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April Reading / Life
- I read/listened to 14 books in April…how did that happen?! I think that might be my highest monthly total ever.
- I think my five audiobooks is what contributed the most towards my high April book count. And, all (Gift from the Sea
, How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
, Born a Crime
, A Mother’s Reckoning
) but one (The End of Your Life Book Club
) were winners.
- I vetted a number of books for my up-coming 2017 Summer Reading Guide: If We Were Villains, Anything Is Possible
, The Takedown
, Startup, and Based on a True Story
.
- I fit in two previous Book of the Month Club selections and enjoyed them both: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
and Killers of the Flower Moon.
- I really only had two duds this month: The Dry
and Woman No. 17
- As many of you know, I’m currently running a free trial of my personalized book recommendation service! Mother’s Day is just around the corner…request a recommendation for an awesome book to get your mom (or treat yourself)!
- Finally, you have two more days to choose your May Book of the Month Club selection(s) AND there are two awesome deals right now! Check out all the details and my commentary on which selection I’d choose here!
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) were winners.
My Favorite Book(s) of the Month
Best Books of the Month
Based on a True Story
Fiction, 384 Pages
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If We Were Villains
Nonfiction, 352 Pages
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PS – last year’s Best Book of April was Shelter by Yung Jun (my review)…one of my Top 3 Books of 2016!
Best Selling Book(s) of the Month (via my affiliate links)
Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
May Releases I’m Excited About
Based on a True Story
The Fact of a Body
Trophy Son
White Fur
Most Popular Posts
Posts Actually Published in April
It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? (4/10/17)
Book of the Month Club April 2017 Selections: What Would I Choose?
How to Ask for Book Recommendations…So You Find Books You’ll Love
Overall Posts
Book Club Recommendations
Behind Her Eyes and THAT Ending: Spoiler Discussion
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles: On Appreciating, Yet Not Loving a Book*
*Ya’ll, this is the first time a book review has been one of my top posts! Who knew not liking A Gentleman in Moscow would get me so many pageviews?!
Favorite Posts by Fellow Bloggers
- Molly at Molly’s Book Nook shared her 5 Tips & Tricks That Help Me Bookworm Better…I love the saved hashtags and Instagram drafts tips!
- Tanya at Girlxoxo‘s weekly 10 Things This Week post always contains super interesting literary links and helpful blogging tips.
- I loved Cathy at 746 Books‘s list of A Book For Every Year! She went back to the early 70’s, which is super impressive!
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Fourteen books! Very impressive.The audios really help. I think I’m going to start the audio of Priestdaddy.
It’s funny the A Gentleman, from last fall, is still so popular on your site. And, what’s with 4/10??
I tried the Priestdaddy audio, but kept zoning out. I don’t think it was the book’s fault…I think it reads a little like fiction and I’m planning to try it in print. Maybe for nonfiction november.
Wow, 14 books! That’s impressive. Happy May!
When do find the time to do all that reading? I’m happy if I get 2-3 books in per month!
In tiny little snippets of 10 minutes here and 10 minutes there…I rarely have a full hour to sit down and read! Also lots of audiobooks.
Ah your reading month was SO impressive! Especially that you enjoyed so many of them!
I’m about to finish The Roanoke Girls – that is some kind of book!
No kidding, right?! I want to recommend it to people but I’m always a little hesitant to!
I wasn’t a huge fan of The End of Your Life Book Club either – but everyone else seems to love it!
14 is amazing, especially since there were only a couple of duds!
I think I would have liked it more had I been more familiar with the books they were talking about. I liked his Books for Living better.
Oh, good to know!
Impressive! I love having a new baby but am saddened by my lack of reading time. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids sounds directly up my alley right now – just put it on hold!
Congratulations! And haha! My kids are 6 and 4 and I wish it had come out about 4 years earlier! I felt like she was speaking to me and also offered differing perspectives and practical solutions.
Congrats on 14 books! That’s an awesome amount of reading. 🙂
Thanks for the links too!
I have high hopes for Based on a True Story! Am planning to try a pop-up book club by reaching out to my FB friends in town to see who wants to read with me.
Congrats on a rich reading month!
It’s definitely a great one to read with friends! I was dying to talk to someone else about it the whole time I was reading!