Hello friends! Welcome to the fourth wrap up of 2024! How did your month go? Here is all we wanted to highlight from April:
April Reading
Reading in Numbers
| Kriti | Ariel |
|---|---|
| Total Books Read: 12 + 1 DNF Stats/Breakdown: Personal picks: 5 Review copies: 7 Fiction: 8 Non-Fiction: 4 (indie) Backlist Bingo Books: 1 | Total Books Read: 10 Stats/Breakdown: Library Books: 6 Review Copies: 4 Fiction: 9 Non-Fiction: 1 Backlist Bingo Books: 3 |
Buddy Read of the Month
Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M Lin (Goodreads) was an intriguing adventure in 1920s Shanghai.
Non-Bookish Noteworthy
Ariel – Paleo Pines (a fun dinosaur-centered farming game that involves collecting different dinosaurs to help out on the farm!)
Kriti – For All Mainkind on Apple TV
Literary News
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is the first major English-language literary prize to celebrate creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States, awarding $150,000 USD to its winner, and $12,500 USD to each of its four finalists. In it’s second year, the shortlisted books are:
- Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
- Daughter by Claudia Dey
- Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote
- Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
- A History of Burning by Janika Oza
Read more about them here. I am rooting for A History of Burning. Read the review here.
I discovered audiobooks on Spotify in April! With 15 hours of reading per month and an immense collection, the latest of the latest, I have been enjoying adding books to Clinton’s library. It’s a good option to pair with Audible if you already have both memberships. 🙂
Blogging
On the blog in April I featured three interviews as well as a guest post by Allison Alexander on 10 Fantasy Tropes which you should check out if you like Fantasy. 🙂
I also shared my strategies on reading more in the latest TBR Tales.
Of all the book reviews, I posted, check out:
- The book discussion with Ariel on The Surviving Sky.
- The cozy sci fantasy Moon Soul
- The paranormal domestic horror, The Devil And Mrs Davenport
- And of course, Strong Like Her
Important Links for You
Do you have book recommendations or a book you would like to see reviewed? Use this form to send book names to Kriti.
The Backlist Bingo Community read 67 books across 24 prompts. Join us anytime your reading allows. Here is the link to the spreadsheet.
Did you have a favorite book in April? What are you reading in May?
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