2016 Reading Challenge March Update

I meant to post this update last week but didn't get to it. In March I read four books, but I didn't really pay attention to whether they'd count for my challenges. Once I compiled all the details, I realized that I only made progress on one of my challenges in March. I've been reading a lot of ARCs lately and I'm thinking that I probably won't do much better in April. Oh, well! Read on!

February Progress

None crossed off this month.

March Progress

Completed two more for this challenge.

D - Dark Secrets by A.M. Hudson

L - Love in B Minor by Elodie Nowodazkij

 

Goodreads Group - 2016 Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

March Progress

None completed this month.

MY GOAL: Mount Blanc, 24 books

Total Read To Date: 12 

March Progress

None added this month.

2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge

March Progress

I didn't read any more books for this challenge this month.

 

MY GOAL: Discussion Dabbler (1-12 Discussion Posts)

March Progress

I didn't post any discussion posts in February.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 21, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by The Book Date is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.  It's a great post to organise yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone.

Finished Reading

 

This was a re-read for me. I've recently purchased Book #4 and needed to refresh myself on what happens in Book #1-3. With this reread I've come to realize that I love vampire stories and can't get enough of them. This book definitely resembles Twilight in the general theme of human girl falls in love with vampire. Vampire realizes he can't put human girl in danger and disappears leaving the girl in a deep depression. However, this book and series pulls more elements in (a love triangle for one). 

 

I plan to read Books 1-4 and do a in depth review once I finish. But in the meantime I wanted to put my thoughts out there about this book. If you look at the reviews on Goodreads, you'll see a lot of 1, 2, and 3 star reviews. I urge you to give it a try. At time of this writing, Dark Secrets is currently free for Kindle on Amazon.

Currently Reading

 

So, it's been 11 days since I picked up A Game of Thrones and over a month since I picked up Broken At Love. But I've just been reading other books. I will resume these books soon.

What Will I Read Next?

 

 

Broken Down is my next ARC that I need to read. But before I get to it, I feel like reading something Paranormal in nature and think I've narrowed it down to the other three above. If you have any opinions on these three, please share them in the comments and help me decide. 

What Are You Reading?

Thursday Thoughts - New Releases Edition

I thought I’d share my thoughts on New Releases today. I’ve seen several posts gushing over the new releases for this month. I would gush too, but I tend not to read new releases. Here’s why. I didn’t read any new releases (or at least very few) last year or the year before. I could probably keep going. So that means that I’ve got all the previous years worth of releases to catch up on.

Now I may look at and add some new releases to my TBR pile. However, unless I find them on a super sale (or motivate my butt to go to the library) it will probably be years before I read them.

I tend not to buy too many full-priced books. I have two kids and am therefore broke. I just sent my oldest off to college this fall (seven hours from home I might add). My youngest is in 8th grade and it is because of him that I’ve recently started buying two gallons of milk at a time. How is it that I have fewer kids at home yet I am buying more groceries?

Anyway I thought I would show you some of the books I am looking forward to buying when I can find the money. The images below link to the Goodreads page.

   

   

     

So it turns out they are all part of series I’ve started reading.

How do you feel about new releases? Do you have to read them? Or do you do like I do and go to the older books? Or do you read a mixture?