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.
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| Average = | 3.83 |
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“Traditionally” Published: 18
Self-/Independent Published: 9
| Genre | This Month | Year to Date |
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| Children’s | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) |
| Fantasy | 1 (4%) | 8 (12%) |
| General Fiction/ Literature | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) |
| Horror | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Humor | 1 (4%) | 1 (2%) |
| Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller | 11 (39%) | 25 (38%) |
| Non-Fiction | 2 (7%) | 3 (5%) |
| Science Fiction | 5 (18%) | 10 (15%) |
| Steampunk | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Theology/ Christian Living | 2 (7%) | 6 (9%) |
| Urban Fantasy | 6 (21%) | 11 (17%) |
| Western | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
- 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?
Grab a book, any book.
