March Review & April Preview

We are 25% of the way through 2023! How are you doing with your reading goals? I set my annual goal at 104 books (2 books per week) and have finished 32 books – 7 ahead of schedule!

It’s also time to look back at what we read in March and plan ahead for April. Here’s the books that got 5 stars from me this month:

March Reads

In March, I read 11 books – 5 audiobooks and 6 print. The links below will take you to the reviews previously posted. Visit this list on the Bookshop page for links to purchase a copy of each yourself!

• 5 Stars
  • Choosing to SEE, Mary Beth Chapman
  • Independence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  • Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
• 4 Stars
  • Diana: Her Own Story in Her Own Words, Andrew Morton
  • Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy
  • Quentins, Maeve Binchy
  • Start With Why, Simon Sinek
  • The Help, Kathryn Stockett
  • The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd
• 3 Stars
  • The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie
• 2 Stars
  • Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

My favorite this month was Independence. A tale of 3 sisters coming of age during the Indian independence from Brittan and partition into two states, this book explores family commitments, cultural and religious norms, and female empowerment. With mentions of real events and people, this book is historical fiction at it’s best!

April Reads

April promises to be a heavy reading month! With a day off during spring break all to myself in an empty house and some work travel planned, I know I’m going to have lots of time to read! We’ve got 11 books planned for the month, but I always end up picking up a few more along the way (You can grab your copies of these reads here)

• The Girlfriend Book Club – Our Missing Hearts, Celeste Ng
• Friends & Fiction Book Club – A Book Under 200 pages: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
• The Booklist Queen
  • Recommended by a Librarian: Born A Crime, Trevor Noah
  • Newberry Award Winner: When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller
  • About Royalty: Spare, Prince Harry (also the autobiography choice for April)
  • Written before 1850: Persuasion, Jane Austin
• Additional reads this month
  • Started in March and not finished: Killing England, Bill O’Reilly
  • Easter: Killing Jesus, Bill O’Reilly
  • Earth Day: Migrations, Charlotte McConaghy
  • Library Workers Day: The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict
  • Self-Development: The Happiness Equation, Neil Pasricha

Do you have any good reads planned this month? Share them in the comments! I’m always looking for my next good book!