March Summary

Here is an overview of what I read and what I got in March.

I read 20 books this month.

Young Adult

Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn

Middle Grade

Claim to Fame by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Adult Books

Slow Heat by Jill Shalvis
Double Play by Jill Shalvis
Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep
Mouse and Dragon by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (I liked it so much that I read it twice!)
Local Custom by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves, Book 1 by Vivian Arend
Scandal Sheet by Gemma Halliday
Wolf Flight: Granite Lake Wolves, Book 2 by Vivian Arend
Scout's Progress by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Wolf Games: Granite Lake Wolves, Book 3 by Vivian Arend
Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

And I'm currently reading Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt

Added

This month I added 81 books to my LibraryThing account. These are the tags I used. Books may have more than one tag.

ARC - 6
Debut Author - 9
Free - 8
Kindle - 29 (11 were free)
Paranormal - 17
Won - 8
Young Adult - 36

Right now 68 are still TBR.

Progress on Challenges

2010 YA Debut Author (Goal = 24 books)

January I read 3
February I read 2
March I read: 4
Total to Date: 9

2010 YA Reading Challenge (Goal = 25)

January I read 7
February I read 5
March I read: 7
Total to Date: 19

Flashback Reading Challenge (Goal = 6)

January I read: 0
February I read: 1
March I read: 2
Total to Date: 3

2010 E Book Reading Challenge (Goal = 20)

January I read 4
February I read 1
March I read: 14
Total to Date:19

RYOB Reading Challenge (Goal = 100)

January I read: 16
February I read: 12
March I read: 19
Total to Date: 47

2010 TBR Reading Challenge (Goal = 12)

January I read: 3
February I read: 1
March I read: 0
Total to Date: 4

Bottoms Up Reading Challenge (Goal = 36)

January I read 3
February I read 3
March I read: 0
Total to Date: 6 

In the Middle Reading Challenge (Goal = 10)

January I read: 3
February I read: 3
March I read: 3
Total to Date: 9

I am feeling a lot of pressure about making my goals for the challenges that I am part of this year. I know that last year I read about 225 books. But this year, because I am trying to read certain kinds of books, it feels harder. The books I choose to read next are chosen with much less spontaneity because I have to keep in mind making progress on my challenges. I feel guilty when a "drop everything and read" book arrives because it messes up my pattern.