Reading Update, March 24th
After some time off, I'm back!
Happy Monday Tuesday! This is my weekly reading update in the Last/Now/Next format—what I’ve finished, what I’m currently reading, what I’ll be getting to.
For new friends, this Reading Update looks a little different than usual. Yes, it’s Tuesday (though, not completely uncommon for this Monday segment to come out a day later), but also, I’m not including my descriptions of what I thought of each book because this is everything I’ve read so far this month, not just the past week. All of the mini-reviews will be included in next Monday’s March Wrap-Up r.e.p.o.r.t., to prevent being redundant in back-to-back weeks/publications. A reminder, Wrap-Ups come out the last day of the month, and Updates are every Monday (except for months like March, where the last day of the month falls on a Monday).
As I’m working on my 30 Before Thirty reading challenge until mid-April, books from that list will have an additional cake emoji. 🎂
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⚠️ Content Warnings can be found on The StoryGraph
Last
💍 Three Days in June by Anne Tyler; Thank you PRH Audio for the free audiobook. | 2.5⭐️
🌊 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann; Thank you Vintage for the gifted copy. | 3.5⭐️
💰 Universality by Natasha Brown | 4⭐️
🐑 The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes | 4⭐️
🦠 Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green; Thank you PRH Audio for the free audiobook. | 4.5⭐️
🐞 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (book 5 in The Hunger Games series) | 5⭐️
👯♀️ 🎂 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein (book 1 of The Neapolitan Novels / Neapolitan Quartet) | 4⭐️
Now
✉️ You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
🍐 The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Next
🎂 TBD from my 30 Before Thirty list
Have a good week and happy reading!
Up Next: March’s Monthly Wrap-Up on Monday!
-Olivia
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