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What are you planning to read in March?

I will be reading at least The Saga of Gösta Berling; Disgrace and Periodic Table.

I will be reading Mrs. Dalloway and if I haven't finished Middlemarch - I will still be reading that!! I will also be reading The Night Rainbow, for my book club.

I will be reading Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoorin my first group read for All About Books :) I also plan on reading 2 books that I have had on my tbr list for too long Moby-Dick; or, The Whale and Vanity Fair.

Kelly wrote: "I will be reading Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoorin my first group read for All About Books :)..."

Nice that one Kelly!
These the first titles that I'm going to read:
Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett - for a readalong
His Excellency by Émile Zola also a readalong
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
and The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You by Ella Berthoud as non fiction
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde to relax a bit ...
Of course TBC!!!

I have several readalongs for March:

The Third Man by Graham Greene
Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R.D. Blackmore
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

For other groups:
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter
Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert
Lament For A Maker by Michael Innes
Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

How did this happen!?!

I don't have any readalongs but I hope to make a big dent in my kindle list considering I don't have any big deadlines in March.

Oliver Twist as part of my personal Charles Dickens challenge!

I can't think past that excitement at the moment, although I'll probably read The Jewel That Was Ours for the Morse readalong in another group, and perhaps Jamaica Inn - the next book in the Daphne du Maurier readalong here. And otherwise try to choose others from my TBR shelf which fit into my "Around the World" challenge.

I'm def going to be reading Little Men as a readalong with Leslie at the end of the month in march. This week I am going to finish Eleven on Top, Eryanand Cold Moon Rising. I am then going to try and read the hypnotic journey YA series by Alaina Stanford and get my other library books read before March 2nd and go from there. the fourth book of Kathy Reich's YA series Virals Exposurecomes out in March so I can't wait to read it when its available.

Kelly wrote: "I will be reading Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoorin my first group read for All About Books :) I also plan on reading 2 books that I have had on my tbr list for too long [book:Moby-Di..."

Kelly, there will be a readalong of Vanity Fair in April if you'd like to wait a little, or maybe you'd like to join in with discussion after you've read it!

I will most likely be reading:

His Excellency (Son Excellence Eugène Rougon)– Emile Zola (Zola Project)
The Spire – William Golding
The Collected Stories– Eudora Welty (National Book Award - personal challenge)
The Third Man – Graham Greene (readalong Leslie, Gill)
The Guide – R.K. Narayan
The Republic – Platon (NF group read)
Tom Stoppard: A Faber Critical Guide: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, Travesties, Arcadia (seasonal playwright)

Oh yes I will also read a play by Tom Stoppard! And towards the end of March, I will read our Spring group play, Medea by Euripides.

Jean, I'm getting Jamaica Inn from the library on Sat. and would love to read it with you if possible. :)

Great Terri - I'll commment on the "Daphne du Maurier continuing Readalong" thread.

Leslie wrote: "I have several readalongs for March:

The Third Man by Graham Greene
Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor?

You're even worse placed than I usually am! And since up to now I'm that bad, to complicate the month, when are you reading The Third Man? I'd like to joyn in!

LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I have several readalongs for March:

The Third Man by Graham Greene
Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett..."

Gill is in charge of that one - she was going to read it & I joined in... I need to request it from interlibrary loan so hopefully not at the very start of the month.

Better this way.

Amber wrote: "I'm def going to be reading Little Men as a readalong with Leslie at the end of the month in march. This week I am going to finish Eleven on Top, Eryanand ..."

Oh definitely! I will wait for April to read Vanity Fair! It is so much better to read and discuss a book with others! Can't wait!

Good morning everyone. the sun is out here yiphee and I am looking forward to my early spring reads which will be;

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
Mrs. Dalloway
Oliver Twist
The Wild Girl
and I really want to join in with Jamaica Inn if I can.
I am so excited to start my March books. :)

Tracey - Regarding Jamaica Inn - I'm still not quite sure whether I'll join in either! There should be lots of people reading it though as it netted 18 votes in the poll. (That doesn't include me as I didn't vote for it.) Of course that does not mean that all those people will read it - but others might.

Much as I'm loving rereading Daphne du Maurier, there are two more of hers coming up that I want to join in on - so many books, so little time...

I think I'll try to stick to my (not much of a) plan in comment 8!

I have Jamaica Inn on my challenge for June so may do it as planned. Mrs Dalloway was in there for May but as Shirley is reading in in March I brought it forward. I think Woolf is possibly better to read and discuss as you go along.

I'll hopefully manage to read The Book Thief, but that'll probably be it.

Have fun reading Vanity Fair Kelly! :)

March books!

AAB -
Middlemarch still slowly listening on audiobook
The Republic postponed until later
Jamaica Inn

Other groups -
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
A Passage to India
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry

Free choice -
Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
Death Note, Vol. 11: Kindred Spirit

@Pink: what a coincidence, I've just written in another topic I'm reading Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference! :)
It's interesting, it shows a lot of curios tests, especially in the results..funny, we are convinced to be so progressive (and liberal) than our predecessors, and then we fall into mental stereotypes not so different from theirs!

Anastasia I think it seems fascinating, I started it a couple of days ago, but not very far in yet.

It's on my TBR shelf too :)

My March Books are:

AAB-
Jamaica Inn-finished
Rebecca-finished
Queens' Play- finished

Other Groups-
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry-finished
The Lemon Jelly Cake-finished

Additional Books-
Rebecca's Tale-finished
Lost Lake-finished

Oh you have finished Jamaica Inn already Katherine! I noticed you asked on the DDM thread, so hope you'll post comments! Great going, by the way!

I fitted in 3 extra reads before Oliver Twist after all. The Shooting in the Shop From the Dust Returned and Rosary: Poetry of Anna Akhmatova And none of them fitted my plan to read from my "Around the World challenge" shelf. Ah well. The best laid plans and all that...

;)

Jean wrote: "Oh you have finished Jamaica Inn already Katherine! I noticed you asked on the DDM thread, so hope you'll post comments! Great going, by the way!"

Thanks Jean, I have. Unfortunately my interest to discuss a book tends to wane if it's been too long after I've finished it--my focus is on other books--but I'll try to get back there and comment if anyone else jumps in.

OK that's fine :)

One of the great things I've found about this group is that you don't know who it will be, but usually find that someone will respond and comment on what you post, even if it is a reread for them (as in my case) or they've read it a while ago... I can guarantee a conversation if you care to start one ;) But not if you've moved on of course :)

So on my March list, I have 2 that I am currently reading and 2 that I didn't get to (and won't) :/

Must try harder to reduce my commitments...

Leslie wrote: "So on my March list, I have 2 that I am currently reading and 2 that I didn't get to (and won't) :/

Must try harder to reduce my commitments..."

Snap! So I made a good start today by collecting my ONE library book for next month's group read and ended up returning with SIX

Dangerous places libraries, Pink.

Diane S. wrote: "Dangerous places libraries, Pink."

Always said that!! Even worse bookshops!!!