March 2021 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

March is the best month of the year as far as books finished—28 titles, 6959+ pages (one was an Audible Original and I have no idea what the page count will be) for a 3.83 Star Average—including four 5-Star books. I’m clearly getting soft (and, yeah, they were some great books too). My writing—review-ish posts and otherwise—isn’t what I want it to be, but hope springs eternal. I really need to catch up. I have a couple of door-stopper novels on my shelf, I should probably break out one or two of them in April as a way of catching up on posts (if I only finish 12 books, I’ll have plenty of time to write them up), right?

In one of those little things that no one but me cares about: I’ve got too many things unfinished at the moment. I’ve got 4 “project” books (things I plan on spending months on), and then 3 others. I’d expected to finish two of those on 3/31, but, y’know, Life happened. Since I’ve started doing these month-end reports, I’ve never had this many in progress.

Anyway, here’s what happened here in March.

		Still Deciding

	4		1
	1		0
	11		0
	7		0
	4
		Average =	3.83

“Traditionally” Published: 18
Self-/Independent Published: 9

• He Drank, and Saw the Spider (Audiobook) by Alex Bledsoe, Stefan Rudnicki: LaCrosse’s Break from His Vacation Changes History
• What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch: Peter Grant’s Cousin Searches for Missing Kids
• What the World Needs Now – Bees! by Cheryl Rosebush, Zuzana Svobodová: A Much-Needed Lesson for Kids About those Tiny Pollinators
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XVII., i. – iv.
• Latent Damage by Ian Robinson: A Compelling Series Debut
• Cover Blown by Ian Robinson: DI Nash’s Professional Worlds Collide
• The Treadstone Resurrection by Joshua Hood: A Fast Popcorn Thriller Delivers the Action
• Junkyard Bargain (Audiobook) by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam: Shining Takes to the Road for the Next Step Installment
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XVII., v. – viii.
• Burying the Newspaper Man by Curtis Ippolito: A Young Police Officer’s Past Comes Back to Haunt Him
• Rejoice and Tremble by Michael Reeves: Gospel Fear
• Born in a Burial Gown by M. W. Craven: Before Washington Poe, There was Avison Fluke.
• You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey (Audiobook) by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar: You’ll Laugh While You All Lose Hope in Humanity. Fun Times!
• Invincible TPBs One-Three by Kirkman/Walker/Ottley: Prepping for the TV Series by Looking at this Dynamite Start
• Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire: Toto, I Have A Feeling They’re Not In Kansas Anymore
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XVII., ix. – BOOK XVIII., iii.
• Dead in the Water by Chris McDonald: These Amateur Detectives Start to Look a Little Less Amateur
• Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt: The K Team Gets the Chance to Right an Old Wrong
• The Wasteland War by Michael R. Underwood: The Genrenauts are (FINALLY) Back—Are They Up for the New Challenges?

Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th), I also wrote:

• Down the TBR Hole (22 of 24+)
• Down the TBR Hole (23 of 24+)
• Down the TBR Hole (24 of 24+): Phase 1 Wrap-Up
• WWW Wednesday for March 4, March 10, March 17, March 24, and March 31.
• The Friday 56 for 3/5/21 (Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire), 3/12/21 (Born in a Burial Gown by M. W. Craven), and 3/19/21 (Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs).

That’s that for me, how was your month?