Today I'm going to talk about all the books I read and put down in April. It was a month of prolific reading, during which I completed 17 books. I was participating in the TBR Clear Out Readathon, but it was hampered by my reliance on library books and a lot of Women's Prize reading.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Statistics
2:44 Books I still read
4:59 Books I DNFed
8:36 A book I didn't like
11:05 a.m. Very good books
24:18 Very, very good books
30:47 Favorites of the month
34:13 Giant TBR update
35:37 Thank you and Outro
Books mentioned:
Ulysses by James Joyce
Dombey and his son by Charles Dickens
Live Fear by Mary Jean Chan
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Thunderclap from Laura Cumming
Dolly Maunder stirred by Kate Grenville
The Beautiful Blue World by Karen Lord
Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen
The Hanged Man by Maya Binyam https://youtu.be/JxQMt80HCo4?sipFi_XsMY15QTbGek
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Troglodyte, The Troglodyte by Anne Enright
Ordinary Human Failures by Megan Nolan https://youtu.be/48Gy56UvpJc?siXd8RlvAqcg2sQacz
8 lives of a century-old trickster by Mirinae Lee https://youtu.be/Qxz2hf-Bqr8?sizPhMCqkJNsjpzkfz
The last remains of Elly Griffiths
Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
The World Begins in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell
The Girls' Aquarium by Jen Campbell
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Saga volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
In Defense of the Act by Effie Black https://youtu.be/cUPWnRG84Z0?si1Zm73atg9QRzUqVB
Everyone on this train is a suspect by Benjamin Stevenson https://youtu.be/lJogCIgHzQc?sirwBLpkvDSUZpLDqc
The following readings and challenges were mentioned:
@benreadsgood's Read Good challenge. #readgoodchallenge
TBR Clear Out was hosted by @katiejlumsden https://youtu.be/pElOO3PrFkU?si9hnzyMaqZsNVDBXq
#poetryreadathon2024 was organized by @CharlieBrookReads and @CharlesHeathcote
Misery May is hosted by @GemofBooks and @GunpowderFictionPlot
Buddy reads with the following fabulous booktubers who were also mentioned:
@GemofBooks @spreadbookjoy @BernasBookishAdventures
I’d love to hear from you in the comments: what are your reading plans for April? Thank you for watching.
I also mentioned FOMO Bookclub. FOMO Bookclub is the book club I run with my fabulous friends @spreadbookjoy and @GemofBooks. Our goal is to read books we fear we missed! Our live show for Bridge to Terabithia will take place on Friday – join us here: https://www.youtube.com/live/m5JBB46S6u4?siulE9HWcuFx4s4vKS
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The schedule:
March and April – Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
(live hosted on @spreadbookjoy)
May and June – Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
(live hosted on @Alice and the Giant Library)
July and August – Homeless by Barbara Kingsolver
(live hosted on @gemofbooks)
September and October – Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
(live hosted on @spreadbookjoy)
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