My Goings-On in April:
I now share so many details in my Sunday Posts about everything that’s been going on that it feels really redundant to share here as well. So I’m only sharing the most important things that happened this month.
Here are the things stand out to me this month:
(Not much—not even much blogging. I don’t know what happened!)
- Landscaping and gardening. We’ve done lots of work in the back yard and planted bulbs in the front. We still have lots more to do!
- Vaccinations! My whole family has gotten their first dose of the vaccine (my parents have gotten both).
Features & Discussions:
April 2021 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway
April 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up & Giveaway
My 2021 Reading Progress:
I read 9 books in April, putting me at 33 books so far this year and on track for my Goodreads goal of 100.
April 2021 Reviews
I posted nine reviews in April.
- The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker & Stacy Davidowitz | Review
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson | Review
- Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas | Review
- The Memory Keeper by Jennifer Camiccia | Review
- The Stars of Whistling Ridge by Cindy Baldwin | Review
- Your Heart My Sky by Margarita Engle | Review
- Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario | Review
- Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi | Review
- Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter | Review
April Best of the Bunch:
(Best of the Bunch is hosted over at Cocoon of Books. We link up our favorite reads of the month!)
I rated most of my MG reads Devoured It this month. Way to make it hard on myself to pick a favorite. I ended up going with my gut and choosing The Memory Keeper because I thought it was just so interesting how memory was explored.
My YA choice was tough because the books I read were all so different. But I landed on Better Than the Movies because I just needed this book in my life right now.
2021 Goals Progress:
The Discussion Challenge is my one and only goal for 2021.
Progress: 4/21-30 Discussions (Chatty Kathy)
I somehow didn’t post any discussions this month! Oops!
Balancing Spending on the Blog, Making Money, and All the Moral Dilemmas that Go Along With It
I’ve Been Stalking Your Goodreads.
2020 End of Year Book Survey (& Year in Graphs!)
Unbiased Reviews: Is There Such a Thing?
HOST/SIGN-UP LINK – Feed Your Fiction Addiction & It Starts at Midnight
Wrap-Up Round-Up!
Don’t forget to link your April wrap-up posts up to the Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up. And enter the giveaway!
Same with my weekly wrap-ups, they seem to tell about most of what is going on, so I shortened my monthly. Plus, since my monthly wrap-up was on Saturday, I skipped doing the weekly one this past weekend. Hope May is going well for you!
I have to agree. Better than the Movies was one of my April favorites as well
Some great covers! GLad you are all vaccinated! Happy May!
Hooray for good vaccination news! All of the adults in my family have received at least one shot too, and it’s such a huge relief.
The Stars of Whistling Ridge has a really lovely cover, I don’t remember making note of that one before!
Glad you got vaccinated. I got my coffee this morning and I am ready for this week!
Yay for getting vaccines! Looks like you had a pretty good reading month, which is awesome. My April was a bit out of whack!
Lauren
“Your Heart My Sky” has a really gorgeous cover! I think “Aru Shah and the City of Gold” might be a good read, since I love fantasy adventures!
I need to find The Memory Keeper and Better Than the Movies! I always love the books you read. Yay to vaccinations! I enjoy doing yardwork and recently planted my vegetable garden. I am currently reading Ace of Spades and so far really enjoying it.
I’ve heard great things about You Should See Me in A Crown and absolutely love the cover. Thanks for the recommendations. I just got vaccine #2 and also spending a lot of time gardening. I love summer! Have a good May.