Friends, it’s the end of April already! Where did the month go? That means that it’s time for my April 2021 Wrap Up! I’ve got quite a few books to review in May and June, so be prepared for those. Though I did do quite a few in April, too. Thanks to getting so many auto approvals on Net Galley, honestly. Switching to librarian has been both a good and bad thing.
Anyway, for April 2021, I finished 33 books! It’s been a great reading month for me. And I read some great books! And there are so many good ones yet to come this year!
Reading Challenges
Unread Shelf Project and Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge check in time! I cut it close for the Unread Shelf, as I finished the prompt today. But I still got it in before the end of the month!
For the Unread Shelf Project, the challenge was to read a book you bought from a used bookstore. So, I read:
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
It was a book I bought last summer from a bookstore here, and I was glad to finally get to read it!
I actually finished three challenges for the Read Harder Challenge! Those were:
- Fat positive romance: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
- Romance by a trans or nonbinary author: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
- Middle grade mystery: The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles
Yay for reading new things! Two of these were things that I probably wouldn’t have read it otherwise.
Other April Favorites
What did I watch in April? I’m still re-watching The Office and watching Parks and Rec with my mom. We also finished Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which was phenomenal. I also marathoned Shadow and Bone on Netflix last weekend, which was perfect timing since I just finished the original trilogy. Movie wise, I don’t think I watched any movies? Just TV shows for month.
April 2021 Wrap Up
The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch (5 stars)
Yolk by Mary HK Choi (4 stars)
One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake (3 stars, audiobook)
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (5 stars)
Where the Road Leads Us by Robin Reul (3.5 stars)
Wakanda Forever by Nnedi Okorafor (4 stars)
A Man and His Cat Volumes 1, 2, & 3 by Umi Sakuri (5 stars)
The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky (4 stars)
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (3 stars)
Katie the Catsitter by Collen AF Venable (4 stars)
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli (4.5 stars)
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen (4 stars)
Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake (3 stars, audiobook)
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (3 stars)
Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake (3 stars, audiobook)
Mary by Bea Grant (3 stars)
Lightfall by Tim Probert (4.5 stars)
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (4 stars)
In Deeper Waters by FT Lukens (3.5 stars)
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve (4.5 stars)
Haikyu Volumes 7 & 8 by Haruichi Furudate (5 stars)
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (4 stars)
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart (4 stars, audiobooks)
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline (3.5 stars)
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (4 stars)
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (5 stars)
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles (4 stars)
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim (3 stars)
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (4 stars, audiobook)
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (4 stars)