Road Trip Wednesday is a weekly blog carnival hosted by YA Highway. This week's topic is: What's the best book you read in March?
How is March almost over? 2012 is flying by. Add in the burst of early spring we had last week, and I'm seasonally confused.
Anyway, here's what I read this month:
The Thirteenth Tale: Contemporary Gothic meta-fiction for booklovers. I was surprised that I didn't love this one more, but it was still a fun, eerie read.
Hemlock: I've always loved werewolves, so of course I enjoyed this one. In particular, the richly drawn small-town setting is great.
Enchanted Ivy: A sweet YA urban fantasy with a collegiate spin. Don't tell anyone that I pretended the Princeton setting was actually NU while reading.
A Young Wife: Historical fiction set in the Netherlands, Argentina, and New York at the turn of the (twentieth) century. Anachronisms in the dialogue aside, the writing was strong and the characters/plot so compelling. I'm such a sucker for that time period.
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society: An unexpected new favorite; I never knew how much I love epistolary novels until I read this one. It made me want to hop a plane to Guernsey and join the literary society. I will not be trying to recreate the potato peel pie, as I do not live in a world with butter rations. And I love butter.
Wanderlove: More on this on Friday, when I'll post as part of the YA Book Club!
Right now I'm reading The Art of Fielding. I was skeptical about this one, because it's a 500-page novel about baseball (and I never met a sport I didn't feel meh about). Surprisingly--or not, considering all of the rave reviews--I'm enjoying it very much.
What did you read in March?
8 comments:
I absolutely have to have that poster in my life.
The Art of Fielding is on my TBR-list - I'll have to move it up. I'm pretty *yay* about sports books, especially baseball.
I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society! I wanted to live in the world of that book.
Wanderlove's on my list this month too. Fantastic read.
I've got The Art of Fielding on my TBR list as well. The cover of that book is so compelling that I pick it up every time I'm at the bookstore.
Hemlock is on my TBListenedTo pile.
Enchanted Ivy does sound great...I'm partial to college set YA because I wrote one.
And I, too, have been tempted by great reviews of The Thirteenth Tale...not by The Art Of Fielding, though...I get enough of softball/baseball watching my daughter play.
It's always scary trying something new. I mean, there are only so many hours in the day to read a book, and you'd hate to be wasting that time over something that turns out to be a dud. But on the other hand, it's such a great feeling when the book you take a chance on turns out to be wonderful, and opens you up to a whole new world of possibilities. My book of the month was like that for me, and it sounds like THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY did that for you. Certainly an intriguing title! :)
Such diverse books this month, Rebecca! I've heard great things about THE ART OF FEILDING, and even though I'm not a big baseball fan, I think I might have to check it out.
My favorite books of March were PANDEMONIUM and WANDERLOVE.
THE ART OF FEILDING is on my list, too. I was worried for the same reason (I could live in a world without sports and be totally fine), but I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it.
(ps. I see Jellicoe Road is on your list. I can't wait for you to get to that one. So, so good.)
I really loved The Thirteenth Tale and I enjoyed Guernsey as well. Love the time period (although I probably would not love the rationing).
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