Summary of the April 2024 reading [CC]

In which I summarize the 14 books I read in April 2024, and talk about my results with Read Queer All Year and the Bookish Bingo Board from Hell.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:11 Nerdy and hardcore stats and charts
2:29 Happy mourning, darling by Azalea Crowley
3:52 The Body in the Garden by Mark Waddell
17:13 Girls’ Night by IS Belle
6:28 What you are looking for can be found in the library by Michiko Aoyama
7:23 A love song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
8:27 Claire Kann's romantic diary
9:52 The love curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley
11:21 Welcome to Hwang Bo-Reum's Hyunam-dong Bookstore
12:17 A sweet prick of salt from Rose Sutherland
14:58 Between perfect and real by Ray Stoeve
15:56 Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown and Kathleen McGurl
17:15 Iris Kelly is not dating Ashley Herring Blake
19:07 A warrior discovered by Angeline Boulley
20:34 The change of Kirsten Miller
22:33 Read Queer all year round
23:07 Hello's Bookish Bingo Board
11:30 p.m. Release & Ko-fi

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