Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Month That Was March and Challenge Round-up


Overall I found that March was a great reading month. My reading moods were all over the place and I discovered a couple of new authors and several keepers along the way.

Here's what I read in March:

The Outlander
Sleeping with Anemone
Tangled Up in Love
Just One of the Guys
Love In Translation
Loves Me, Loves Me Knot
How To Host a Killer Party
Fantasy in Death
Home to Harmony
The Adventures of Miles and Isabel
The Murder Stone
Mistress Shakespeare
Can't Stand the Heat
Nation

My favorite read of the month was:



It's time to check how I'm doing on my challenges:

The Art History Reading Challenge January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
3 books

2010 DIK Book Reading Challenge January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
12 books

What's In a Name? January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
6 books - Read 1
1. Pemberley By The Sea by Abigail Reynolds (A book with a body of water in the title)

451 Challenge January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
19 books

Christy Awards Challenge November 1, 2009 to December 1, 2010
9 books - Read 2
1. You Had Me at Good-bye by Tracey Bateman
2. Home to Harmony by Phillip Gulley

Thriller & Suspense Challenge 2010 January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
12 books - Read 2
1. Loyalty in Death by JD Robb
2. Fantasy in Death by JD Robb

The Colorful Reading Challenge January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
9 books

Year of the Historical: A 2010 Reading Challenge January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
12 books - Read 3
1. The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
2. Eve: A Novel of the First Woman by Elissa Elliott
3. Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper

18th & 19th Women Writers Reading Challenge 2010 January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
11 books

2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
12 books - Read 2
1. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
2. Nation by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett 2010 Challenge December 1, 2009 to November 30, 2010
5 books - Read 1
1. Nation by Terry Pratchett

The Alphabet in Historical Fiction
26 books - Read 8
1. A is for Allende
2. B is for Blindpsot (and Boston)
3. C is for Captain
4. D is for D'Artagnan
5. E is for Eve
6. F is for Fire
7. G is for Gilling
8. H is for Harper

101 Fantasy Reading Challenge October 10, 2009 to October 10, 2010
15 books - Read 8
1. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
2. Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer
3. Artemis Fowl: The Artic Incident by Eion Colfer
4. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
5. The Eternity Code by Eion Colfer
6. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
7. The Opal Deception by Eion Colfer
8. The Lost Colony by Eion Colfer

The Canadian Book Challenge 3 July 1, 2009 to July 1, 2010
13 books - Read 8
1. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
2. Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart McLean
3. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
4. Tempting Faith DiNapoli by Lisa Gabriele
5. The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson
6. The Double Hook by Sheila Watson
7. The Outlander by Gil Adamson
8. The Murder Stone by Louise Penny

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