Wednesday, May 01, 2019

BOOKS READ IN APRIL






April brought a little bit of everything: rain, sun, cool days and warm days, but best of all flowers! Everything is sooo green! When we have rain like we did this past winter, we have green and plenty of blooms in April. My reading also ranged from great to weird to one horrible book, covering many places and every emotion. If it had not been for two long books I might have read more but I did fine, I think.

Stats: 12 books read. 12 fiction. 4 written by women. 3 for My Big Fat Reading Project. 3 mystery/thrillers. 1 translated. 1 speculative. 3 written by Nobel Prize winning authors.

Places I went: Brazil, South Africa, Great Britain. In the US: Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, New Hampshire, Colorado.

Authors new to me: Masande Ntshanga and Peter Stenson.

Favorite book: The Time of Our Singing. Least favorite: Nineteen Minutes.
 
I am woefully behind on posting reviews but what else is new?
 
 
 


 
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How did your reading go in April? Did you have some favorite books?
 
 



22 comments:

  1. I'm very behind with my reviews too. Life has just been too busy! That looks like a good month of reading for you, especially as you read two long books.

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    1. It was a good month, Helen. Lots of variety. I just decided to stop stressing about the reviews, as much anyway. It might be time for a daily marathon though-:)

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  2. Matt Helm? As in the movie spy? *Loved* those films.... [grin]

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    1. Yep, that guy. I am reading them because they were pretty much the first fiction about the early CIA ever written. I have not seen the movies. Dean Martin, right? I can't quite picture him in the role but maybe I will check one out.

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    2. 4 Movies. Yes, Dean Martin. More 'fun' than serious. All very late 60's early 70's stuff.

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  3. Looks like an overall good reading month, besides the bad one of course. I can understand being behind on reviews, that is the story of my life.

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    1. I guess it is the blogger's curse! Hope your month was good too.

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  4. Eight reads for me during the month of April.Life In Motion by Misty Copeland and Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers by Chris Grabenstein were my favorites.

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    1. Good! I am glad you had favorites.

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  5. You read a very interesting group of books in April. I am also jealous of the number of books that you completed.

    I look forward to your upcoming reviews.

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    1. Oh Brian, don't be jealous. I imagine that you have a job to work and all that. I did for years. Now I am retired and can read as much as I want. I spend many hours a day doing just that. It will come for you too.

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  6. Looks like you had a good reading month. I'm so curious about Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. I feel like I've read it before but I really can't remember.

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    1. I'm afraid I will be doing a hatchet job on Nineteen Minutes. Review coming in a few days.

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  7. I like how you mixed classics with crime mystery and spy thriller this month. I too like reading fast paced and then slower paced books, and mixing it up. Great month for you!

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    1. It was time to mix in some of those fast paced ones, for sure!

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  8. An impressive list as always. I especially like the mix you have of different types of books. It's always fun to mix it up.

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    1. Thanks, Dorothy. Me and the weather mixing it up!

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  9. Another impressive month of reading, Judy, especially as you read two long novels! It also looks like an eclectic mix of books. I read three books in April and my favourite was the riotous Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.

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    1. 2019 is turning out to be my year of long novels. Glad you had a favorite. Happy Reading in May!

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  10. You had a good mix of books and genres. I read The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova. I liked it overall but thought that the protagonist's emotional reactions to being in a foreign land were a bit unbelievable. I liked the past storyline more; I wish there would have been more of that.

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    1. Yay, more news about your reading. I can understand your thoughts about The Shadow Land. Kostova can get emotional. I too loved learning the history.

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