What I’ve Been Reading: Quarterly Wrap-Up
My reading habits largely depend on how busy I am. January and February are always insanely busy months for me, where November and December are quieter. This means that my reading tends to be very sporadic, ranging from two books a month to twelve a month, depending on the month. That’s why I’ve decided to do a quarterly wrap-up instead to make this a little easier on myself.
January
January was as always a busy month, where I only managed to read three books and DNF one book. I’m not going to go too much into my thoughts on the books, or what the books are about, but you can check out my reviews for the books, linked below!
- The Starless Sea – 3.5 Stars / Review
- Look Both Ways – 5 Stars / Review
- Follow Me Like Me – 2.5 Stars / Review
- The Winter Duke – 4 Stars / Review
January was definitely not my best reading month, but February looked much better.
February
February was busy but better. I managed to read six books, which were all considerably better reads than January’s books.
- The Raven and The Dove – 4 Stars / Review
- Wayward Son – No Rating
- A River of Royal Blood – 4.5 Stars / Review
- The Deep – 3 Stars / Review
- Fix Her Up – No Rating
- Woven in Moonlight – No Rating
Now as some of you may know, I don’t rate books I read for fun. If I don’t have to write a review for the book, I won’t give it a rating. I feel like sometimes I just want to read a book for fun, and not have to worry about whether it deserves five stars or four. So that’s why some of the books I read are not given ratings. I don’t want to have to assign a value to everything I read.
March
March was an excellent reading month for me, mainly because I spent the last part of March in lockdown thanks to COVID-19. At least some good came of this.
- Every Heart a Doorway – No Rating
- The Disasters – 3.5 Stars / Review to come
- The Shadows Between Us – No Rating
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones – No Rating
- One Of Us is Next – 5 Stars / Review to come
- Lady Smoke – 4 Stars / Review to come
- Last Memoria – 3 Stars / Review to come
- Beneath The Sugar Sky – No Rating
- Wicked Like Wildfire – 3.5 Stars / Review
- Fierce Like a Firestorm – 3.5 Stars / Review
- Only Mostly Devastated – 5 Stars / Review
I started listening to the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire and I’m completely hooked. Also, I have some outstanding reviews to come so keep an eye on my blog. That’s it for my quarterly wrap-up, I hope you enjoyed it!
How was the first quarter of your reading year?
My first quarter was amazing! I have read an insane amount of books, and definitely found some new favourites.
That’s awesome! I hope your next quarter is amazing too.
Loved checking out the books you’ve been reading! I’ve been reading loads, especially at the moment. It’s a great time to get through your TBR.
Definitely! I hope you’re enjoying your reads!
your feature photo is stunning
Thank you!
You were really hitting it in March – can’t wait to see what you do in April
Loved this post! I definitely want to try out wayward children
It is such a great series, and the books are short so that’s a bonus.
I haven’t read any of these, but some are on my TBR.
I usually read an average of 15 books a month and so far doing well. I babysit my grandchildren full time and still am as the parents’ jobs are essential but my weekends are free to read all I want.
I aspire to read 15 a month. Under normal circumstances, I only do 6-8 a month.
Haven’t read but some of them are in my TBR
You have read some amazing books. None I have read before but they all look and sound so inviting.
It looks like you have had a brilliant start to 2020 with all these books! It’s such a great opportunity to catch up with reading at the moment, hope you enjoy your upcoming books! Thanks for sharing and have a lovely weekend <3 xx
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Great post and great wrap-up it looks like you had a great quarterly month. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
Great article. I love reading wrap-ups! You’ve read some interesting books. A lot of them are on my own TBR still. Seeing you didn’t rate Fix her Up > what did you think of the book? I’m curious. Every heart a doorway is on my wishlist so it’s good to see you liked it! And the shadows between us is on my tbr at the moment.
If I had to give it a rating, I’d say five stars. It was a cute story with some spice and I loved it.
I always rate books, even books I read for fun.
What a fantastic wrapup! I’m glad that you were able to find so many enjoyable books to read.
Great wrap up! In terms of quality, January was definitely my worst reading month too. I don’t know why but most of the books I read were meh. In terms quantity, I don’t think this quarantine makes a difference in the number of books I’ve read. I know I should be able to read more, but I just didn’t haha!