Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: March 2025

 

Hello, everyone! March is already over - I can't believe how fast months pass! So, before we enter April, which is also my birthday month, I would like to do a little reading wrap-up. This way, I can also talk to you about everything that I've read, even the books that I haven't read a review for. This month, I didn't DNF any of the books that I've started.

Books I've Completed in March

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith: This was actually a reread for me, as I'd already read it many many years ago. I read it for my book club, and I'm really glad that I got the chance to view the story as an adult. I can't believe how dark some of this book's themes are. 
• Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales - Heather Fawcett: You already know my thoughts on this book. I loved this installment of the series. You can read my review here.
• Welcome to the Creative Club - Pia Mailhot-Leichter: I've received this book via NetGalley. Even though I'm not a big self-help book fan, I thought that the topic was very interesting. Unfortunately, I didn't particularly care for this book, and you can read my review here.
• Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera: This is a book that is perfect as an audiobook - in fact, I think that it might have enhanced my experience. In general, I've had a great time with this mystery-thriller. Would you be interested in reading a more in-depth review?
• Earthlings - Sayaka Murata: I've had this book on my TBR for years, almost since its translation. I finally got to read it, and I'm very glad that I did. Of course, it's very difficult to top Conveniece Store Woman, especially since some of the themes were very similar. In April, I'm waiting for the translation of Vanishing World, which honestly sounds as crazy and weird as this one. 
• Death's End - Liu Cixin: My true 5* star of the month. Of course, it's the third book of the Remembrance of Earth's Past series (which begins with the Three-Body Problem), so I can't really be specific. It's best to go into this book without knowing anything of what's waiting for you. I literally finished this 600-page book in just three days. It was that good, and it put me in a book hangover. 
• Spider's Web - Agatha Christie, Charles Osborne: Finally, I listened to this novelization of an Agatha Christie play. Unfortunately, the translation into a different medium lost something that you'd usually find in an Agatha Christie novel.

Books I'm Currently Reading

• Jingo - Terry Pratchett: Last year, I finally decided to delve into the Discworld universe, thanks to a really good friend of mine. She insisted that I start with the City Watch sub-series, I'm currently in the forth installement and I'm loving every moment of it. 
• Famous Last Words - Gillian McAllister: Wrong Place, Wrong Time had a very interesting premise, so I was very curious to get my hands on the latest book of this author. I'm still at around 20% of the audiobook, so I'm not sure how it will end up. I think that this one will be one of the first reviews that I will post in April. 
• Ερασιτέχνης Επαναστάτης - Apostolos Doxiadis: This is a greek nonfiction book, which roughly translates to "Amateur Rebel". It is a memoir on the author's time during the period 1967-1974, when Greece was under a military junta. The scary thing about this book is that it is almost 1100 pages long, and I've been reading it since February.

What did you read in March? What are you currently reading?