March 2022 Monthly Reading Summary

Lots of relatively short books this past month, including some YA graphic novels. But all in all, I'm happy with my totals. Below is my summary of March and my look ahead at April.

March 2022

General Info        Mar       Total (Including my current read) (Avg per book - 223) 

Books Read -        14          36 

Pages Read -      2800      8050

Pages Breakdown 

 < 250                    10          22 

 250 - 350                2            9

351 - 450                 2            3 

 > 450                                    2

Ratings

5 - star                      1           3 

4 - star 9                   2           1

3 - star                      4         11

2 - star 

No Rating (NR)                      1

Gender

Female                     7         14 

Male                         7         21 

Other                                     1

Genres

Horror 

Fiction                       1          3 

Mystery                   10        17 

Sci-Fi                                    4 

Non-Fic                                 3

Classics                                2

Young Adult               3         3

Poetry                                   1

Short Stories                         1

Top 3 Books

1. The Players and the Game by Julian Symons (5 stars)

2. Rhode Island Red by Charlotte Carter (4.5 stars)

3. The Tiger Among Us by Leigh Brackett (4.5 stars)

Challenges1st Annual Reading Challenge (completed 3)

NA

Individual Challenge - The Dusty Library #1 - 428 (completed 5)

1. Stray Kat Waltz by Karen Kijewski (4 stars)

2. Gideon’s Risk by J.J. Marric (4 stars)

3. The Players and the Game by Julian Symons (5 stars)

Individual Challenge - The Middle Ground #429 - 855 (completed 6)

1. Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death by W.J. Burley (4 stars)

Individual Challenge - Newest Books #856 - Infinity (completed 12)

1. The Disappeared by M.R. Hall (4.5 stars)

2. Fifty - Four Pigs by Philipp Schott (4 stars)

3. Red River Resistance by Katherena Vermette (3.5 stars)

4. Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart (4 stars)

5. Red River Resistance by Katherena Vermette (3.5 stars)

6. Road Allowance Era by Katherena Vermette (3.5 stars)

Monthly Challenge - January Focus - Biography (completed 3)

Monthly Challenge - February Focus (Classics - Books Published before 1900) (completed 2)

Monthly Challenge - March Focus (Mystery / Noir) (completed 4)

1. Meet Me At the Morgue by Ross Macdonald (4.5 stars)

2. The Tiger Among Us by Leigh Brackett (4.5 stars)

3. The Diamond Bikini by Charles Williams (3 stars)

4. Rhode Island Red by Charlotte Carter (3.5 stars)

Currently Reading

1. 1st Annual Reading Challenge - Begin a Series - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

1a. Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler

2. Individual Challenge (My Dusty Library Books #1 - 428) - #214. Landed Gently by Alan Hunter

3. Individual Challenge (The Middle Ground #429 - 856) - #475. Billy Boyle by James R. Benn

4. Individual Challenge (The Newbys #857 - Infinity) - #1063. Terminal Café - Ian MacDonald

5. Monthly Challenge - February Focus - The Classics / Pre - 1900 - Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo

6. Monthly Challenge - April Focus (Sci-Fi) - The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman

Next Challenge Books in Line

1. 1st Annual Reading Challenge - Begin a Series - A Terrible Fall of Angels by Laurel K. Hamilton

2. Individual Challenge (My Dusty Library #1 - 428) - #354. The Memory Collector by Meg Gardiner

3. Individual Challenge (The Middle Ground #429 - 856) - #580. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

4. Individual Challenge (The Newbys #857 - Infinity) - #1071. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

5. Monthly Challenge - April Focus (Sci-Fi) - The End of Eternity Isaac Asimov