Friday, May 3, 2019

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 DarlingsNevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)Mistress of the RitzSixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
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 VoyageDead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass IncidentThe Witch's KindA Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
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 (Of Blood and Bone, #2)The TestBright Burning StarsThe Defiant Heir (Swords and Fire, #2)Fray
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 (Book of the Ancestor, #3)We Lie With Death (The Reborn Empire #2)Legends of the ExilesSixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
King of Fools (The Shadow Game, #2)A Boy and His Dog at the End of the WorldLittle Darlings

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 

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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10 comments:

  1. Wow, you did have a great month! I just posted my review of The Witch's Kind today and I LOVED it๐Ÿ˜ I'm looking forward to your review, and also Fray!

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  2. Dead Mountain is one I want to get to soon, so I'm glad to see you enjoyed it! Ooh, planning vacations can be so fun!

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    1. It is! It's been stressful since it's been so long, haha, but overall fun. I hope you get to it!

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  3. I love the look of Little darlings, and Into the Jungle looks good!

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  4. Yay for the end of your reading slump! 13 books is pretty good!

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