Month in Review: April 2019

Well, it appears that my reading slump has disappeared! I've mainly been in such a mindset of being 'behind' on books I want to read that I just keep picking them up without thinking too much and somehow that's really been working for me. I only read one book that I rated three stars and I'm pretty sure the rest were four or five star reads... I'm not sure if that means I'm too easy to please of if I just read some genuinely good books this month (I'm pretty sure it's the latter)! Some book highlights that I read would be: Nevermoor, an extremely delightful YA fantasy and one of the best I've read in a while; The Defiant Heir by Melissa Caruso, a stunning sequel to a highly underrated trilogy; Fray, another sequel to an extremely underrated political fantasy trilogy; and Endurance, which I've already talked about a lot, but which is really an incredible survival story.

April was both really long and really shot, and I'm honestly having a hard time remembering what I did this past month. My husband and I finished planning a vacation that we'll be taking in late June and I'm definitely looking forward for that, though I do have some weird anxiety about it also since, well, I have anxiety, and I also haven't been on an actual vacation since about 2012. It's been a few years, but it's long overdue.

Anyway, how was your reading month? Did you read any great books? Have you read any of the books I read?

# books read: 13
 

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding  ★★★★
Source: ARC (Publisher)

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend ★★★★★
Source: Owned || Format: Paperback

Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin ★★★★ - Review coming soon!
Source: eARC (NetGalley)

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J. Parker ★★★★
Source: Review copy (Publisher) || Format: Paperback

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing  ★★★★★
Source: Owned

Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar ★★★★
Source: Library|| Format: Hardcover

The Witch's King by Louisa Morgan ★★★★ - Review coming soon!
Source: Review copy (Publisher) || Format: Hardcover

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher ★★★★
Source: Review copy (Publisher) || Format: Harcdcover

A Time of Blood by John Gwynne ★★★★

Source: Review copy (Publisher) || Format: Paperback

The Test by Sylvain Neuvel★★★★

Source: Owned || Format: Paperback

Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small ★★★

Source: eARC (NetGalley)

The Defiant Heir by Melissa Caruso ★★★★★ - Review coming soon!
Source: Review copy (Publisher) || Format: Paperback

Fray by Rowenna Miller ★★★★★ - Review coming soon!

Source: ARC (Publisher)

DNF:
None!








Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence ★★★★
We Lie With Death by Devin Madson ★★★★★
Legend of the Exiles by Jesse Teller ★★★★
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J. Parker ★★★★
King of Fools by Amanda Foody ★★★★★
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher ★★★★
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding ★★★★

Reading Recommendations: Arctic Climates

Anticipated May 2019 Releases!

Top Ten Tuesday:
Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book
Rainy Day Reads
First Books I Reviewed on the Blog!
Popular Quotes from My Favorite Books According to Goodreads

First Chapter Tuesday:
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage & The Blade Itself

Can't-Wait Wednesday:



Emily Eternal by M.G. Wheaton & Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik
The Gameshouse by Claire North & The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso
Westside by W.M. Akers & Nocturna by Maya Motayne
A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay & The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad

The Friday Face-Off:
Desert Setting
Longboat

Have you read any of these? What books did you read this month? I hope you all had a great month-- comment below and let me know!

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