March 2022 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

I was fairly surprised by my counts this month—22 books completed or 7235+ pages (or the equivalent)—it felt like I read more than that. But those are decent numbers, especially when you figure in the average rating of 3.68 Stars. I had a lot of fun with the books I read/listened to this month, and that’s the aim, right? (as easy it is to be distracted by numbers)

I was also surprised by what I’d actually written, especially after being gone for 5 days and then feeling like I had to catch up after that, when I put together that part of this post I expected it to be a pretty anemic list.

All in all…it’s been a good month, as you can see here:
Books/Novels/Novellas Read/Listened to

Still Reading

Ratings

	2		0
	1		0
	8		0
	3		0
	8
		Average =	3.68

TBR Stacks/Piles/Heaps

Breakdowns:
“Traditionally” Published: 18
Self-/Independent Published: 5

Review-ish Things Posted

• Quest (Audiobook) by A.J. Ponder, Benjamin Fife (Narrator): A Lighter Fantasy Adventure with a Princess Set to Save a City
• How Not to Be an *SS by Andrew J. Bauman: Essays on Important Topics, That Fall a Little Short
• One for All by Lillie Lainoff: An Entertaining YA Dumas-inspired Adventure
• The Jackals by Adam Shaw: Maybe You Can Go Home Again, But Should You?
• Bullet Points about Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith: A Clever Mystery Hidden in a Bloated and Problematic Novel
• You’re Only Human by Kelly M. Kapic: The Reality and Comfort of Creaturely Finitude
• The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True by Sean Gibson: A Hilarious Fantasy Filled with Adventure and Shenanigans. Definitely Shenanigans.
• Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones: An Action-Packed, Dark Sequel
• Madam Tulip and the Rainbow’s End by David Ahern: Derry and Bruce on the Hunt for Treasures Not Associated with Leprechauns
• Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire: It’s Always the Last Place You Look, Right?
• Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh: Another Satisfying Entry in this Series
• Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb: Detectives Hitting “Pause” on their Retirement
• Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen: A Tale of Oil, Murder, and Land
• Double Take by Elizabeth Breck: It’s As If This PI Novel Was Customized For Me…
• Glorification: An Introduction by Graham A. Cole: A Vital, and Ill-Understood, Topic
• Reconstruction by Mick Herron: A Tense and Cerebral Thriller
• Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund: The Story Behind the Game
• DoubleBlind by Libby Fischer Hellmann: COVID-19, a Doppelgänger, and a Dangerous Sect combine for an Ambitious PI Novel

Other Things I Wrote
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th), I also wrote:

• Highlights from February: Lines Worth Repeating
• Life’s a Beach Book Tag
• Spelling the Month: March
• An Updated Just a Spoonful of Sugar—Non-Fiction to Smile With and Learn From
• March 11, 1952 – The Birth of One Hoopy Frood
• Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2022 TBR
• Yet A Few More Quick Questions with . . . David Ahern
• Book Blogger Hop: Author Feedback?
• WWW Wednesday for March 2, March 9, March 16, March 23, and March 30, 2022.
• The Friday 56 for 3/11/22 (The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True by Sean Gibson) and 3/25/22 (Payback is Forever by Nick Kolakowski ).

Enough about me—how Was Your Month?