Date Read: April 1
Author: Elizabeth Wein
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating: 5/5
Code Name Verity is not a book for anyone looking to learn more about World War II, but it was still a good spy novel. I appreciated the focus on women – often WWII novels focus on the men, and if women make an appearance it is only as the love interest or it is a brief appearance.
It’s like being in love, discovering your best friend.
– Code Name Verity
My favorite book of March was The Stand by Stephen King. To see my original post about The Stand, check it out here!
Date Read: March 30
Author: Farid Attar
Rating: 3/5
This is another book for one of my classes, and I just don’t like it as much as I’ve enjoyed other books. I don’t really like poetry, so I doubt I would have picked it up if not for my class.
Date Read: March 30
Author: NK Jemisin
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 5/5
I have previously read The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin, and I loved it, so I was thrilled to see that she had another book coming out. The City We Became came out last Tuesday, but I finished the whole book in about two hours because I didn’t want to put it down.
A city is never alone, not really – and this city seems less solitary than most. More like a family: many parts, frequently scrabbling… but in the end, against enemies, they come together and protect one another. They must, or die.
– The City We Became
Date Read: March 29
Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 5/5
A good book about two teenage boys in summer. It’s a little awkward at times, but teenage boys are awkward.
Summer was a book of hope. That’s why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe.
– Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Date Read: March 26
Author: Margaret Atwood
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 4/5
I found the narrative style very interesting. When I started reading the book, I assumed that it would be a single narrator, like the first book, and so I was surprised to discover that the story is told by three different women. Still an interesting read, though.
Once a story you’ve regarded as true has turned false, you begin suspecting all stories.
– The Testaments
Date Read: March 26
Genre: School
This was one of the required texts for my English course.
Date Read: March 25
Author: John Carreyrou
Genre: Nonfiction
Rating: 4/5
Bad Blood documents the rise and fall of the Silicon Valley company Theranos, which famously claimed the capability of running dozens of tests on a few drops of blood. Carreyrou skillfully weaves together the narrative from start to finish, although I wish the last few chapters had not felt quite so condensed.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
– Bad Blood
Date Read: March 23
Author: Peter Clines
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: 4/5
The first book in the Threshold series, 14 technically comes before The Fold, which I read earlier this month. However, I do not think I had any problems reading this series out of order, and would actually recommend reading the second book first.
A ladder’s a flagpole with delusions of grandeur.
– 14
Date Read: March 22
Author: Sylvia A. Earle
Genre: Nonfiction
Rating: 5/5
The ocean covers most of our planet, and in The World is Blue, Earle explains the threats facing the ocean and what we can do to help save the ocean and the planet. As someone who has always loved marine life, The World is Blue is a must-read.
Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.
The World is Blue
Zoey's Year in Books 2020