Bookmark Lit Bulletin | March 2023

The Bookmark Lit Bulletin wraps up the last month in reading and what was on the blog, as well as what’s coming up next. You can check out my book haul, books read, posts shared, challenge updates, etc. You can read past bulletins here. If you’re looking for more personal updates, you can check out my Lauren Lately feature; it highlights my life events and non-bookish fun from the previous 30 days.

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I really cruised in March! If I thought January and February were good reading months, March totally killed it. I’m excited to be at an even thirty books read to this point, averaging to 10 books per month. I really think I’m going to blow my reading challenge out of the water haha. I planned for 80 books but at this rate, I’ll hit the goal around August and keep rolling. The secret goal in my head is 100 books but I don’t want to update my Goodreads challenge.

    

Pages read: 3771 •   Average rating: 4.04 stars

Genres: 5 mystery/thriller, 4 contemporary, 1 nonfiction, 1 historical fiction, 1 literary fiction

Formats: 4 egalley, 3 mixed format, 3 paperback, 1 ebook, 1 hardcover

Sources: 4 purchased, 4 review, 4 library

Age Target: 11 adult, 1 young adult

    

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Here are all the books I read this month and the challenges they applied to!

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Popsugar Reading Challenge: 50%

52 Book Club: 48%

Buzzword Reading Challenge: 8%

Must Read in 2023: 25%

Romanceopoly: 8%

Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 50%

    

From Penguin Random House: Same Time Next Summer by Monaghan, Dreambound by Frey, The Christmas Cafe by Evans, In Nightfall by Young, Romantic Comedy by Sittenfeld, The Christmas Wager by Cassidy

From Simon & Schuster: Something Close to Magic by Lord

From Macmillan: Where Echoes Die by Gould, This is the Way the World Ends by Wilde,
If We’re Being Honest by Shook

Cookbooks: Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Perelman, I Dream of Dinner by Slagle, Korean American by Kim

BOTM: The Soulmate by Hepworth, Pineapple Street by Jackson, I Have Some Questions for You by Makkai

B&N: The Golden Spoon by Maxwell, Project Hail Mary by Weir, Better Than the Movies by Painter, In Nightfall by Young (also ordered another signed copy from Changing Hands!), Lock Every Door by Segar

Not pictured: Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus, Meet Me in the Margins by Ferguson

Target: Lore Olympus Vol. 1 by Smythe (below)

Gifted

Annie’s Book Stop (thanks Dad!): The Measure by Erlick, The Very Society of Irregular Witches by Mandanna, An Unwanted Guest by Lapena, On Spine of Death by Berry

• [1 Mar] Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters ★★★½
• [8 Mar] Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones ★★½
• [13 Mar] The Do-Over by Lynn Painter ★★★★
• [13 Mar] The Appeal by Janice Hallett ★★★★
• [13 Mar] Cold Clay by Juneau Black ★★★
• [20 Mar] The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang ★★★★★
• [20 Mar] Mirror Lake by Juneau Black ★★★★
• [20 Mar] Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt ★★★★★
• [27 Mar] Off the Map by Trish Doller ★★★★
• [27 Mar] The Good Luck Cafe by Annie Rains ★★★★

 

• [2 Mar] March TBR
• [3 Mar] On My List (10)
• [6 Mar] Bookmark Lit Bulletin | February 2023
• [7 Mar] Top Ten Tuesdays #399: Authors to Meet
• [9 Mar] Favorite YA Mystery/Thrillers
• [10 Mar] An Updated & Brief Bookshelf Tour
• [14 Mar] Top Ten Tuesdays #400: Spring TBR
• [15 Mar] I’m Reading Hyped/Popular Books This Year
• [17 Mar] Spring & Summer Review Copies
• [21 Mar] Top Ten Tuesdays #401: TTT Rewind
• [28 Mar] Top Ten Tuesdays #402: Recs for Sara Shepard Fans
• [29 Mar] Updated Cookbook Collection
• [31 Mar] April TBR

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