I am FINALLY getting around to this one, which is hosted by Jana @ Reviews from the Stacks. I have seen Marianne do this one forever and keep saying I would start...and then forget because, well, I don't know.
It's really easy. Just find book titles which spell the month in question. Jana does post optional themes for the months, if you like having that guide. I will not be using them, as themes are usually harder to do with non-fiction.
March
M 
A 
R 
C 
H 
All of these are from my TBR, so hopefully it is yet another way for me to focus on that.
Happy Reading!
Sarah
This is always such a fun challenge and I am glad we could lure you over. It's always tough to find the right books but it's also totally interesting. And it's lovely to find out what others have chosen. I think I would love to read all of your books though I have a hard time trying to read the "R" book. It's the spelling, it's a name I don't know, I can't enlarge it ... you know the kind of trouble we sometimes have with that. But I'm sure it's a nice one.
ReplyDeleteMy Spell March in Books.
It's my new favorite!! It will be fun for me to discover which books I have chosen in coming months, since I did them all back in January, lol.
DeleteThe R book is about the lost colony of Roanoke. I LOVE readng anything I can about Roanoke, even though we will never know the truth.
Wow. Would you believe I never heard of Roanoke? I must read something about it. What would you suggest?
DeleteAnd I think it's a great idea to go with books on your TBR list, I never even thought of that.
It disappeared so quickly, I am not surprised you never were taught about it. We barely touched on it in my high school history classes. There are a couple I've read and personally the best I have read so far is A Kingdom Strange: The Brief And Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by James Horn
DeleteProbably not since neither the US nor the UK was our country, though we learned a lot about both of them. And the history. I just checked, it's available but pretty pricey. Put it on my wishlist for now. Thanks.
DeleteNo problem! I love speculating about what happened. I think the remaining colonists went with the neighboring Croatoans and assimilated to survive since they were on the brink of starvation.
DeleteI have read a little about them on the internet in the meantime. It certainly is an interesting subject and goes well with the book I read about that expedition to the North Pole I read recently, The Expedition: a Love Story: Solving the Mystery of a Polar Tragedy.
DeleteIt's such a fascinating story. I wish we could know what happened once and for all. The North Pole book looks really interesting, but my library doesn't have it. So annoying! I will be requesting.
DeleteThat is similar with the North Pole story, we will never know the whole truth.
DeleteI've started reading up on the subject while waiting to see if the library will purchase it. It's crazy!
DeleteTotally crazy. And so interesting.
DeleteI love these historical mysteries but they also drive me absolutely insane. I wan so badly to know all the answers.
DeleteIn many cases, we will never know what really happened. Even in non-fiction books, we cannot know the whole truth.
DeleteAnd yet I continue to read them because do I somehow think I will be the one to magically solve the case?
DeleteSo do I. LOL
DeleteThis is most obvious in my constant consumption of books about the Five. Someday I will know how Jack the Ripper was. And actually I read a pretty convincing book a few weeks ago and will be posting the review soon.
DeleteSounds interesting. Happy Easter.
DeleteIt really was! And the suspect, Hyam Hyams, is not someone unknown to those who are interested in the case. I think either he or Aaron Kosminski are the only ones who really make sense.
DeleteWho know what kind of stuff they find out in the future but I doubt we will never know for sure.
DeleteOh for sure. Too much time has passed. We will never know.
DeleteBut it's always nice to assume.
DeleteI will never stop reading books about the women, though.
DeleteYou chose the easy way out, lol. For beverages, I manage to find nonfiction for A and H, actually nonfiction were my only options for these letters (I only use books I have read or that have been on my TBR for a while): https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/03/04/spell-the-month-in-books-march-2024/
ReplyDeleteI did all of mine in the beginning of January, and am using this as a way to keep those books that have been on my TBR the longest in my mind so I can get them read. I am really trying this year to get my TBR below 2500 books.
DeleteFun!
DeleteI am trying to request them from the library each month. It's going...as well as I expected it would, but I am TRYING lol
DeleteThat's a good idea to do them at the beginning of the year. I never even thought of that, I do next month's post after I published the last one.
DeleteIt took me a couple hours to find all the books and organize the posts, but having it all done at once and queued up to post on the first of the month has been massively helpful so I can focus on other posts that I can only do weekly, like Top Ten Tuesday and Stacking the Shelves, or reviews.
DeleteI probably should do that, though then I can't stick with the topics. I'll see.
DeleteWhatever works for you! I am using it to look back over my earliest adds to my TBR, and not interested in the themes.
DeleteI've been doing it for a while now. If I don't keep with the theme, I just repeat myself.
DeleteThat would be my issue if I didn't have a system. Now I just have to read all the ones I've used to clear them out for next year.
DeleteI think whatever works for us is good.
DeleteNice work!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Can't wait to read these!
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