March Wrap Up // a mix of brilliant and meh books

I hope everyone has had a lovely month! My blog posting in March has been a little more spaced out than usual because I only took part in one Top Ten Tuesday post. I also didn't write a mini review post for the books I read for uni this month like usual because I didn't feel like I had more than a few lines to say about each of them. So to make up for the lack of my traditional mini review post, I'm going to give little summaries of my thoughts on all six books I read this month.

But before I do that, lets talk about what has been happening in March. Out of the usual, nothing much has happened. I have been doing my uni reading and writing, applying for jobs, having lunch with my friends (I actually socialised!), and I've started ice skating again (I'm still terrible at it). All in all it's been a really good month.

I also got to go to Angie Thomas' Waterstones event in London on the 24th which was amazing. She talked about The Hate U Give, and also a little about the movie and On the Come Up. She is such a real person with a brilliant sense of humour (I nerded out super hard when she refered to herself, Becky Albertalli, and Adam Silvera as the holy trinity), and I don't know what this world did to deserve her.

Reading Wrap Up

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo - ★★★☆☆

I didn't have any expectations for this book, but I was still disappointed. It was definitely unique but kind of unmemorable, and the only thing that really redeemed it for me was the ending. 

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - ★★★★★

This was by far the best book of the month, possibly of the year (sush I know I've said that to Ace of Shades already but this is too). The world was vividly built and I loved every second of reading it.

Woza Albert! by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, Barney Simon - ★☆☆☆☆

I'm ahead on uni reading at the moment so we haven't actually studied this play yet. If I'm honest, I didn't understand it, but that could be because I haven't been taught the context.

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga - ★★☆☆☆

This book was pretty good so I feel bad for giving it 2 stars. It's just not the style of book I enjoy reading, but I loved what it said about race and education.

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - ★★★☆☆

I wasn't as impressed by this as I had hoped, but it kept me reading on my long train journeys. The writing was weak so I didn't feel invested for most of it. But it definitely kept me guessing.

Ms. Marvel, Vol 7 by G. Willow Wilson - ★★★☆☆
This wasn't my favourite volume of Ms. Marvel, but I realised how much I missed this series! It's cute and optimistic and I love the messages it holds.

Ms. Marvel, Vol 8 by G. Willow Wilson - ★★★★☆
I liked this a little more than Volume 7. It felt more unified and I loved it's strong sense of community and the political parallels.

Drown by Junot Diaz - ★★★☆☆
I'm not a big fan of short stories, particularly short story collections, but I do appreciate this one. I particularly liked the final story, 'Negocios' (which was the one I was studying and so read it 4 times). 

Post Wrap Up

• Why I Have 4 TBR Lists
• Latest Love // The Greatest Showman
• Books on My Spring TBR

What did you read this month? Did you have any favourites? Have you read any of the books I read or are any of them on your TBR? Tell me your thoughts!