March Wrap Up // a fun yet busy month

Hey everyone! It’s once again time to wrap up this month’s reading. I had a rather busy month, with exams and all, but I did a lot of fun stuff too! Let’s get started!


reading

This month I read a total of 6 books. It wasn’t my best reading month, but I’m happy with what I achieved!

25152052The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

Goodreads

I highly enjoyed this book. It swept me away on a journey and I loved that. This was captivating all the way through. It was a slower-paced novel, but that made it even better in my opinion. I loved the intriguing characters and slowly finding out more about them. I also gained knowledge from this book. Overall, I loved it and gave it 5 out of 5 stars. It’s a new favourite. I would definitely recommend it!

1078195Odette Toulemonde by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Goodreads

I read this book for French class and it was just okay. It’s the best book I’ve had to read for French, but believe me, that’s not saying much. This short story didn’t do much for me and I didn’t read the rest of the book because it wasn’t necessary. I thought the ending of Odette Toulemonde was quite confusing and unclear. At first I thought that was because I misinterpreted the French, but after checking in Dutch I came to the conclusion that it wasn’t my fault. Ultimately, I gave this 3 out of 5 stars.

Happily Book Cover - RecommendedHappily by Chauncey Rogers

Goodreads – my review

I enjoyed this novel a lot. It was entertaining and I always looked forward to continuing the story. The retelling aspects were done well. They were surprising and gave me something new. That’s what I look for in a retelling. I liked the characters as well. The plot was often unpredictable, but it was predictable at times too. I wasn’t a big fan of the ending. There was something that came out of nowhere and I found it unnecessary. Overall, I gave this 3 out of 5 stars.

Chicken with plums by Marjane Satrapi4469020

Goodreads

I picked this up on a whim when I was at the library, because I enjoyed Persepolis by the same author. Sadly, I was disappointed in this particular graphic novel. It didn’t do much for me at all. The story felt all over the place. In the end, I gave this 2 out of 5 stars. It wasn’t horrible, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

28006120The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

Goodreads

This was a disappointment as well in comparison to the previous books in this series. It took me over half of the book to get into it. I also feel that the ending was too clean and easy. It wasn’t thrilling, because I felt the characters would end up just fine. The stakes where constantly repeated, but it felt as if they weren’t there are all. The characters were good though and I loved the diversity aspect. As always the book made me smile or laugh once in a while. I gave this 3 out of 5 stars.

29780253Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Goodreads

Lastly, I read Trevor Noah’s autobiographical novel and I highly enjoyed it. The stories were interesting and went from entertaining to thought-provoking. I’ve learned a lot and I appreciate that. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars and I would definitely recommend it.


march 2018


on-the-blog

Here is an overview of everything I posted this month!

Bullet Journal

My March Bullet Journal Set-Up

April Bullet Journal Set-up!

Tags

I Spy Book Challenge!

Choosing my next read // try a chapter tag!

Other

Bookshelf Reorganisation!

recent favourites + a zine


That’s all for this months wrap up! I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading! See you next time!

Love,

eva 2.0

4 thoughts on “March Wrap Up // a fun yet busy month

  1. Pingback: Mid-Year Stats // Analysing the books I’ve read + how diverse have they been? | Brilliantly bookish

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