I'm super late with last month's reading round up, thanks to a lot of migraines and blurry vision this month, but, hey- when have I ever actually posted anything on time?
I know it's almost time to post about about what I read this month, but I'm going to catch up on April, first, anyway, because I want to.
So, here's what I read in April:
April Reading Stats:
📖8 books completed, 1 started.
📖4 hardbacks.
🎧4 audiobooks
📖3721 pages (including audiobooks).
🎧60 hours 23 minutes listened at 1.1x speed.
📖4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reads!
📖Average rating: 4.31 stars.
📖Average book length: 465 pages.
📖Average time to finish: 8 days.
I Read:
📖Reckless by Lauren Roberts. 2.5⭐
📖The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. 5⭐ (Reread).
📖The Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson. 4⭐
📖Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. 5⭐ (Reread).
🎧Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo. 4⭐ (Reread). *5 star in print form.
🎧Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. 5⭐ (Reread).
🎧Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. 5⭐ (Reread).
🎧King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo. 4⭐ (Reread). *5 star in print form.
And I Started:
🎧Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo. (Reread).
A lot of rereads, apparently!
Favourite Reads:
I can't choose between The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I hadn't reread them in five or six years, and they were both just as good as I remembered. Although, they hit completely differently after reading Sunrise on the Reaping- especially Haymitch and his attitude and alcoholism. I just wanted to give the poor guy a hug. And now I'm sad all over again.
I also really enjoyed A Language of Dragons, which is a great YA Fantasy about a group of criminal teenagers code-breaking a secret dragon language at Bletchley Park to try to stop a war. It's set in 1920s England in an alternate timeline where humans and dragons live alongside one another, but society is oppressed by a strict class system- at least until a teenager releases a criminal dragon, and inadvertently starts an uprising. The Prime Minister gives her a choice- use her linguistic skills to code-break the secret dragon language and stop the war... or her family dies. It wasn't a five star read, but I was hooked from start to finish, and I loved how the author gave real-life history a fantastical twist. I'm already looking forward to the sequel.
Favourite Listens: It's a hard call, as all the Grisha books I listened to were brilliant, but I think my favourite was probably Six of Crows. I enjoyed it even more as an audiobook than I did in print. (And I enjoyed it a lot in print). I think, with the fast-paced heist and all the action, adventure, and humour, it's just one of those books that was made to be heard, and it worked so well with a full cast of voice actors. And bonus- it had less of the terrible whiny fake Russian accents that irritated me in Shadow and Bone because Lauren Fortgang, who narrated them, only voiced one character in this duology. The relief was real!
Least Favourites: Reckless by Lauren Roberts, without a doubt. Apologies to anyone who loves it, but it was easily one of the worst books I have ever read. And I've read The Notebook. How is this book so popular?! The writing was atrocious, the dialogue was cringe-worthy, and the decision-making and miscommunication between the two main characters made me want to scream and bash their heads together. Or mine, against a brick wall. Oh, we confessed our undying feelings to each other because we're about to die? How tragically romantic, but- oh, wait, we didn't die, after all, so now let's go back to being enforcer and prisoner because I must serve the king. But maybe later we can dance in an oasis or kiss in a field before we go back to fighting each other again? Same again tomorrow? 'kay. I'm surprised I didn't get whiplash from how often they switched from enemies to low-key-lovers over and and over (and over) again. Someone tell me how this book even got published in the first place?
Fortunately, that was the only book I hated in April, and it was a great reading month overall.
I'll be back soon to tell you whether I topped it in May.
Have you read anything good lately?
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