March 2013 – In Review

This month I read 20 books.  Still catching up on a lot of series that had books that released in February.  I actually finished more series this month than I started!  You can see updates to my reading challenges, my favorite books of the month, as well as the full list of books I read this month below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:
– Etiquette and Espionage (Finishing School, Book 1) by Gail Carriger (4.5/5 stars)
– The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (4.5/5 stars)
– The Diviners (The Diviners, Book 1) by Libba Bray (5/5 stars)

I finished the following series:
– The Mirrored Shard (The Iron Codex, Book 3) by Caitlin Kittredge (3/5 stars)
– Ravage (Deviants, Book 3) by Jeff Sampson (4/5 stars)
– Breath (Riders of the Apocalypse, Book 4) by Jackie Morse Kessler (4.5/5 stars)
– Sever (The Chemical Garden, Book 3) by Lauren DeStefano (4.5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
– Etiquette and Espionage (Finishing School, Book 1) by Gail Carriger (4.5/5 stars)
– The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (4.5/5 stars)
– Midnight Blue-Light Special (InCryptid, Book 2) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
– The Diviners (The Diviners, Book 1) by Libba Bray (5/5 stars)
– 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Fables Prequel) by Bill Willingham (5/5 stars)
– Breath (Riders of the Apocalypse, Book 4) by Jackie Morse Kessler (4.5/5 stars)
– Sever (The Chemical Garden, Book 3) by Lauren DeStefano (4.5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Get Steampunk’d Reading Challenge (8/15 books)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (7/24 books)
– YA/MG Fantasy Reading Challenge (7/10 books)
– Audio Book Challenge  (7/12 books)
– 150+ Reading Challenge (60/150 books)
– Debut Author Reading Challenge (4/12 books)
– Paranormal Reading Challenge  (10/12 books)
– Color Coded Reading Challenge (2/9 books)
– TBR Pile Reading Challenge  (15/50 books)
– Young Adult Reading Challenge  (25/50 books)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1.  Etiquette and Espionage (Finishing School, Book 1) by Gail Carriger (4.5/5 stars)
2.  The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (4.5/5 stars)
3.  Midnight Blue-Light Special (InCryptid, Book 2) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
4.  The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker, Book 2) by Paolo Bacgalupi (3/5 stars)
5.  The Mirrored Shard (The Iron Codex, Book 3) by Caitlin Kittredge (3/5 stars)
6.  Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (5/5 stars)
7.  The Diviners (The Diviners, Book 1) by Libba Bray (5/5 stars)
8.  1001 Nights of Snowfall (Fables Prequel) by Bill Willingham (5/5 stars)
9.  Ravage (Deviants, Book 3) by Jeff Sampson (4/5 stars)
10. Island of Silence (The Unwanteds, Book 2) by Lisa McMann (3.5/5 stars)
11. The Lost (Celestial Blues, Book 2) by Vicki Pettersson (4/5 stars)
12. Breath (Riders of the Apocalypse, Book 4) by Jackie Morse Kessler (4.5/5 stars)
13. Holy Spokes by Rob Coppolillo (4/5 stars)
14. The Bleeding Dusk (The Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 3) by Colleen Gleason (4/5 stars)
15. Sever (The Chemical Garden, Book 3) by Lauren DeStefano (4.5/5 stars)
16. Storm Born (Dark Swan, Book 1) by Richelle Mead (3/5 stars)
17. Dinosaurs Before Dark (The Magic Tree House, Book 1) by Mary Pope Osborne (4/5 stars)
18. House Rules (Chicagoland Vampires, Book 7) by Chloe Neill (3/5 stars)
19. The Daylight War (The Demon Cycle, Book 3) by Peter V. Brett (2.5/5 stars)
20. Fuse (Pure, Book 2) by Julianna Baggott (4/5 stars)