March was a month with a lot of exams so I’m glad I managed to read all those books! I also decided at the start of 2017 to be more serious on my reading/reviewing of ARCs so that might explain why I read so much of those. I’m super thankfull to receive those and I’m reviewing the most I can. I wanted to read more books in French and… it was not a success. Not a disaster either but I really should try and do better in April!
1) Carmilla, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
I didn’t really liked that one unfortunately. I picked it up from the library when I saw it being showcased up front because I knew it was a classic vampire story. But the racism made me wince and the writing was boring. I’m not saying that because it’s a classic, I like and study a lot of classics, but I didn’t connect with this one. Still, I’m interested about the web series!
2) City of Strife (City of Spires #1), by Claudie Arseneault
Such a great diverse indie fantasy! Here’s my review!
3) These Ruthless Deeds (These Vicious Masks #2), by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas
Still writing my review of this eARC! I loved These Vicious Masks, and that one was a great sequel, it didn’t disappoint but it didn’t top TVM either.
4) The Ghost Line, by Andrew Neil Gray and J.S. Herbison
Another eARC. Also writing my review. Creepy and captivating, but I did not really liked the relationship between the characters.
5) Contribute (Holo #2), by Kristy Acevedo
And an eARC once again! I loved Consider (why would I have requested this sequel if I hadn’t? 😉 ) and this one, while being totally different, was a good sequel but I was really surprised (and disappointed to be honest) by some choices made by the author. I will talk about it on my review.
6) Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology, edited by Tricia Reeks and Kyle Richardson
What? Yes, another eARC. I really loved this anthology, currently working on my review which will be up this month.
7) L’épée de l’hiver, by Marta Randall
Here’s my review (in french)!
I didn’t hate it, didn’t love it. I wouldn’t recommend it really but if you’re interested in older fantasy novels from the 80s, I guess there’s worse than this one! (The Sword of Winter in english)
8) Between Two Thorns (The Split Worlds #1), by Emma Newman
Why oh why don’t I read more urban fantasy? This really reminded me why I love this genre! While not perfect, I enjoyed it very much. This is what I hoped Brother’s Ruin would be actually.
9) Hello World (.EXE Chronicles #1), by Tiffany Rose and Alexandra Tauber
Haaaa I wasn’t expecting to like this that much! I’ve been following the authors on twitter for a while and when I saw that Hello World was free on kindle for a few days I jumped on it! I don’t mind reading on my phone with the kindle app, as long as the book is awesome! I basically read Betweet Two Thorns and Hello World at the same time, often struggling to choose which one to read when I had some free time!
10) Les Armoires vides, by Annie Ernaux
I read that one for my French Lit course! Annie Ernaux is slowly becoming a classic author and I enjoyed studying her work.
Some numbers:
10 books
8 in English and 2 in French
4 from publishers, 2 from the library, 3 bought and 1 free on kindle!
What I posted this month:
Book review: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Book review: Killing Gravity
Book review: Brother’s Ruin
Book review: City of Strife
Book review: Ninefox Gambit
Book review: All Systems Red
Chronique de livre: L’Épée de l’Hiver
This month I also took part on two monthly challenges on instagram!
The #marchmonthofmythology was hosted by Isa (her blog, her instagram) and she posted some very interesting blog posts that you should go take a look at!
And the #grimdragon one was hosted by The Grimdragons (Holly’s instagram & Corey’s instagram)
Here are some pictures I used:
I didn’t manage to post everyday but it was my first time taking part in such a challenge and I think I’ll try to do it again! Maybe not in April since I’m not sure I’ll be able to take as many pictures as I did this month, but definitely some day!
Currently reading:
Wishing each and everyone of you a gread April with lots of great books!
a dragon in space 
Glad you liked the second book in These Vicious Masks. I just bought the first book today.
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I hope you’ll have a good time! It makes you experience all the emotions 😮
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The Between Two Thorns series must have done something right because I read all three books. But I know I didn’t love them as much as you seem to have because I can’t really remember anything about them.
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I’m pretty sure I’ll end up forgetting everything too when I’ll have finished the series
But I loved how geeky Cathy was!
Still, I didn’t 100% loved it, I still have some issues, I’ll try to write and post my complete review this month or the next 🙂
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Such beautiful bookstagrams!
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Thank you ❤
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I really want to check out City of Strife now, it sounds great! Lies of Locke Lamora…<3 It's my all-time favorite and I haven't even read the third book because I know the fourth will take ages to come out. I want to be able to read both back to back when Thorn of Emberlain comes out.
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Yes yes do 😀 If you’re not sure, the kindle edition is not that expensive!
Hahah I can understand! I loooooove this series, I can’t even choose a favourite between the three! I’ll definitely reread them all before the 4th!
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I’ve seen City of Strife around quite a bit the last few days. I’m very tempted!
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I really loved it! Kinda made me think of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet for the fact that it’s so open minded and full of compassion between the characters. There’s a ton of great characters from various background and identies too! *sorry I get too enthusiastic for books like that*
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