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March Reads (Possibly. . .)

2/27/2016

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At the beginning of February, I posted a list of books I hoped to read in that month. It worked amazingly well. I finished 9 of my 10, and have started on the last one. I love checking things off of lists, so I feel very accomplished this month!

I thought I would try the same thing for March, although with a slightly shorter list. While I like checking things off, I did miss the freedom to read whatever I felt like in February. So hopefully with a shorter list, I can finish these all and still have time to mood read.
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  • Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Why? Because it's the next book up for the Little House Read-along.)
  • The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park (Why? Because it's our next read for the Reading Together book club, which is moving onto Korea for March and April.)
  • The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander (Why? Because I'm treating myself to a reread of the Chronicles of Prydain, and this one is next.)
  • The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert (Why? Because I somehow have read three other books in this series, without actually reading the first one. Time to rectify that.)
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  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Why? Because the author just passed away. I own this book, but I've never read it. This seemed like a good time to finally do so.)
  • My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Why?​ Because after two months of waiting, my hold finally came in at the library!)
  • Fairest by Marissa Meyer (Why? I'm hoping to read Winter in April, so I thought I would sneak this one in first.)
  • To Be Determined (Why? Because whatever-it-is will be our book club selection for March. We only plan one month at a time.)
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Monicac
2/27/2016 08:07:04 am

I always found making a list to read for the month made me feel restricted. Then, when I couldn't complete them I felt like a failure... So I read what I can when I can and try to enjoy it. I've got a lot of classics to complete this year. July 2017 is my deadline for my 100 classics in 5 years... I'm just over half way. Looking forward to March. Looks like you will have a great month of reading!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/28/2016 08:16:23 pm

I'm working on finding the balance between planning ahead and mood reading. We'll see how this month goes. You went for 100 classics? Wow. I'm struggling just to get through my 50! :)

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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
2/27/2016 09:31:27 am

I can't wait to hear what you think of Fairest, and Winter eventually. I'm listening to Winter as a re-read right now. I love this series so much!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
2/28/2016 08:17:14 pm

I'm reading Cress right now and really enjoying it. This series gets better with every book!

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Kailana link
2/29/2016 08:45:55 pm

FAIREST wasn't as good as the novels, but still worth reading!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
3/2/2016 11:45:12 am

I'm looking forward to getting some background on Levana. It's not often that we get to visit the inside of the bad guy's head! :)

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