{"id":17536,"date":"2018-04-20T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bapl.org\/?p=17536"},"modified":"2018-04-20T09:46:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:46:24","slug":"a-humble-quest-to-read-100-books-in-2018-by-jenne-pt2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/a-humble-quest-to-read-100-books-in-2018-by-jenne-pt2\/","title":{"rendered":"A HUMBLE QUEST TO READ 100 BOOKS IN 2018 by Jenne (pt2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>March <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books read this month: 14<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books read so far this year: 41<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More mysteries this month, but also a smattering of YA books (fun fact: I also review new YA books for the BAPL blog- check out Jenne\u2019s Top Tenne here). I\u2019m beginning to realize that that pretty much sums up my general reading habits. I was convinced I had branched out a little this month, but looking back, I really didn\u2019t. <em>Whoops<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, I saw two new movies this month which were based on books, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrinkle in Time <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready Player One<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Both are books that I LOVE, and both movies were disappointing. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrinkle in Time <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made me actually angry, and I would not recommend it, whereas <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready Player One <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was just very different from the book, but still a good movie. So there\u2019s some bonus movie comments to go along with my book commentary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>My favorites<\/strong>: I\u2019m actually only picking one favorite this month because I loved it so much that it overshadowed everything else.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><i>Ready Player One<\/i><\/strong> by Ernest Cline- Wade Watts lives in a world where pretty much everyone goes about their lives within the virtual world of the OASIS. The game, created by eccentric video game designer James Halliday, contains a hidden easter egg. Players must solve riddles to find three keys. Each key unlocks a challenge which helps the player advance in their quest for the egg. Whoever finds the egg first becomes to sole heir to Halliday\u2019s fortune and gains control of the OASIS. When, after years of fruitless searching, Wade becomes the first one to find a key, he is plunged into a fight for not only Halliday\u2019s egg, but the survival of the world as he knows it. (Sidenote: Okay, this book was given to me by a friend who was basically like \u201cyou might not like the video game part of this, but it has a lot of 80s references, which I know you like.\u201d I ended up LOVING IT. Everyone should read it. Go read it.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>March reads: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Off Kilter (Scottish Highlands #1)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Hannah Reed<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Royce Rolls <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Margaret Stohl <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #10) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Agatha Christie<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aunt Dimity\u2019s Good Deed (Aunt Dimity Mystery #3) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Nancy Atherton<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Copenhagen Connection <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Elizabeth Peters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by P\u00e9n\u00e9lope Bagieu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murder on Monday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Ann Purser<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Meg Langslow #4) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Donna Andrews<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready Player One <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Ernest Cline<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raspberry Danish Murder (Hannah Swensen #22) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Joanne Fluke<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Undateable (Librarian in Love #1) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Sarah Title<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Belles <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Dhonielle Clayton<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Christie Curse (Book Collector Mystery #1) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Victoria Abbott<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hazel Wood <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Melissa Albert<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/march-jenne.png?resize=940%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/march-jenne.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/march-jenne.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/march-jenne.png?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March Books read this month: 14 Books read so far this year: 41 More mysteries this month, but also a smattering of YA books (fun fact: I also review new YA books for the BAPL blog- check out Jenne\u2019s Top Tenne here). 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