March TBR Pile (25/31):

1. Bookworms BC: NONE

2. Friend BC: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia ✓

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

4. Kid Read Aloud: The Witches by Roald Dahl ✓

5. Kid Read Aloud: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo ✓

6. Kid Read Aloud: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar ✓

7. Kid Read Aloud: Sweep by Jonathan Auxier ✓

8. Kid Read Aloud: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ✓

9. Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston

10. Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett

11. Kid Book Club: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf ✓

12. Fantasy: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge ✓

13. Fantasy: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett ✓

14. Science Fiction: The Rise and Fall of DODO by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland ✓

15. Science Fiction: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino ✓

16. Historical Fiction: Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig ✓

17. Romance: Ruthless by Anne Stuart ✓

18. Romance: Reckless by Anne Stuart ✓

19. Romance: The Worst Best Man by Lucy Score ✓

20. Romance: So Not Meant to Be by Meghan Quinn ✓

21. Romance: Bride by Ali Hazelwood ✓

22. Horror: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

23. Horror: What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell ✓

24. Horror: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud ✓

25. Horror: Dark Waters by Katherine Arden ✓

26. Nonfiction: The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart - in progress, slow and steady read

27. Nonfiction: Toil & Trouble by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson ✓

28. Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 1 ✓

29. Comics: Love Everlasting Vol. 2 ✓

30. Comics: The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg ✓

31. Comics: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 8558 pages
Pages Remaining: 249,312 pages

Current Read - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White; The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (10):

It’s my birthday month, so of course I got a free book from BOTM. Plus I grabbed one of the nominees for the best book of the year that I hadn’t already read.

• A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

• Murder Road by Simone St. James

• Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

During my birthday day out, I went to two local bookstores and grabbed a few titles. From The Bookworm, I picked up:

• Raising Critical Thinkers by Julie Bogart

• Lone Women by Victor Lavalle

• Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

• The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

At Jackson Street Booksellers, I discovered:

• DK The Ecology Book

• Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson

• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

• The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

UnRead Shelf Progress

• Starting Number: 325

• Books Read: 3

• Books Acquired: 10

• Books Unshelved: 2

• Finishing Number: 330

April TBR Pile:

1. Bookworms BC: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

2. Friend BC: Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: NONE

4. Kid Read Aloud: Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston

5. Kid Read Aloud: Men at Arms by Terry Prachett

6. Kid Book Club: Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr

7. Fantasy: A Tale Dark and Grim by Adam Gidwitz

8. Horror: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

9. Horror: Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden

10. Comics: Lore Olympus Vol. 4

11. Comics: Die Vol. 1

12. Comics: Die Vol. 2

13. Comics: Die Vol. 3

14. Comics: Die Vol. 4

Movies Watched

• Argyle

• Lisa Frankenstein

• Road House

TV Shows Watched

• Bachelor

• Below Deck

• Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist S2

• Monarch

• Dick Turpin

• Shōgun

• SAS: Rogue Heroes

Comments - Another big month for reading! I didn’t read that many off my shelves this month, but still read a ton.

Next up on the TBR pile: