March Wrap Up: The Month I Pretended School Didn’t Exist

Hi all!

So another month is behind us and I have found myself settling in to uni life by pretending that it doesn’t exist and procrastinating by reading. So, like what I did for my Bachelor. Ah well.

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Books read:

(That picture with the two boys is a fanart for the All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic, created by thepalmtoptiger. It’s my makeshift cover for a fanfic I read that doesn’t have a cover: Lessons in Cartography by crazy_like_a)

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Best Book of the Month:

Absolute perfection. Everyone is going to love this book.

Monthly Disappointment:

While still an enjoyable book, my expectations were a lot higher, most likely due to how much I loved Albertalli’s debut novel Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. There was simply very little plot and the character’s were not fully fleshed-out people. 

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Books reviewed:

A heartbreaking and harrowing story of a young girl seeking an education, and making a better life for herself.
Read my review.

A wonderful and beautiful tale of Peter Pan all grown up and falling in love with Captain Hook.
Read my review.

Set from the perspectives of four different people, this novel brings to life one of the most devastating maritime disasters of WWII.
Read my review. 

A hilarious, fantastical and romantic rewrite of Lady Jane Grey’s tragic story with shapeshifters. So far, this is my favourite novel of the year.
Read my review.

An utterly unique and magical fantasy about gods, librarians, and a two hundred year shameful secret. Out-of-this-world wonderful.
Read my review. 

A coming-of-age story about a seventeen year old girl who’s life is turned upside down when her twin sister gets a girlfriend, and then she finds herself falling for two very different boys.

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Books Purchased:

I can’t wait to read this book, but I have to REALLY be in the mood for an Adam Silvera novel and, as of yet, I have not been. His books are incredibly sad and poingnant and I just know I’m going to cry when I read this book. Hopefully I can read it sometime during April (probably when school essays get too stressful and I want to cry).

 

 

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Extra Content:

This month I wrote up an article called Hating on YA, about how adults who read YA fiction are treated by the book community. I was in *a mood* after I had read one too many articles bagging YA fiction. Check it out if you want to feel indignant.

I also collected 9 amazing literary journalism articles. I’m taking a journalism class this year at university and at the moment we are researching feature articles. Investigative journalism falls under that umbrella and they are some of the best things I have ever read. Check out the articles.

Blog Awards:

This month I was nominated for my second Sunshine Blogger Award! Click on the button below to see the award, my answers, and the people I nominated in turn!

Tags:

Goodreads Book Tag
Hamilton Book Tag
The Candy Book Tag
This or That Book Tag

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Non-book Related Stuff:

This month I discovered an amazing show on Netflix called One Day at a Time. The show is a reboot of the 1970s sitcom, but featuring a Cuban family instead! The show focuses on single mother Penelope, returned from serving in the army as a nurse, trying to raise her teenage feminist social justice daughter and charming, slightly vain tween son, with the help of her stereotypical Cuban mother. The show is hilarious, but incredibly poignant too. There were many moments I started crying. Every character is unique and fully fleshed-out individuals. I can’t wait to watch season 2!

I also started binge-watching Malcolm in the Middle! That show is ridiculously funny and Lois and Hal are the worst/best parents ever.

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April TBR

Strange mix of books, I know. Let’s see how many I actually read now that my school assignments are piling up.

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March was a pretty good month! Here’s to an even better April 😀

-Laura ❤

How was your March?! What books did you read? 😀