March
March has been a strange month; I’ve been working 30 hours a week & had an operation, but I still managed to finish 9 books, 3 of which I read to the little ones to at work (I don’t include every book I read at work in my GoodReads challenge – just the ones I personally enjoy). So without further ado, here’s my March…
Reading
So, like I said, I managed to finish another 9 books in March; I haven’t reviewed all of the books yet as I’ve taken a brief posting hiatus, as most of y’all should know, but I promise they will go up eventually!
Gilbert in the Deep by Jane Clarke (illustrated by Charles Fudge)
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ GoodReads Review
Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson (illustrated by Jane Chapman)
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ GoodReads Review
The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi (translated by Cathy Hirano)
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ https://wp.me/p8MbIo-2u3
~ GoodReads Review
The Brave Little Solider by Walt Disney Company
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ GoodReads Review
Doctor Who: The Day She Saved The Doctor by Jacqueline Rayner, Jenny T. Colgan, Susan Calman & Dorothy Koomson
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟.5
~ Review: https://wp.me/p8MbIo-2vg
~ GoodReads Review
The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ Review: https://wp.me/p8MbIo-2vt
~ GoodReads Review
Caterpillars Can’t Swim by Liane Shaw
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ Review: https://wp.me/p8MbIo-2vW
~ GoodReads Review
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ Review: https://wp.me/p8MbIo-2wq
~ GoodReads Review
Crash Land on Kurai by S. J. Pajonas
~ Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
~ Review: https://wp.me/p8MbIo-2wP
~ GoodReads Review
Reading Challenges
GoodReads:
After reading another 9 books in March I am now up to 23 out of 80 books for my 2018 challenge! I’m also now 4 books ahead of schedule 👊
Beat The Backlist:
In March I chose to read Crash Land on Kurai by S. J. Pajonas as my Beat The Backlist book; & wow was I impressed!!!! This book was so much more than I expected it to be & I’m so pleased I put it on my Beat The Backlist challenge. I only had this book in ebook format, but I’ve already ordered a print copy & a print copy of the sequel as well – I cannot wait to get my teeth into it.
My Doctor Who Challenge:
As with February, I read another new release for My Doctor Who Challenge in March – The Day She Saved The Doctor by Multiple Authors. I was so pleased that this book was written by women, & no men, & despite the star rating average of the short stories, I did actually really enjoy reading it.
Reviewer’s Copies:
- NetGalley:
1. The Leavers by Lisa Ko, from Little Brown Book Group UK - Print:
1. Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima, from Penguin Classics
2. Vampires at Easter: Diary of a Snoopy Cat by R. F. Kristi, from Prodigy Gold Books
3. The Tidy Bedroom Bible by Jen Annie McKay (illustrated by Clare Fox), from The Sanity Company
4. Grandma’s Socks by Jen Annie McKay (illustrated by Miriam Navarro), from The Sanity Company
5. Twings by Jen Annie McKay (illustrated by Clare Fox), from The Sanity Company
6. Why Can’t I Clap? by Jen Annie McKay (illustrated by Clare Fox), from The Sanity Company
7. The Stubborn Leaf by Jen Annie McKay (illustrated by Clare Fox), from The Sanity Company
8. The Cheetah Who Could Not See Very Well by Paul Crawford (illustrated by John Crawford), from The Sanity Company
9. George & The New Noise by Sue Creenan (illustrated by John Crawford), from The Sanity Company - E-Book:
1. Gray Hawk of Terrapin by Moss Whelan, from Prodigy Gold Books
2. Winter Eternal by E. Thomas Joseph, from Prodigy Gold Books
In March I received a large bundle of children’s books from The Sanity Company, to read to the children I work with – I’m so excited about all of the books & I can’t wait to review them all for you!
Page Count Challenge:
Now, so far this year I’ve messed up my calculations a little bit so here’s the right amount of pages for each month so far this year:
- January: 1908 pages
- February: 2577 pages
- March: 2237 pages
Meaning that so far in 2018 I’ve read 6722 pages!
Health
I’ve already mentioned that I had an operation in March, & I’ll write more about it tomorrow, but the procedure went well & despite being in some pain I really can’t complain about it! Especially as I had the operation done in the private part of the hospital so I got to have my own television & bathroom! (do you like my hospital stockings?)
Other than that, things with my health have been quite steady – I’m obviously still dealing with extra pains from work, but that’s to be expected & I doubt that will change anytime soon.
Life
To be honest, the rest of my life has been pretty dull! But in a happy way. Things in general are really positive & steady at the moment, so there isn’t much for me to put in this section! Although, some of you should have noticed that I do now have my own domain name – I’ve gone from http://www.writingwolves.wordpress.com to http://www.writingwithwolves.co.uk – this is something I’m really excited about because it makes me feel more professional & it means I finally have the web address I wanted in the first place. I’m also hoping to add some small adverts to my blog soon, to bring in a few extra pennies & after my current posting hiatus I’m hoping that my blog-related stress will decrease a little bit as well.
So, yes! March has generally been quite good,
although there were times
(when I was in a lot of pain & when I met my boyfriend’s parents for the first time)
when I wasn’t too sure how the month would plan out…
how was your March?
