March 2019 Report

20 Books, 6258 pages (finished — a few were started earlier, and I’ve never done that page count before, and now I feel tired), an average of 3.8ish (my indecision on a couple of titles is stopping me from having a hard number — but I have to write my way to a conclusion on those). Overall, a decent month here. I hit a couple of hot streaks — there’s a few books here that will be in contention when I do the Best of 2019 lists, but man, there’s a couple I wish I hadn’t read. You take the good, you take the bad, and now you have the same song stuck in my head that I do.

So, here’s what happened here in March.

Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to:

		or
	Still Deciding

Still Reading:

Ratings

I really don’t like being this flaky.

	2-3		0-1
	4-5		1
	3		0
	5		0
	3-4
		Average =	3.8ish

Reviews Posted:

• The Great Brain (Audiobook) by John D. Fitzgerald, Ron McLarty: A frequently pleasant stroll down memory lane
• The Last Act by Brad Parks: He’s in the jailhouse now
• My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing: I don’t think John Gray’s books cover marriages like this one
• And Drink I Did: One Man’s Story of Growing Through Recovery by Jay Keefe: An underdeveloped, but powerful memoir of addiction and recovery
• Not Everyone is Special by Josh Denslow: A Short Story Collection that’ll Gobsmack You at Least Once
• Killing State by Judith O’Reilly: I Can’t Suitably Encapsulate this Gripping Thriller
• Slow Horses by Mick Herron: A solid, if slow-building, entry point to a spy series
• Rogue Superheroes by Matt Cowper: Unintended Consequences Wreak All Sorts of Havoc on the Heroes’ Lives
• Who Killed the Fonz? by James Boice will leave you groovin’ all week
• Mama’s Gone by Leopold Borstinski: The Once and Future Lagotti Family
• No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne is a very foine booke that surpässes the original while showing full respect to the umlaut
• The First World Problems of Jason Van Otterloo by James Bailey: This Kid’s Struggles will Bring A Smile to Your Face
• Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles by Thomas Lennon, John Hendrix: A Young Irish Police Officer Takes on Leprechauns and other sorts of faerie folk.
• Crossline by Russ Colchamiro: Out along the edges, Always where they burn to be

TBR Pile/Mound/Heap:

Physical Books: 5 Added, 1 Read, 29 Remaining
E-Books: 1 Added, 0 Read, 20 Remaining
Audiobooks: 4 Added, 2 Read, 6 Remaining

Book Challenge Progress:

	2019 Library Love Challenge Slow Horses by Mick Herron Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale (Narrator) Who Killed the Fonz? by James Boice Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles by Thomas Lennon, John Hendrix (Illustrations)
	While I Was Reading 2019 Challenge Didn’t have time to do anything here. (again . . . but things are planned)
	#LetsReadIndie Reading Challenge And Drink I Did: One Man’s Story of Growing Through Recovery by Jay Keefe Killing State by Judith O’Reilly Rogue Superheroes by Matt Cowper Mama’s Gone by Leopold Borstinski The First World Problems of Jason Van Otterloo by James Bailey Lingering by Melissa Simonson (link forthcoming) Postgraduate by Ian Shane (link forthcoming)
	2019 Cloak & Dagger Challenge Killing State by Judith O’Reilly Mama’s Gone by Leopold Borstinski Slow Horses by Mick Herron Who Killed the Fonz? by James Boice My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing Fletch’s Fortune by Gregory McDonald, Dan John Miller (link forthcoming) The Fourth Courier by Timothy Jay Smith (link forthcoming)
	Humor Reading Challenge 2019 No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
	2019 Cloud of Witnesses Reading Challenge Reformed Dogmatics: Anthropology by Geerhardus Vos, Richard B. Gaffin Jr. (Translator) (link forthcoming)

How was your month?