{"id":5932,"date":"2017-04-01T16:25:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T10:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2017-04-01T16:25:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T10:55:26","slug":"march-2017-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/01\/march-2017-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2017 Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March started out quite stressful for me. I had exams for most of the month and when they got over, I didn&#8217;t feel like reading much. Despite that, I managed to finish 7 books. I was able to do that as most of them were very short.<\/p>\n<p>I read 2 ebooks, 2 paperbacks and 3 audiobooks. Three of these books were from my <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/18\/spring-tbr-march-april-top-10-tuesday-7\/\">Spring TBR List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><!--more-->Books I Read<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>1.\u00a0Ignite by Danielle Rogland<\/strong><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-5460 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/img_20170312_155328.jpg?w=287&amp;h=387\" alt=\"IMG_20170312_155328\" width=\"287\" height=\"387\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This is an upcoming dystopian book that releases in April. I was sent an early copy by the publisher. It has been a long time since I read a dystopian book so I was really excited for this. I wasn&#8217;t disappointed at all and I really enjoyed reading this book. I&#8217;ll post a full review of it soon. I rated it between 4 to 4.5 stars<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>2. Nine Plays for the School Stage<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-5459 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/img_20170312_155317.jpg?w=280&amp;h=378\" alt=\"IMG_20170312_155317\" width=\"280\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This is a collection of plays that I actually got from school when I was in 9th grade. I read only 5 of these because the other 4 were abridged extracts from full plays and I don&#8217;t like reading those. It&#8217;s a fairly good collection and I liked most of the plays. The ones I did read were &#8220;A Marriage Proposal&#8221; by Anton Chekhov, &#8220;Jahanara&#8217;s Brother&#8221; by Subhadra Sen Gupta, &#8220;The Dear Departed&#8221; by William Stanley Houghton, &#8220;The Post Office&#8221; by Rabindranath Tagore and &#8220;The Ugly Duckling&#8221; by A.A Milne. I give this book 4 stars.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>3. Mudmen \u2013 The Quest For Humanity\u00a0<span class=\"by smallText\">by<\/span> Shitij Sharma<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1485913536l\/34093278.jpg\" alt=\"MUDMEN - The Quest For Humanity\" width=\"250\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34093278-mudmen---the-quest-for-humanity?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Goodreads link<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This is a very unique book. It has a very interesting concept &#8211; a man wipes out the whole world with a magical quill and a new one is created and creatures called mudmen are born. This book was a very refreshing read and I absolutely loved it. It is quite short and very easily readable. I will be posting a full review of it soon. I gave it 4.5 stars.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>4. #FinishLine (GearShark #5) by Cambria Hebert<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1486623179l\/34208077.jpg\" alt=\"#FinishLine (GearShark, #5)\" width=\"246\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the latest book in the wonderful #GearShark series by Cambria Hebert. This is a New Adult Romance series and one of my favorites. I really enjoyed this continuation of Arrow and Hopper&#8217;s story. I really really really hope this is not the last book in the series. These characters are so lovable and I don&#8217;t want this series to end at all. I gave this book 4 stars<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>5.\u00a0Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1373059909l\/18079719.jpg\" alt=\"Grasshopper Jungle\" width=\"228\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This book was just WOW! I don&#8217;t even know how to describe it. It was amazing. It was super weird. I loved it. I listened to the audiobook and it was great. I definitely have to read all of Andrew Smith&#8217;s books now. I gave this book 5 stars.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>6. Donny&#8217;s Brain by Rona Munro<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1466679720l\/28413432.jpg\" alt=\"Donny's Brain\" width=\"292\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was a very short, very well done and dramatic audiobook. The plot is that Donny wakes up from an accident and his memory from the past few years is gone. I did enjoy this audiobook but it was like watching an episode in the middle of a season. The production was great with sound effects and all but the story was lacking. I gave it 3.5 stars<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">7. \u00a0Six Creepy Tales by Edgar Allan Poe<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/52Rbp_s1h5o\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for six creepy tales by edgar allan poe\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was another audiobook that I just stumbled upon. I had never read anything by Edgar Allan Poe and I had no idea that he wrote horror. The stories were really creepy and psychotic. The recording was great and I really enjoyed it. I can&#8217;t wait to read more of his works.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>I also read 2 poems this month:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1.\u00a0Do not go gentle into that good night\u00a0by Dylan Thomas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>&#8220;Do not go gentle into that good night,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Rage, rage against the dying of the light.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">2.\u00a0Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by\u00a0W. B. Yeats<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>&#8220;I have spread my dreams under your feet;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong>Songs I Listened To On Repeat<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Shape of You by Ed Sheeran<\/p>\n<p>Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran<\/p>\n<p>Lay Me Down by Sam Smith<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Seriously, how awesome is Ed Sheeran&#8217;s new album?<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#800000;\">TV Shows and Movies<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t watch any movies this month. I finished season 2 of Shadowhunters &#8211; all episodes that are currently out and I finished Game of Thrones till season 5.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong>Best Posts of This Month<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/01\/february-2017-wrap-up\/\">February 2017 Wrap &#8211; Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/18\/spring-tbr-march-april-top-10-tuesday-7\/\">Spring TBR (March-April): Top 10 Tuesday #7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/11\/authors-i-want-to-read-more-from\/\">Authors I Want To Read More From<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/21\/authors-i-want-to-read-more-from-part-ii\/\">Authors I Want To Read More\u00a0From: Part II<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/04\/book-review-as-if-it-was-yesterday-by-henrike-g-forschler\/\">Book Review: As If It Was Yesterday By Henrike G. Forschler<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/14\/book-review-angel-in-the-shadows-by-amy-deason\/\">Book Review: Angel In The Shadows By Amy Deason<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/21\/book-review-take-the-body-and-run-by-jada-ryker\/\">Book Review: Take The Body And Run By Jada Ryker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/23\/sunshine-blogger-award\/\">The Sunshine Blogger Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/27\/the-versatile-blogger-award\/\">The Versatile Blogger Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/30\/the-unique-blogger-award\/\">The Unique Blogger Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>Which books did you read this month? Which was your favorite? Let me know!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"bookTitle\" class=\"bookTitle\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March started out quite stressful for me. I had exams for most of the month and when they got over, I didn&#8217;t feel like reading much. Despite that, I managed to finish 7 books. 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