March 2020 Wrap-Up

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Well, March 2020 certainly took somewhat of a nosedive as far as just straight up normality went. We’ve gone from being able to enjoy a walk in public to being able to enjoy a walk in public until someone comes close. Then we panic, leap 2 meters a way, nod, wish them a good morning and carry on our day.

God bless social distancing and the pandemic in general 😦

The one upside to being forced to stay indoors except for the most essential of times is that I get more time to read, work on my blog and write my novel. So, fingers crossed I can excel at all three of those. I managed to get through four physical books and three audio books for March. I am expecting that number to increase during this whole quarantine scenario.

 

Audio Books Reviewed: 3

Physical/E-books Reviewed: 4

Non-Review Posts: 2

 

Audio Book Reviews:

 

  1. A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
  2. The Dark by James Herbert
  3. Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey

 

Physical/E-Books Reviewed:

 

  1. The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
  2. Re-Coil by J. T. Nicholas
  3. Echo Cycle by Patrick Edwards
  4. Night Train to Murder by Simon R. Green

 

Non-Review Posts:

(Ignore the whole pexels.com thing … I swiped it from the free photo library and it seems hell-bent on giving itself credit haha)

  1. How are you keeping yourself busy during lockdown/quarantine/self-isolation?
  2. February 2020 Wrap-Up

 

Fingers crossed for many more book covers gracing my April wrap-up. Lord knows I have nothing but time on my hands now.

18 thoughts on “March 2020 Wrap-Up”

    1. Thank you, you’re very kind. I’ve asked a few people to read the opening chapter to see if they think it has that ‘wow-factor’. Fingers crossed they cone back with good feedback.

      Hope you’re staying safe and well 🙂

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  2. Good luck with your novel, Aaron! I hope you finish it soon and share with us 😄
    I was that close to getting Echo Cycle – and then bang! Everything closed down in our level 4 lockdown… Well, it’s not going to run away, I’m going to read it at some point 😉

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    1. Poor Echo Cycle! Just waiting to be read.

      What does lvl 4 lockdown entail?

      I’m certainly hoping to finish it soon. My barbarian’s life story needs to be told 😂 I’ve sent my first chapter out to a few beta readers. Fingers crossed they say its a good read 🙂

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      1. Basically everything is closed except essential services which had been defined rather narrowly up to this point as grocery stores and pharmacies 😉.

        Fingers crossed for your novel! 🙂

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    1. Certainly seems like a good excuse. I’ve only ever written one poem. I posted it on here as I was fairly happy with it. I don’t have the skill to keep poetry up, though. So that one poem will be my lot 🙈

      Do you write rhyming or non-rhyming? I’ve only ever managed to understand rhyming.

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  4. Just so you know, you can edit the pictures to get rid of that annoying text by pexels. I do that whenever I use one of the free pix. At first I didn’t think it would bother me, but after seeing it in one of my posts, I couldn’t stand it and just got rid of it everytime.

    Best of luck with your book…

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    1. You can? Excellent! I’ll certainly look into it next time I’m on my laptop.

      Thank you! At the rate I’m churning the words out I expect to have finished, edited and started sending out to literary agents by the end of the month. Let the standard form rejections commence.

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