March 2013 Wrap-Up

Hey, so another month has gone, and here's what I read this month!

The Madness Underneath (Shades of London, #2)

1. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

2. The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

3. Requiem by Lauren Oliver

4. Hidden by Marianne Curley

5. Zom-B City by Darren Shan

6. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

7. In The Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters (half way through)

Yay, I read more than four books this month! I'm slowly getting back into reading, I think, so hopefully it'll last but it's exams soon so we'll see. The Name of the Star was a reread, so that I'd be completely ready for The Madness Underneath, and seriously, this series is amazing. I hope to have my review of The Madness Underneath up this month, seeing as it's already pretty late... I finished the Delirium trilogy, with the final book Requiem, and my review is here. I wasn't happy with the open end, but I went to Lauren Oliver's signing and she explained why she left it like that and now I can appreciate it. I actually managed to post my review of Hidden within a few days of finishing it, and that can be found here. Zom-B City was a good quick read, and In The Shadow of Blackbirds is proving to be very spooky so far... But that's good, I'm really enjoying it!

Pages read this month: 2230
Average number of pages per book: 343

My favourite book of the month was...

THIS IS WHAT HAPPY LOOKS LIKE by Jennifer E. Smith

I loved this! It's not often that I'm able to read a 400 page book in one day, but with this one I did. My review will be posted later this week, hopefully.

Here's what I'm looking forward to reading in April:

The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

And here are some other new releases to look forward to!

Thanks for reading, and don't forget to let me know in the comments what you've been reading this month!

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