March 2025 Reading Wrap-up and April Hopefuls

This month I knocked off one more book from my “25 in 2025 TBR Challenge” list, I read three that satisfied some of my 2025 reading prompts, and two that satisfied my March reading prompts. Here are my favorite books of the month and how I rated everything that I read:

5 Star:

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (This fulfilled my March prompt of “read a historical fiction book with a strong female lead”)
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

4 – 4.75 Star:

Normal People by Sally Rooney (This book was on my 25 in 2025 TBR list)
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (This fulfilled my “read a book about music or a musician prompt)
Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes
The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker
The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego (This fulfilled my “read a locked room mystery” prompt)
When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory
The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon

3 – 3.75 Star:

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (This fulfilled my “read a cozy fantasy” and “read a book with a green cover” prompts)
Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Mariah Griffin
Tilt by Emma Pattee (review will post on 4/3)

2 – 2.75 Stars

Count My Lies by Sophie Stava

1 – 1.75 Stars

Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky (no review)

DNF:

The Cut by C.J. Dotson (no review)
Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley (no review)

I have a few ARCs that I need to read this month and plan to get through more of my 2025 lists. I’ll also try and throw in whatever Aardvark and BOTM picks that I can.