Before I get into rounding up the month of March, I want to take a minute to let writers know that Beth Phelan of The Bent Agency is hosting a Twitter pitch session, #DVpit on April 19, 2016, from 8a.m. to 8p.m., where writers can pitch their diverse books!
Okay! Here’s what happened in March!
Book Reviews
* How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are by Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret, & Sophie Mas
*** I Crawl Through It by A.S. King
*** I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Audiobook)
*** Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan (Audiobook)
E-book/Book/Audiobook Haul
* Beyond the Red by Ava Jae
* Take the Fall by Emily Hainsworth
* The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
* A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
* Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
* The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt
* Relic by Gretchen McNeil
* Right of First Refusal by Dahlia Adler
* The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
Movie, Blu-ray, DVD, & TV Reviews
* Blu-ray: A.D. The Bible Continues (NBC)
* Blu-ray: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Walt Disney Signature Collection
* Blu-ray: Creed
* Blu-ray: Carol
* Movie: About Scout
* Movie: Beyond the Mask
* Web Series: Con Man Starring Alan Tudyk & Nathan Fillion
* TV Review: The Path Season One (Hulu)
Music Reviews
*Broadway Tour Review: The Sound of Music
March Notes
* Buy Indie Press continues! This month, I put the spotlight on Tu Books, Sky Pony Press, and Quirk Books. You can join in and tweet along using #BuyIndiePress.
* Here’s all of the news, features and more you may have missed in the first three months of the year.
* I created a comprehensive list of all of the 2016 movies directed/written by black talent and/or starring black talent.
* Finally, I also shared the Top Ten Books On My Spring To Be Read (TBR) List!
Books I Read
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E-Books I Read on My Kindle:
1. I Crawl Through It by A.S. King
2. How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are by Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret, & Sophie Mas
3. Beyond the Red by Ava Jae
4. Diverse Energies Edited by Tobias S. Buckell & Joe Monti
5. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Library Audiobooks That I Listened To:
1. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
2. The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
3. My Story by Elizabeth Smart with Chris Stewart
4. Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer
5. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
6. Yes Please by Amy Poehler (Read Along With My Hardcover Copy)
Audiobooks I Own That I I Listened To:
1. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
2. Legion by Brandon Sanderson
Books I Read on My Shelf:
1. 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse: Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 10 Days! by J.J. Smith
My favorite book this month: Yes Please by Amy Poehler.
Movies & Documentaries I Watched
Watched in March 2016
The Last Five Years (Netflix DVD)
American Ultra (Netflix DVD)
God’s Not Dead (Netflix DVD)
Tomorrowland (Netflix DVD)
Ex Machina (Netflix DVD)
Match (Netflix DVD)
Everest (Netflix DVD)
The 33 (Netflix DVD)
The Wolfpack (Netflix Streaming)
Vampire Academy (Netflix Streaming)
My favorite movies this month: The Last Five Years and Tomorrowland.
Until next month, happy reading and viewing!