So, I read a few books in April:
- Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
- Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman
- The Longings of Wayward Girls by Karen Brown
- Black Venus by James MacManus
- The Secret Holocaust Diaries by Nonna Bannister
- Mary Coin by Marisa Silver
- The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard
- The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
- Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
- The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley
- However Long the Night by Aimee Molloy
- After Visiting Friends by Michael Hainey
- In The Land of the Living by Austin Ratner
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
- City of Thieves by David Benioff
- Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
- The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- Garden of Stones by Sophie Littlefield*
- The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald*
- Maus by Art Spiegelman*
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi*
- Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
* Read during Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
I’ll be doing a Hall of Fame post in June. At that time I’ll have to pick my favorite fiction and nonfiction book for April. Right now it hurts my brain to even try. Ouch.
Wasn’t April great for readers? So many fab events! Read-a-Thons, World Book Night, yahoo!
You have read 83 books toward your goal of 150 books.
Awesome, you’re 34 books (22%) ahead of schedule!
How was the month of April for you? Do you have a favorite book of the month?
Onward Readers! Let’s make May fabulous!
The Relentless Reader 
Ok that is a lot of books 🙂 My Goodreads challenge ticker keeps telling me how I'm 10 books behind the yearly goal. And my yearly goal is only 80! 😀
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That'a almost a book a day. Do you have some superhuman powers we all don't know about???
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Wow, what a fantastic month! Look at you go. I'm 15% ahead of schedule and very excited because I've always been behind!
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My original goal was 125 books and I increased it to 150 when I realized I was going to smash 125, lol. I might have to increase the goal again!
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I've always been a very fast reader. Is that hereditary? LOL, I don't know 😉
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Yahoo for being ahead! 😉 This is the first year that I've kept track, it's fun!
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I'm singing Alicia Keys song to you . . . \”This girl is on FFIIIIIIIRRRRRRREE!!! . . .\” Just WOW!! I was so happy the read-a-thon put me ahead too. I love how you have read books I've just purchased and am about to read! I recently purchased Beautiful Ruins (finally in paperback)after I listed to a talk radio show where it was highly recommended.
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Wow! 26 books in 30 days? AMAZING!
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Ha ha, thanks for the song!! I hope you enjoy Beautiful Ruins, I thought it was lovely 🙂
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The read-a-thon really put me over the top! 😀
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I love it. \”So, I read a few books in April.\” LOL! Too funny. Hurray for the Readathon, eh? 😀
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Wow! How did you find time to read all of those books?
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I am so jealous of the number of books you read in April. It's setting the bar for my summer months! My favorite book in April was \”One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are,\” by Ann Voskamp. It was part of my search for personal change and ended up being the last of a long list, but also the best.
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Wow! I think you've read as many books in April as I have this year to date. AND you reviewed so many of them already! I want to know your secret!!
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I don't think I've seen anyone who has read AND reviewed so many books in so little time. So impressive! I like a lot of books on your list but I particularly loved Eleanor & Park and City Of Thieves
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Really? THAT MANY BOOKS IN A MONTH?! I don't know how you do it. I am so unbelievable jealous and have reader-envy
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Oh hell yea, the Read-a-Thon always bumps up those numbers. Besides, it's a hoot!
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I'm a speedy reader and I homeschool 😉 We have a lot of reading time!
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Wow, congrats!! That's an amazing amount of books in one month 🙂 I thought I was doing worse, but I'm actually on pace still for my goals, and now that the school year/concert season is winding down, I'm hopeful to get caught up (and/or ahead!) on my reading now in May. Yay! Best book I read in April was Mario Puzo's \”The Godfather.\”
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Thanks Jennine :)I looked up One Thousands Gifts. It sounds like a powerful read!
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My secret is that I have no LIFE! Ha ha 😉 Really though, I'm a homeschooling mom and I make sure our days have plenty of reading time 🙂
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Don't be fooled by all of those reviews 😉 I do quite a few mini-reviews, especially of library books. Eleanor & Park was one of the most adorable books wasn't it??
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I shall count my reading blessings: I homeschool, I don't work outside the home, my kids are old enough that I can tell them to buzz off, etc. 😉
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Thanks Kristin! Good for you for being on goal, it's not always easy 🙂 I really do want to get to The Godfather one of these days!
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Wow, that's a lot of books! Great list. I didn't read as much as I had hoped in April, and I'm not sure what my favorite book was. Hmmm, probably Gaskell's North and South (I'm not sure how I missed that one until my 30s!).
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30 books ahead of schedule? :OI am two behind 😦
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Wow lady, you are a reading machine! My fav April read was Eight Days, which we have in common.
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Such a perfect title! I had to narrow my April favorites to five for an online magazine column I write and almost cried. Let's hope we keep getting amazing months like this!
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Wow you read a lot of books this month! I really want to read E&P! I hear it's good. I hope may is just as great for you. And love that gif of Belle!
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Wowee! I am so impressed, what a great month you had! I totally bombed with the read-a-thons, couldn't get as much done as I'd hoped. Hopefully things will settle down soon so I can get back to reading! Interview with the vampire is calling my name!
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ohhh, hope you enjoyed Snow Child, one of my favorites!
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Dude, you owned April. I don't know whether to be incredibly impressed or terribly jealous. Maybe I'm both. 🙂
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Holy cow…that's a lot of books. *\\o/*
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I'm almost done with my 30s and still haven't managed to read that! I'll have to add it to my list 😉 Thanks for visiting!
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That's because I'm a reading robot 😉 Read a couple of graphic novels Sam, that will get you right on track!
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Oh yes, I really liked Eight Days 🙂 That's probably my fave nonfiction for April
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LOL, I know the feeling 😉 I'd love to see your article Shannon!!
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Thanks so much 🙂 E&P is such a great read, I do hope you read it! Thanks for visiting and commenting 🙂
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Thanks Tanya 😀 I'm sorry to hear that the read-a-thons didn't go as well as you had hoped. Real life gets in the way at times (Boo!) I hope you enjoy Interview. I loved the heck out of that book when I read it!
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I did, I did! I thought it was beautiful and brilliant!
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It was a pretty awesome month for me 😉
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Thanks for the cheer Heather 😉
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Wow, you had an amazing April!!
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I did! I'm hoping that May is even half as great 🙂
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Homeschool…that must be hard but a lot of fun. And definitely explains the extra reading time 🙂 By the time I've finished work, fed and got the kids in bed it doesn't leave me a whole lot of time to read. But I'm finding ways to fit extra time in 🙂
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Homeschooling is quite an adventure 😉 But yes, extra reading time, yay!
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I'm going to respond the way I did the last time…
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LOL, speechless? 😉
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Whoooooa, holy beejezus that is a lot of books!!! AWESOME job!!!
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Thank you, thank you!
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