I can't believe that I read six books this month. I think that's a record for me, at least over the last several years. I read a couple of amazing books, and I think that's one reason for my high number. I participated in two readathons this month. Both of the them were month long readathons which I think is what I like best.
I was so excited for March Mystery Madness. I've said it before, but I love mysteries. It's my favorite genre, and to find an entire month readathon dedicated to it really had me pumped. Although I only met two of the challenges, I read several mysteries over the month. The three challenges I met were:
New: I read Pretty Girls Dancing by Kylie Brant. I gave this book 3.75/5 stars. I enjoyed the book, but one reason I like mysteries is to put the puzzle together and figure out the answers to the crime. I felt in this book the answers came from so far in left field that no one could have figured it out.
Borrow: I borrowed The Girl in 6E by A. R. Torre from my library and gave it 4.5 stars. I loved this book and couldn't put it down. It was so suspenseful and creepy. I loved it.
Shelf: I read a book from my TBR shelf for this challenge, Paging the Dead. It is the 1st in a cozy mystery series. I gave it 3.5 stars. Although I had the murderer picked from pretty early in the book, there were still twists that I didn't see coming and really enjoyed it.
The other readathon I participated in was Emojiathon. It was a cute readathon where the challenges were based on emojis. I completed six challenges and some overlapped with the March Mystery Madness challenges.
Mental illness: The Girl in 6E. The main character is a psychopath.
Out of my comfort zone: Before She Ignites - I received this book in an OwlCrate box, and it was definitely out of my comfort zone. It's a high or epic fantasy which I do not read very often. I gave the book 2 stars.
Ebook: The Room on Rue Amelia which I received from NetGalley to read and review. It's a historical fiction set in World War II, and I absolutely loved it. It's everything I want in a historical fiction book, and I gave it 5/5 stars.
Started but hadn't finished: Pretty Girls Dancing - I started this in February and finished it in March
Never heard of before: Paging the Dead - This was a new-to-me series that I had never heard of before.
Mystery/Thriller: Keep Her Safe - This was another 5/5 mystery/thriller book for me. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and I loved the different perspectives and two different time settings.
So that's it for me. I loved my books from March.
