Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2023

This month I read 6 novels and 1 novella, for a total of 7 books and 2246 pages (that's about 1100 MORE pages than last month!)

• 2 of the books were re-reads
• 6 were part of a series and 1 was a standalone
• 3 were ARCs and 4 were finished copies
• 4 were 5-star books, 2 were 4-star books, and 1 was a 3-star book
• All 7 were technically adult, though a couple of them could be labeled as YA
• 5 were fiction, 1 nonfiction
• 3 were urban fantasy, 2 horror, 1 sci-fi, and 1 about science

Books read this month:

I finished my re-read of Elemental Assassin 😭 I miss this series already. BUT I did also read Heart Stings, which is a brand new novella that will come out in May and I loved it! It's in Lorelei Parker's POV and it was SO good! It was quippy and cute and action-packed!

I also read my second nonfiction book of the year, What If? 2, and I really enjoyed it! Just like the first book, this one was also really fun and informative.

Then I read two books with haunted houses. I love the Ellie Jordan series, so I really enjoyed Sunset House. Their cases are always really interesting and creepy!

How to Sell a Haunted House though, it wasn't as fun or scary as I was expecting. It was kind of ridiculous, and not necessarily in a good way 😬

And I ended the month with a sci-fi book. Changing the Speed of Light Bulbs was SO GOOD! I love the Space Janitor world, but this book in particular was just a lot of fun! Triana's adventures usually always involve mysteries and dead bodies, and while this one did have a mystery, it was a bit different because we had alternate universes!! I really enjoyed following them on their journey to get back to their own universe.

Favorite books of the month:

Definitely these two! I cannot emphasize enough how happy Heart Stings made me! We haven't had anything new in the Elemental Assassin world in a while, so this was a nice treat. Plus, Tucker and Lorelei? Yes please 😏 And Changing the Speed of Light Bulbs was insanely fun! It's probably my favorite book of the series so far!

Least favorite book of the month:

I didn't dislike it, but it just wasn't what I was expecting.

Books reviewed this month:

The Vacuum of Space (Space Janitor #1) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ The Dust of Kaku (Space Janitor #2) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ Glitter in the Stars (Space Janitor #3) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ Sweeping S'Ride (Space Janitor #4) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆
 
The Rings of Grissom (Tales of a Former Space Janitor #1) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ Planetary Spin Cycle (Tales of a Former Space Janitor #2) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ Waxing the Moon of Lewei (Tales of a Former Space Janitor #3) by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ Changing the Speed of Light Bulbs (Tales of a Former Space Janitor #4) by Julia Huni | ★★★★★

Luna City Limited: The Phoenix and Katie Li by Julia Huni | ★★★★☆ What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe | ★★★★★ What If? 2 Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe | ★★★★☆ Sunset House (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #18) by J.L. Bryan | ★★★★☆

Other posts:

Coffee and Books

Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

The Secret Life of a Book Blogger Tag

#2: All the ARCs!

Let me know what your favorite read this month was and what you are looking forward to reading next month!