March Reads in Review

As you can see, March's list was just a tad shorter than February's.  I'm not sure why but I had a hard time getting in the groove of reading last month.  However, there was most definitely a theme - Children's books. I've been thinking a lot about reading some classic kid lit that I've never read, so each time I'm in a bookstore and I'm buying something, I try to add one or two to my haul.  So far, so good.  

The Night Fairy: Not a classic, but I'm a sucker for all things Fairy. I'm just not seeing this added to any go to lists for my future children.  While not horrible, it just wasn't that great.

Jack and Louisa Acts 1 & 2: I dedicated an entire post to these 2 books so you already know I feel about them.  So fantastic!  Can't wait to read them to the future children.

James and the Giant Peach: I have no idea how I ever missed reading this book growing up. You'd think it would have been a reading assignment at some point, but apparently not.  It's very cute. There were some parts I was surprised made it into a children's book, but for the most part, those would be fairly easy to pass over if you were reading to a child.  Great illustrations too!

After the kids books, there was a little adult reading in the form of 2 plays.

Time Stands Still by Donald Marguiles:  It played Broadway a few years ago so I was interested in seeing what it was all about.  It wasn't my favorite, but it was really good and really well written. Smart people talking smart - probably better when seen live. 

Almost, Maine by John Cariani: Ok, I will admit to reading this one solely because John Cariani is in Something Rotten! and he talks about it in all his interviews.  After I heard it overtook A Midsummer Night's Dream (a personal fave of mine!) for most produced play by high school students, I just had to see what it was about.  And...it so wasn't what I expected. It was just so much stranger than I thought it would be.  Love me some John Cariani, but I'm going to stick to Shakespeare from now on.