Instead of writing individual
reviews for all the books I have read, I am just going to condense them into
what I have read each month.
In January I set myself the target of reading 60 books which I said I would review within the first couple
of months with the view of raising the target depending on how I was getting on
with reading, as sometimes I can go through phases where I just can’t
concentrate on reading.
In January I managed to read 12
books and in February I read 12 books which brought the total to 24. And now in
March I have managed to read 16 which brings the total up to 40. I had made the
decision to review the total in March in a view of increasing my total, so I
have decided to increase the total to 100.
So now after reading 40 books, I
now have 60 more to read. And now we are in lockdown and more time to read,
well may get to that total sooner rather than later!
So what have I read in March? Here goes:
Christian
Uncovered by Jonathan Carswell
Finding More by Rico Tice
Praying the Promises by Max
Lucado
Enjoying God by Tim Chester
Crime
In the Heat of the Moment by
Viveca Sten
In Harm’s
Way by Viveca Sten
Until
the Night by Giles Blunt
Young Adult
Dear
Martin by Nic Stone
Children’s
The Owl
who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Josie
Smith by Magdalen Nash
Josie
Smith at the Seaside by Magdalen Nash
Josie
and Eileen by Magdalen Nash
Josie
Smith at Christmas by Magdalen Nash
Fiction
The
Word Game by Steena Holmes
Postscript
by Cecilia Ahern
Non-Fiction
A
History of the World in 21 Women by Jenni Murray
This
month I decided to go down memory lane into my childhood and read books which I
read when I was a small child which included the Josie Smith books and also a great wee book about The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson. This
is such a sweet book about guess what, an owl who was afraid of the dark and
with the help of a few friends overcame his fear and embraced his life as a night
owl.
The
stand out book for me this month was Dear Martin by Nic Stone. Dear Martin
tells the story of a young man called Justyce who is top of his class and to go
to an Ivy League college, but then everything goes wrong when he is arrested
just because he was black. And this sets him on a downward spiral. To help him
through Justyce looks to the readings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers
and starts a journal to Dr. King to help him work out his problems.
It is a very interesting book which discusses the issues of race and mistaken identity,
and a recommended read, not just for young adults but for readers of all ages.
