5 classics (rereads don’t count): 0/5
- Complete at least 5 series (rereads don’t count): 3/5 (the murder complex/never never/veronica mars)
- Reread at least 3 books: 1/3 (red queen)
- Bring my physical TBR pile below 200 books: 285/200
- Read at least one book over 800 pages: 0/1 (longest book 608 pages)
- Read at least 5 books in Spanish: 1/5
Join at least 5 challenges during the year- Finish older reviews that haven’t been posted yet: 4/10
- Update older reviews to new format: 4/14
- Reach 5km running! 2300m/5000m
Happy April and Happy Reading!
Wow, you are powering through your goals! Here’s to some 5 star reads during April!
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Thanks! Fortunately enough I already finished one the other day. 😀
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I am always impressed at your reading stats 🙂 Here’s to next month bringing you lots of 5 star books!
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Thanks! 😀
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Impressive number of books read! Yay for getting reviews caught up too – I managed to do that all last week after being weeks behind. I’m sorry you didn’t have a book over 4 stars this month – I hope next month there are some really epic reads.
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Thanks! I’m always behind with reviews haha, but like you I sat down last week and did a review marathon… Scheduling posts does take the pressure off blogging. 😉 I’m having high hopes this month will bring some great books!
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Well done. That’s an awesome amount of books! Hope your April is great too.
I have the Miniaturist but still haven’t picked it up – I think the urge to do so has lessened somehow – I do love the cover though!
Lynn 😀
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Thanks! The Miniaturist is a really interesting read and I loved the setting… It’s not perfect, but definitely worth reading. 🙂
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You’re doing so well already and it’s only the beginning of April! I’m sure you’ll finish most of your goals 🙂 I really want to read Kindred Spirits; I love Rainbow Rowell 🙂
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Thanks! Kindred Spirits is definitely worth reading; such a cute novella and 100% Rainbow Rowell. 😀
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Hope April reading is a bit more rewarding for you. I’ve come to the conclusion that challenges are designed to be broken …..
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Very true; I’m keeping my fingers crossed this month’s reads will be more rewarding.
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Ohhhh. Rainbow rowell has a new book???
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It’s a novella she published for World Book Day, but definitely worth reading. 😀
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Ahhh! How could I not know that?? Will check this out asap. Thanks!
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