The In-Between

March was a FULL month, and I do not use all caps lightly. We spent two weekends on the road, one to visit the ice caves and one to visit family (five meals, five different groups of people = all good, yet exhausting).

On top of that, I went through the first two rounds of my Madison Writer’s Studio Novel Intensive Workshop, which meant turning in 75 pages of content, reading 200 pages of other people’s content, plus a short novel for the class.

While I’m disappointed I haven’t managed to keep up with my reading for The 2015 Book Project, I really shouldn’t be too surprised.

Here’s what I was supposed to read:

Classic: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

READ – Fiction: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – For a book club that met for the first time in March. My full review is here.

Nonfiction: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand – I didn’t read this one, for the second month in a row. Maybe the third time is a charm?

READ – For the Soul: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott – This was lovely and helpful and so, so quotable. A full review will be coming soon!

BONUS BOOK – Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin – This was added to my list for the MWS class I am taking. It was a fabulous novel to read while also writing, and probably the reason that I once again did not make it through Unbroken. I can’t wait to take what I learned from Colwin and apply it to my own novel. My full review coming soon!

And here’s what I am choosing to tackle in April:

Classic: The Awakening by Kate Chopin – Trying again!

Fiction: The Name of the World by Denis Johnson – This is the second book we are reading for our writing workshop. I’ve never heard of it before, and I always find those books interesting to read with no preconceived ideas about the text.

Nonfiction: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand – Third times a charm?!?

For the Soul: The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing by Jeff Goins

What are you planning to read in April? Have you tackled any of these before?