After a lackluster reading month in March, April was sooooo much better. I’m finally back in the swing of things, both reading-wise and blogging-wise. I can only hope that the trend continues through May! Luckily, at the end of the month I will be off to New York City for BookCon and I’m so excited for it. If you will be at BookCon as well, please let me know and maybe we can arrange a big group meetup or something at the convention or maybe for dinner! As excited as I am for the convention, I’m probably even more hyped to be seeing the Anastasia musical that Friday night. Ahhhhhh!!!
Books Read
- Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente – physical book, 3/5 stars, REVIEW
- The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy – audiobook, 1/5 stars
- The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3) by Erika Johansen – physical book, 5/5 stars
- Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff – physical book, 5/5 stars, REVIEW
- Black Moon (Zodiac, #3) by Romina Russell – physical book, 5/5 stars
- The Big Inch (Misfits and Millionaires, #1) by Kimberly Fish – physical book, 5/5 stars, REVIEW
- The Shadow Hour (The Girl at Midnight, #2) by Melissa Grey – physical book, 3/5 stars
- Gathering Darkness (Falling Kingdoms, #3) by Morgan Rhodes – physical book, 4/5 stars
- Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer – physical book, 4/5 stars, REVIEW
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid – physical book, 4/5 stars
Total Books Read: 10
Overall in 2018: 29
Reading Challenge Updates
POPSUGAR
- A book by two authors – Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
- A book by a local author – The Big Inch (Misfits and Millionaires, #1)
- A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title – Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
Goodreads Challenge
Total: 29/75
Previous Total: 19/75
Blog Posts
Book Reviews
- Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
- Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
- The Big Inch (Misfits and Millionaires, #1)
- Space Opera
WWW Wednesday
- WWW Wednesday – April 4th, 2018
- WWW Wednesday – April 11th, 2018
- WWW Wednesday – April 18th, 2018
- WWW Wednesday – April 25th, 2018
Discussions/Misc.
- My Book Outlet Sale Haul!
- My Recent TBR Adds That You Might Not Have Heard Of
- Common Thoughts and Emotions of a Reader
- March Wrap-Up: Reviews, Reading Challenges, etc.
How did your reading month in April go? Were you able to read all of the books on your TBR? Did you read any new favorites? What book did you like the least? Did you do anything fun or interesting?
Wonderfilled Reads 
Great list of books read! I got through mine as well for April and looking forward to killing it in May. Lol. Enjoy Anastasia!
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Thank you! I hope you get to everything that you plan to read this month, as well!
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I should. only planned a few and left space for the ‘whatever tickles my fancy’. 😄
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Been looking for a book for the fruit / veggie prompt… I might read Cress 😀 I have seen it around, but never made the veggie connection in my head!
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Yeah, that prompt was totally stumping me until I remembered that cress is an edible herb, so I just count that as a vegetable haha.
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Great recap, and wow you got through so many books this month as well. I’m glad you enjoyed Cress and Obsidio, both are all time faves of mine so I always love it when more people read and love the same books I do you know? 🙂 I have The Disappearances on my to-read list, one day I’ll get around to it, and oh good luck with all your reading challenges as well. You seem to be on track for your Goodreads Reading goal which is more than I can say at the moment! 😀
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Thank you so much! And yes, I totally get what you mean haha! I hope you enjoy The Disappearances more than I did. I know most people really enjoyed it so I’m thinking that I went the completely wrong way by listening to the audiobook version.
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That’s all right. I’ve never tried an audiobook before (I want to) but at least I know now not to start with The Disappearances! 🙂
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I really need to get to Obsidio. I’m just waiting for the audiobook to come in at the library then I’ll deff be picking up my copy of it. I also so glad to see you enjoyed The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I read that a couple of months ago and really liked it.
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Oh, I hope you get to Obsidio soon! It was a really great ending to the series. I think Seven Husbands was a little overhyped but I still enjoyed it! 🙂
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Obsidio is turning out to be a bit of a slow process which sucks because I’m really excited to read it. Thankfully I have other books to hold me over. Aw, glad you still enjoyed it.
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Looks like you had an awesome reading month! So happy you enjoyed Obsidio! I can’t wait to read it!
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 😊
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you legit had me googling Cress LOL! smh, looks like you had a pretty good quality reading month. Obsidio!!! *sobs* so happy you also loved it & I am not alone with this void I feel in my heart now that it’s over. You’re going to have so much fun at Bookcon but Anastasia sounds even better! ❤ ❤ ❤ happy reading in May! 🙂
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Hahaha yeah, not sure it should technically count as a vegetable but I’m making it work lol… I can’t believe Illuminae is all over now. How much longer do we have to wait for their next series again?!.. And I know, I’m so excited! Ahhhh!!!!
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You had a great reading month and I’m so glad you loved Obsidio! It’s a great conclusion to the series and it’s sad that it’s finally over. Anyway, hope you have an amazing May! 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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