March 2023 Wrap-Up

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Books Read – March 2022

Books

  1. Three Tales of Gabe and Rathna (Celia Lake) – reread (cover not available)
  2. The Fossil Door (Celia Lake) – reread
  3. Winter’s Charms (Celia Lake) – reread
  4. Forged in Combat (Celia Lake) – reread
  5. The Raven Thief (Gigi Pandian) – ARC
  6. Sailor’s Jewel (Celia Lake) – reread
  7. The Hare and the Oak (Celia Lake) – reread
  8. Point by Point (Celia Lake) – reread
  9. Remember Me (Mary Balogh) – ARC
  10. Identity (Nora Roberts) – ARC
  11. Vision in White (Nora Roberts) – reread
  12. Murder at Kensington Palace (Andrea Penrose)
  13. Two Tales from the Iron Druid Chronicles (Kevin Hearne)
  14. Without a Summer (Mary Robinette Kowal)
  15. Bound for Perdition (Celia Lake) – reread
  16. An Enchantment of Ravens (Margaret Rogerson)
  17. Nocturnal Quarry (Celia Lake)

Audiobooks

  • The Return of the King (J. R. R. Tolkien; read by Andy Serkis) – including the appendices; reread, but first time audio
  • Hexed (Kevin Hearne; read by Luke Daniels) – reread, but first time audio (REVIEWED)
  • The Moving Finger (Agatha Christie; read by Richard Grant) – reread, but first time audio
  • Airs Above the Ground (Mary Stewart; read by Antonia Whillans) – reread, but first time audio

Challenges

These are the books I read for various challenges, but I have not written or posted all the reviews yet, so they won’t all show up on my 2023 Challenges tracking page. All title links below go to my reviews.

Goodreads Challenge 2023: 21 books read in March. (Titles listed above.) 50 books read this year so far, toward my year-end goal of 175 books. I am 14 books ahead of schedule.

#23in2023: 1 book read in March (An Enchantment of Ravens.) 0 books reviewed in March, and 0 reviews posted for books read earlier in the year. For the year, 5 books read and 1 book reviewed so far, toward my year-end goal of 23 books.

Audiobook Challenge 2023: 4 books listened to in March (Return of the King; Hexed; The Moving Finger; Airs Above the Ground.) 1 March book reviewed (Hexed), and 1 February book reviewed (Hounded.) For the year, 6 books read and 2 books reviewed so far, toward my goal of 6 books.

The Backlist Reader Challenge 2023: 3 books read in March (Murder at Kensington Palace; Without a Summer; An Enchantment of Ravens.) No March books reviewed, and no reviews posted for books read earlier in the year. For the year, 7 books read and 1 book reviewed so far, toward my year-end goal of reading and reviewing 16 books.

Library Love 2023: I’m currently reading a library book, but I didn’t complete or review any library books in March. For the year, 1 books read and 1 books reviewed so far, toward my year-end goal of 12 books. Clearly, I’d better get moving.

NetGalley & Edelweiss Challenge 2023: 3 books read in March (The Raven Thief; Identity; Remember Me.) 0 March books reviewed and 0 reviews posted in March for books read earlier in the year. For the year, 10 books read and 3 books reviewed so far, toward my year-end goal of reading and reviewing 15 books. Current NetGalley percentage: 53%.

Read Christie 2023: 1 books read in March (The Moving Finger.) No March books reviewed, and no reviews posted for books read earlier in the year. For the year, 3 books read and 0 books reviewed so far, toward my year-end goal of 12 books.

COYER Upside Down Chapter 1: I met my goal! 21 books read or listened to in March (all the books read this month count.) One March book reviewed in March (Hexed.) 2 reviews posted for books read earlier in the year (Partners in Crime; Hounded.) For the challenge, 49 books read and 10 books reviewed since Jan. 1, toward my 4-month challenge goal of reading and reviewing 10 books by April 30, 2023. (All books read this month counted toward the challenge.)

Assessment

This month was heavy on the rereads, and I posted only 3 reviews. I hope to do better on both fronts in April, but we’ll see; I have a complicated indexing project to do, and it’s going to take a lot of my time and mental energy.

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5 Responses to “March 2023 Wrap-Up”

  4. Katherine

    I have Identity coming up on my reading list and am really looking forward to it. You got some great rereads read this month. Sometimes life just calls for rereads! Happy April.

  5. La La in the Library

    I love re-reads. I don’t make nearly enough time for them, though. I was thinking about a re-read of the LotR books in a couple of years, I should try the audiobooks. ☺