April was a relatively even reading month for me. I managed
to complete five more books towards the challenge. They were mostly enjoyable
reads. It is getting harder to fit things I just want to read into the
challenge as I have reached the halfway mark having now read 26/52 books, but I
will persevere. I have a bunch of books in mind for the challenges that I would
love to read which should keep me going. I was very happy to hear All
the Light we Cannot See won a Pulitzer prize as I had heard great things (and not yet decided on a book for that prompt).
Anyway, this month I read the following:
Love Saves the Day
by Gwen Cooper ★★★★
A book with more than
500 pages – The copy I had was large print so this is totally cheating. I originally
had it down as my crying book but have something else in mind for that one, may
change it again in future. Anyway for a book with a super cheesy title it was pretty
great. I took a while to get into the perspective of the cat, like with The Bear and the children’s point of
view but somehow less annoying. It was a good read and even non cat lovers such
as myself could have a good cry over it.
Shattered by Teri
Terry ★★★★
A trilogy (book 3) –
The trilogy really came together with the last book. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
Hold me Closer: The
Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan ★★★
A play – This was
enjoyable enough, but I don’t believe plays are best read in one’s head. At
least not mine, I am not musically oriented enough to figure out how the songs would
sound, or I would have probably enjoyed it a bit more.
Just Don’t Fall: How I
Grew up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain by Josh Sundquist
★★★★
A memoir – Just love
his writing style, very easy and enjoyable to read.
Where’d you go,
Bernadette by Maria Semple ★★★★
A book set somewhere
you have always wanted to visit – Read this book after being recommended it
by a few others participating in the reading challenge. A different book, I
loved how it slowly pieced together and came to make sense as you went. She has
written for television programs I have enjoyed too. I may one day read her
first novel but probably not during the challenge.
I think I only purchased the one book last month which was The Girl on the Train which I haven’t
gotten around to reading yet.
