April was the month of plodding through long books. Not a ton of progress, but I’m predicting a lot of these giants will fall in the next month. Look out! I’m going to get through these challenges, just you watch! You can look at my progress at any time on my challenge page.
Books finished in April:
Norwegian by Night // Derek B. Miller
Texts from Jane Eyre // Mallory Ortberg
The Tales of Beedle the Bard // J.K. Rowling
Child 44 // Tom Rob Smith
Silver Sparrow // Tayari Jones
Two more big ones I’m hoping to topple next month! And my only missing review will be up tomorrow so look out for Child 44!
8/12
This is my challenge to read a book from 13 different time periods. You can read about it here. I only crossed one off of the list this month, Pre-1500 with The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Yes, I know, it’s a bit of a stretch to count it but I’m at peace with this. If I end up reading something that fits it better, I’ll swap them out, but I’m going to count it until then.
16/45
I’m two ahead of where I should be! I feel like I’m slogging through books now, but I’m doing alright for the year. I keep forgetting it’s still early in the year! I’ll be fine on this one, I’m 99% sure.
Book of the Month
Cover image via Goodreads.com
Hm. It’s for sure between Silver Sparrow and Norwegian by Night, but I have to go with Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller. This book caught me completely by surprise and I just loved it. My book club enjoyed it too and we all had a great discussion.
Added to my TBR
I’m down two! Two of the books I read weren’t on my TBR and I added just one. It’s slowly coming down…
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowing. Is anyone surprised I added this? I still need to figure out where I’m going for a release party but I have a good idea. So excited for it!
How are your challenges going? I hope you’re killing it. If you love historical fiction, give some thought to my challenge, it’s fun!
Until next time, write on.
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Taking On a World of Words 
Nice progress!! I’m also a couple books ahead on my Goodreads yearly challenge, which I’m very happy about. 😀 And I have a bunch of other personal challenges for the year (i.e. reading more graphic novels, re-reading some of my favorite series, etc.) which I continued to work on in April. Good luck on your reading challenges this month!
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It feels so good to be ahead! Glad you’re enjoying a little cushion going into the summer. Happy reading!
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I really enjoyed Child 44 and am looking forward to the movie adaptation.
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The movie was good. Noomi Rapace did a great job with Raisa. My movie review goes up Thursday. Happy reading!
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I loved J.K. Rowlings Tales of the Beadle the Bard!
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It was a really fun book. Glad you enjoyed it! Happy reading!
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Congrats on all your progress! I am making headway with some of my challenges, while others are looking very sad at this point.
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I reduced how many challenges I do because I found too many very hard to keep up with. Happy reading and good luck on your challenges!
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Nice progress! I’m only doing one challenge and I’m very far behind! Good luck with your challenges 🙂
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I hope you’re able to catch up soon! Summer is a good time to play catch up. Happy reading!
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I hope so too! I’ve read quite a bit but keep forgetting to input the books. I’ll definitely catch up this summer 🙂 Happy reading to you too!!
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