March Wrap Up | 2020

I have had a really awful month of reading this month, I think my anxiety about COVID-19 has really gotten in way of my reading. I really wanted this month to be a continuation of the previous months but it just wasn’t to be. I’m hoping that April will be a turnaround month and I can pick up the steam again. Plus I don’t want to lose track of my challenges, if you want to know more about the challenges, I did a whole post about them here as well as two posts of TBRs for them, part one & part two & part three.

On with the wrap up:

• 7 books read
• 0 e-arcs
• 4131 pages
• 14 blog posts published (not including this one)
• 28/107 books read for Goodreads Challenge (4 books ahead)
• 18/50 prompts completed for the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
• 9/26 letters completed for the A-Z Reading Challenge
• 14/52 prompts completed for the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge.

• Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb | I have heard amazing things about this series and I wanted to start reading it and see what I thought. I definitely think this one was a little slow but I am willing to give the other books a chance.
• House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas | My most anticipated book of the year and it didn’t disappoint! I do think the first 50 pages were a little odd and slow going but the rest of the book was fantastic!
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling| I am listening to these on Audible and I’m really loving the experience, this is definitely my least favourite of the books!
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt | This was definitely a book of two halves, the first half was one of my favourite reads ever but the second half kind of lost me a little. I thought it lost its way a little and I couldn’t get behind the characters or the ending.

• A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton | I may have found another series to read because this one made me happy, I wasn’t sure on the writing style and I thought some of it was a little rushed but I will be picking up the next one in the series.
• The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski | This was one I wanted to read more so I could watch the TV show on Netflix. I’m not completely sold on it but I’m willing to give it another shot with the next in the series.
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling | I can’t believe I managed to listen to both of these this month but I’m excited to get to the end. I cried with the ending of this one, definitely one of my favourites.

I have a lot of missed books this month, I definitely didn’t hit as many books or read as much as I wanted this month, but I have listened to two audiobooks and I’m halfway through another. So there is that. I’m hoping that next month this is list is a lot shorter.

• No Fences in Alaska by Glen Sobey | I have to say I couldn’t get through the slut-shaming and odd reaction to rape in this book. I may go back to it a little later but for now, this one is not high on my list to read.
• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly| I think my expectations of this book got in the way of me enjoying this one. I couldn’t keep a track of what was going on and it felt like there was so much information thrown and it wasn’t linear I just didn’t enjoy it.
• The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson | Not a lot I can say about this one other than I’m not doing my work book club anymore so I don’t need to read this one!

• [1 Mar] February Wrap Up | 2020
• [3 Mar] March TBR | 2020
• [5 Mar] The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden ★★★★½
• [7 Mar] My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman, Henning Koch ★★★★½
• [9 Mar] The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows ★★★★
• [11 Mar] Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers ★★★½
• [13 Mar] Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton ★★★★
• [15 Mar] House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas ★★★★
• [17 Mar] Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb ★★★½
• [19 Mar] Reading Challenges TBR #3
• [21 Mar] COVID-19 & Me | Anxiety Tips
• [23 Mar] The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt ★★★★½
• [25 Mar] A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton ★★★★½
• [27 Mar] Audiobooks for 2020
• [29 Mar] March Wrap Up | 2020
• [31 Mar] The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski ★★★½

What did you manage to read this month? Anything good? Let me know in the comments!