How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - Abigail Pesta, Sandra Uwiringiyimana The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple - Jeff Guinn Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics - Lawrence O'Donnell Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl - Carrie Brownstein Shelter in Place - Nora Roberts Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir - Padma Lakshmi Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture - Roxane Gay Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body - Roxane Gay Connections in Death - J.D. Robb

Got through all but one of my library borrows. Also got through another too busy month. Really hoping April is more relaxed schedule wise. A big thank you to OB and MR for Snakes and Ladders, which has motivated me to read (or listen to an audiobook) so I can move up the board.

 

Read:

1. How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana and Abigail Pesta  5 stars

2. Hunger Makes Me a  Modern Girl: A Memoir by Carrie Brownstein 4 stars

3. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay 3.5 stars

4. The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn/narrated by George Newbern 5 stars

5. Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts 4 stars

6. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi 4 stars

7. Playing With Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics by Lawrence O'Donnell 5 stars

8. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay 2.5 stars

 

DNF:

1. Connections in Death (In Death #48) by JD Robb

 

1st Quarter Stats (Jan-Mar):

Total Books Read: 30 (12 fiction, 18 non-fiction)

Total Books DNF: 5 (not included in the percentages below)

Total Pages Read: 6,353

Avg Monthly Pages Read: 2,118

Diverse Authors: 8 Authors of Color (26.67%), 3 LGBT+ (10%)

Female Authors: 22 (73%)

Male Authors: 8 (27%)

Volunteered 10 hours in January, 8.25 hours in February, and 13.5 hours in March in my base's library

 

BL/GR Reading Goal: 31/75 (40% completed)