#march wrap up

[bookishfreedom]

March Wrap-Up ☘️

this was a month of quantity AND quality. I somehow read… 18 books in March??? (Most not pictured because library/audio/ebooks) many of which are new favorites ❤️

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Read in March 2025

this was a good month but I got really sick at the end of it and my memory's gone kind of screwy so I can't exactly comment on favourites or anything this month. I read some books. good for me.

Nonfiction:

The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt - 5/5

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer - 2/5

Familiar authors:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - reread

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - reread

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - reread

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins - 4/5

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar - 3/5

Feed by Mira Grant - 3/5

Mossflower by Brian Jacques - 3/5

Wide Awake Now by David Levithan - 4/5

The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones - 4/5

Rolling in the Deep by Seanan McGuire - 5/5

Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire - 3/5

Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire - 3/5

Sparrowhill Road by Seanan McGuire - 2/5

When Among Crows by Veronica Roth - 3/5

Other reads:

Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram - 5/5

They Went Left by Monica Hesse - 4/5

This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska - 4/5

The Night Guest by Hildur Knuttsdottir - 3/5

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier - 4/5

Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier - 3/5

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion - 4/5

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows - 4/5

All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows - 4/5

Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill - 5/5

North is the Night by Emily Rath - 3/5

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo - 2/5

[aliteraryprincess]

March 2025 Wrap Up

Will I ever post my wrap ups in a timely manner? Who knows.

Books Read: 8

Look at all these 5 star reads! March was obviously a great reading month, despite finding what may end up being my least favorite book of the year. Too Much sounds like it's going to be a semi-academic work combining cultural criticism, literary criticism, and history. Yet most of it ends up being a memoir about the author's affair during grad school. And sorry not sorry, I have no sympathy for cheaters. I have even less for them when the book isn't supposed to be a memoir in the first place. My favorite of the month was Death of the Author, which is sitting at the top of my best books of the year list so far. I can't recommend it highly enough!

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher - 5 stars

The Golden Raven by Nora Sakavic - 5 stars

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - 4 stars

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou - 4.5 stars

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor - 5 stars

Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cote - 1.5 stars

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - 5 stars

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - 5 stars

On Tumblr:

There are some things here. Not as much as I would like. 🤷🏻‍♀️

February 2025 Wrap Up

Book Quotes: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Book Quotes: Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor

Book Quotes: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Asks: Margaret Oliphant Recommendations

Margaret Oliphant's Novels

On YouTube:

There are also some things here. Also not as much as I would like. The dissertation has just really been keeping me from making content.

February Wrap Up | 8 books, 1 DNF, and a mystery book!

The 18th-Century Novel Project | Love in Excess

Currently Reading 3/14/25

The BookTuber Bio Tag

April TBR/Pile of Possibilities | the TBR Clear Out Readathon, the Robinson Readalong, & more!

[freckles-and-books]

March wrap up

[somewherelostinbooks]

My March Wrap Up. Clearly, I went down a Nalini Singh rabbit hole after reading an ARC of Atonement Sky. I needed the comfort of her books. I’ve finally broken out of my binge and now she’s just my audio reads ( I’m up to Blaze of Memory.)

I also read Shadow’s Heart, which was the perfect adventurous Kresley Cole. I devoured both Deep End and Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood. Not in Love is, in fact, my current favorite one of her books and now I’m ready for her upcoming Problematic Summer Romance. I ended the month with a next generation Juliette Cross and an ever witty India Holton!

[books-coffee-and-the-woods]

March 2025 Reading Wrap-up

I read 9 books in March! I accomplished my goals of catching up on Witch Hat Atelier and my other library holds and finishing my reread of The Immortals, and returned to reading books I own. I took most of March off social media, but I don't think that necessarily made me read more--if anything, it gave me time to pick up some hobbies I'd been neglecting.

Reading Stats

Read:

(* = reread)

Witch Hat Atelier vols 12-13 - Kamome Shirahama - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Emperor Mage - Tamora Pierce* - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bunny - Mona Awad - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Realms of the Gods - Tamora Pierce* - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The River has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Gypsy Rizka - Lloyd Alexander* - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (I am aware the title has not aged well lol)

Into the Green - Charles de Lint - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

xxxHolic Omnibus 2 - CLAMP - ⭐⭐⭐.5

Currently Reading:

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

Acquisitions

I didn't acquire any books in March! I had originally planned a trip to the used bookstore, but due to this month being kind of financially terrible I ended up cancelling it. Unfortunately taxes and car repairs took precedence over books.

[read-alert]

March Wrap Up!

My favorite of the month was Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America. Small Country, Wicked Like a Wildfire, Kalyana, and Surf War! checked off Burundi, Montenegro, Fiji, and The Marshall Islands respectively for my Read the World Challenge.

The Daughter of Danray by Natalia Hernandez- 4⭐️

Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge by Ray Anthony Shephard- 5⭐️

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris- 4.5⭐️

The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor- 4⭐️

A Dangerous Trade by Cassandra Rose Clarke- 3⭐️

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters- 4.5⭐️

The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir trans by Mary Robinette Kowal- 4⭐️

Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett- 3⭐️

All Your Children, Scattered by Beata Umubyeyi Maireesse trans by Alison Anderson- 3.5⭐️

Desperate Hours by David Mack- 2⭐️

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen- 5⭐️

Forever Autumn by Mark Morris- 2⭐️

Small Country by Gaël Faye- 4⭐️

Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata- 5⭐️

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson- 3⭐️

Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett- 4⭐️

Imago by Octavia Butler- 3⭐️

Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popović- 4⭐️

Watchmen by Alan Moore et al- 4.5⭐️

Kalyana by Rajni Mala Khelawan- 4⭐️

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett- 4.5⭐️

The Flicker by HE Edgmon- 5⭐️

If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance by Angela Davis- 5⭐️

Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur- 5⭐️

A Guest in the House by EM Carrol- 2⭐️

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Volume 1 by Sumiko Arai- 4⭐️

Star Trek Volume 1 by Mike Johnson et al- 2⭐️

Surf War! A Folktale from the Marshall Islands by Margaret Read MacDonald and Geraldo Valério- 4⭐️

Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée illustrated by KC Oster trans by Aarin Dokum- 5⭐️

Maskerade by Terry Pratchett- 2.5⭐️

Doctor Who: The Highgate Horror by Mark Wright et al- 3.5⭐️

Teen Titans Vol 3: Beast Boys and Girls by Geoff Johns et al- 1.5⭐️

Surviving the City: From the Roots Up by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan- 4.5⭐️

Eve: Children of the Moon by Victor Lavalle, Jo Mi-Gyeong, and Brittany Peer- 4⭐️

[brightbeautifulthings]

March

J | F |

reviews Dare Me by Megan Abbott (5/5) Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (4/5) Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (4/5) Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (4/5) Runaways, Vol. 6: Come Away With Me by Rainbow Rowell (4/5) Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (3/5) It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (3/5) Runaways, Vol. 4: But You Can’t Hide by Rainbow Rowell (3/5) Runaways, Vol. 5: Canon Fodder by Rainbow Rowell (3/5) Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater (3/5) Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker (3/5) Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire (3/5) Seasons of Flesh and Flame by A.G. Howard (3/5)

etcetera TMST: Reading Outside Our Comfort Zones Readalikes: Dare Me by Megan Abbott & Whores on the Hill by Colleen Curran

[seekerreads]

march wrap-up!

my previous wrap-up template was kinda draining so we're going to try something new this month!! a sort of looser, ramble-style wrap-up where i just yap about my reading month with the help of Storygraph's monthly graphics!

overall, i feel i had a pretty average reading month. had THREE anticipated releases this month which was very cool, but i don't think anything really blew me away. on the flip side, i don't think there was anything i truly disliked overall, as nothing went below a 3 star.

A Burning in the Bones was one of my anticipated releases this year and it did not disappoint! a plague story to backdrop the end of the Waxway's trilogy, which has truly one of the most unique magic systems i've encountered in a fantasy novel. the world itself was also very sharp and ruthless. very much recommend the whole trilogy!

The Cloud Roads was read for the Adventures in Aeldia challenge in the Magical Readathon, and it was overall an average read. i love reading about winged people (that aren't fae) and this book had a really unique take on its own species of winged folk with cultures and differing biology that was cool to see! the story didn't really hook me though, so i decided not to continue it.

Dragonfall was a reread and just as good as i remembered, and i reread it to read its sequel, another anticipated release, Emberclaw. i thought this was a pretty solid ending to the duology and it was interesting to keep the main pairing apart for most of the book and see how it affected them. the ending was a little weird and confusing, but i still enjoyed it, even if not as much as i enjoyed the first book.

The Lamb was a very dark, very intense read that had beautiful prose and absolutely SICKENING descriptions. this book kinda fucked me up a little bit ngl. i enjoyed it but to me it's one of those books i'm never going to read again.

The Favorites was a bit of a let down to me, with all the hype i've been hearing about it. to keep it non-spoilery, it wasn't what i thought it was and it kind of tanked my enjoyment. the drama was there though and it kept me invested so i couldn't rate it below a 4.

Cultish was my favorite read of the month, which is surprising considering how rarely i read nonfic! this book was absolutely fascinating and i love how the author structured it to take us through different types of organizations in the modern day that AREN'T just religious groups and to look at them from a 'cultish' lense. if you're interested in the impact of language or just in cults in general this book is full of interesting stuff.

Consort of Fire was a pretty average romantasy that got extra points from me for having an equal poly triad as the main couple. other than that, nothing much else stood out so i won't be continuing.

Sunrise on the Reaping was another anticipated release for me and it mostly left me...neutral? this book was pretty much just fan service. people wanted Haymitch's games and we got them but the author didn't say anything new with this story. snow is still awful, the games are still horrific, people are still poor and taken advantage of. definitely my least fav of the series. in my opinion, if she writes any more books in this series it will be nothing more than a cash grab because there's really nothing else to say that she hasn't already said.

DNF: Dragon Wing: this book wasn't bad but the two pov's were very tonally different and it made the book feel very disjointed to me, which is always a risk when you have more than one author telling one story. i didn't want to continue.

Crime and Punishment: this was an incredible slog with a few good scenes. classics might just not be for me but if i wasn't approaching this book very casually by only reading a chapter a night then i would've dnfed for sure. the good scenes were absolutely smothered by slow and unnecessarily bulky writing. but hey, at least i can say i've read it?

that's it for me for march!! how were everybody else's march reads??

[betterthanthemovies]

a short little love letter to march 💌

march was my favorite month so far this year!! 🥰 while i clearly didn’t get much reading done, i mostly took the month to be with friends and family, and got to spend a week away with my amazing beautiful girlfriend 🥹 and no amount of pages could ever replace that.

i can’t wait to see what april holds 🌷

[bloodstaineddarling]

march 2025 book wrap up

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of the Songbirds & Snakes by Suzanne Collins

As you can see, there was only one thing on my mind in March. I already said my peace in other posts, so I'm just gonna leave this here.

I LOVE HUNGER GAMES AND PEENISS!!!!

[franticvampirereads]

March has been on of the best reading months! I’ve read so many books that I’m sure are in my top favorites of the year already. Here’s what I read:

The Golden Raven 5⭐️ (currently my favorite book of the year!!) {review}

That Time I Got Drunk & Saved A Human 5⭐️ {review}

Family & Felonies 4.5 ⭐️ {review}

Mr. Villain’s Day Off vol 2 4⭐️ {review}

Alpha Dragon’s Ferret 4⭐️ {review}

Brutal Titan 4⭐️ {review}

A Merry Brutal Christmas 4⭐️ {reviewed above}

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea 4⭐️ {review}

Meet & Greet (Tomes & Tea 0.5) 4⭐️

The Bakery Dragon 4⭐️ {review}

The Flowered Blade -currently reading (my book for the trans rights readathon)

My favorite book of the month has to go to The Golden Raven, it was such an emotional roller coaster! Today is also Trans Visibility Day and the last day of the Trans Rights Readathon. This year I’m reading The Flowered Blade (which I’m loving so much!!) and I made a $50 donation to The Foxhole Fun. If you want to donate, today (and every day) is a great day to do it!

[aliteraryprincess]

March 2024 Wrap Up

March was a pretty great month. I presented at a conference in Boston, which went well and was a fun romantic weekend for me and my husband. Not sure how I feel about the year going by this quickly though...

Books Read: 8

And the biggest reason March was great is all these 5 star reads!!! Sister Novelists was my favorite of the month and my new top book of the year. And I was pleasantly surprised by my reread of Middlemarch. I actually really liked it and can no longer call it my Nemesis. And there was no least favorite!

Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher - 5 stars

Middlemarch by George Eliot - 4 stars ®

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry - 5 stars

Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës by Devoney Looser - 5 stars

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher - 4 stars

Here, The World Entire by Anwen Hayward - 3.5 stars

The Perpetual Curate by Margaret Oliphant - 4 stars

Mislaid In Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire - 5 stars

On Tumblr:

Look at all these photos! Let's see if I can keep it up for the rest of the year...

February 2024 Wrap Up

Book Photography: Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey

Book Photography: Golden by Cameron Dokey

Book Photography: Slipper by Hester Velmans

Book Photography: Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey

Victorian Novels Connections

On YouTube:

And there's plenty of fun stuff here, of course!

February Wrap Up | 6 books for #FebRegency, #WeLoveJenny, & more!

I'm So Annoyed BookTube Tag

Currently Reading 3/15/24

What I Read for My PhD in English Literature | Victorian Women Novelists Independent Study

Mammoths Read & To Read | the longest books I own!

April TBR/Pile of Possibilities | Picture This & TBR Clear Out Readathon!

[dancingtotuyo]

Dancing to Tuyo March Wrap up

I haven't done one of these before and I can't say if I'll do another, but March was a big, amazing month for me!

I turned 24

I wrote 36,253 words! The most I've ever written in a month. While also working wayyyyyy too many extra hours at work. (My goal was 14,000)

I posted 25,239 words

I updated/posted fics 12 times across 6 different fics (3 series & 3 standalones)

I wrote for two new Pedro boys (Marcus M (12:32 PM) & Marcus P (coming soon))

I read roughly 82 fics .Check out my March Fic Madness Master List: Part I | Part II

I gained roughly 75 followers! I try not to dwell on the number of followers I have too much, but I am incredibly thankful and honored to each and everyone of you who have picked me as a person/blog they want as a part of their Tumblr ecosystem.

Thank you all so much for your continued support! We've only just begun :)

[godzilla-reads]

🌷March Reading Wrap Up 🌸

In March I read 11 books, bringing my Yearly Total to 42 Books Read. Below is the list with my Top 3 being starred ⭐️ as well.

☔️ How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

🌊 The Nixie’s Song by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

🌳 The Wild Wood by Charles de Lint

🧌 A Giant Problem by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

🌅 Dream Drawings: Configurations of a Timeless Kind by N. Scott Momaday

⭐️ Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

⭐️ Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

⭐️ A Frog in the Fall (And Later On) by Linnea Sterte

💧 The Lost Heir by Tui T. Sutherland and Mike Holmes

🐲 The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sís

🐰 The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose Heyward

What did you read?

[magicalyaku]

I wrote this weeks ago and forgot to post it, oops. uAu March was hard with work and con preparation so I didn't read much. I thought it'd get better afterwards buuut ... it's even worse now. xD Oh well. That's for later! Here's what I read in March:

The School for Invisible Boys (The Kairos Files 1) (Shaun David Hutchinson): It's been a while since I last read something by this author. Missed it! Though, this one is middle grade, so it felt a little different. A little less strange. Like, for once, the monster is an actual one instead of just a metaphor (not that it isn't connected to one. I also wonder if that whole Catholic setting is intentional because the Catholic Church and young boys don't have the best history together …). So, yeah, I like his other stories better, but this one was pretty good as well. I really liked the main character, because while he was timid of some sort, he also was easily brave and bold when he had to (that whole "he was mean to me, so I set his project on fire" is obviously not something to encourage in real life, but it is badass and I have respect for it in a a story xD), and he was able to apologise when he realised he made a mistake. I wonder what the next volume will be about.

Gallowgate (K.R. Alexander): So apparently, 'gay boys and ghosts' is a thing I'm into. The other two series I read, Oracle of Senders and Sixteen Souls, I like better, but this one is also middle grade while the other aren't, so they're not that easy to compare. Gallowgate starts out really dark, like really dark. Poor kid. It gets more whimsical afterwards with the school being run by ghosts and a general morbid decoration of which I've never been a fan, but most kids probably eat this up. Some story decisions are a bit questionable in my eyes like when the adults tell the protagonist to tell them anything strange that happens to him, but when he does they go "oh, that's not possible, you must be imagining things" … How did they think, that would solve any problems? It is addressed in the story, so it's not too bad, but still. Other than this, it was quite fun and I wonder if there's going to be a sequel.

Skater Boy (Anthony Nerada): What can I say about this one other than I liked it? :'D It's a pretty basic story: delinquent boy falls for someone who is like his polar opposite, in this case a ballet dancer, and wants to get a grip on his life for him. But it's done well, doesn't feel stale or anything. All of the characters are nice, even if they aren't, the protagonist is likable, even if he isn't the type of person one would like to hang out with (for most of the story anyway). Friends and family are just as important as the romance part. Hm. It's probably like this: There's more to the protagonist than meets the eye, and it's the same for the whole story? Sounds simple, but there's an honest heart in it.

Icarus (K. Ancrum): By chance, here's another one with a ballet dancer. :'D This one starts out really strange. The chapters are so short, at the beginning they felt a bit disconnected. It took me a while to find my footing in this. I had to ignore all the headlines to not always get taken out of the flow with every new chapter. Which also means, I probably missed a lot of the layers of the story, that are implied by the chapter titles. But it's worth it! It's kind of a strange story, but it gets really warm (there's romance, but the friendship part is also pretty strong). It has things to say (there's intersex rep for instance, and a genetic disease (was it EDS? I don't have my copy at hand to look it up, sorry) and the writing invokes that eerie feeling throughout. If you put it in a visual medium, you'd probably have to be very careful about the framing because it's about art (among other things) and everything feels very artistic and intentional. It's good!