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Comment on any interesting books you are reading or planning on reading in April, 2017.

I've started Letters From Home today, which will definitely take me into April, and I also plan on reading The Swans of Fifth Avenue, too.

I'll try and get back to Gone with the Wind, but April is going to be busy, so I don't know if I'll be able to read it at all :(

And it depends on what the book of the month is, but I might be reading that, too!

Books read in March: 8

Again, I've got quite a bit lined up for the new month, but I'm really excited about April!

Books to Finish
*The Time Traveler's Wife - I'm about 50% done and really liking it so far
*Insurgent - Reading for the 2nd time

Series
*Real Murders - I recently watched a few of the movies made for Hallmark and I'm interested to see how similar/different they are from the books
*Little Town on the Prairie - Getting close to Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography!

Others
*The Thirteenth Tale (Book Club)
*The Handmaid's Tale - Really excited for this one! Hopefully our BOTM!
*Places No One Knows (Book Club)
*Grave Descend - One of the two Hard Case Crime books by Michael Crichton that I haven't gotten around to yet
*Cut - For my personal "Dusty Bookshelf" challenge
*Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between - Finally getting this from the library after several months on the wait list

Erin wrote: "Books read in March: 8

Again, I've got quite a bit lined up for the new month, but I'm really excited about April!

Books to Finish
*The Time Traveler's Wife - I'm about 50% done a..."

I loved The Thirteenth Tale. Hopefully you do too!

This past week has been a slow reading week for me due to being super busy with work, but hopefully things slow down enough for me to get back into the rhythm I had from February/early March. So far, I’ve got a long reading list lined up for April…crossing my fingers that I’ll be able to get through all of these!

Started this week and continuing in April:
The Time Traveler's Wife - waiting until I finish the other 2 books to get back to this one so I can concentrate fully on it.

The Barrowfields - love this book so far!

The Idea of You - approached by the publisher to read and review; ok so far but definitely not great...

Planning to start once I finish the above:

This Is Really Happening - ARC from publisher

Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung - ARC from publisher (looking forward to this one, as it's a memoir/autobiography, which is a genre I haven't read much of lately)

All the Best People - ARC from publisher

The Light We Lost - ARC from publisher

Murder in the Bowery - another book I was asked to read and review

Also pending a few BOTM results, so those might get added as well.

I'm planning to try a book by Haruki Murakami, as he has become so popular. And finish (I'm almost halfway)
The handmaidens tale (I almost wrote tail! Hahaha) is hard to get around here, but I'll have a look and perhaps try that one out too! But finishing GWTW is my biggest goal as now and then reading parts of it is not working for me!

Book o' the Month (April '17) Discussion is now available!

See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I plan on reading quite a few. I've been on a roll lately and I hate to stop. ;)

Sandstorm by James Rollins
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw (I plan on finishing this one finally)
Aerie and Reckoning by Thomas E. Sniegoski (Tryin' to finish this one as well)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Add this one to "Need to Finish" pile)
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Wastelands - Stories of the Apocalypse - An anthology that I've been meaning to read for a while.
The Child Thief by Brom
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman

...That's a lot. I just noticed that. Wish me luck!!

I am reading two books right now, and plan to add one more at least.
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
This is a loaner from a friend who finds the art of the sword so interesting he goes to Society of Creative Anachronism meetings every week to spar with fencing swords. It's a different pace and genre for me, and I'm really enjoying it so far!

Dusk
I read this one a few years back and just acquired the second book in the series. Re-reading to get a fresh take on the world the author has built.

The Way of Kings
One of the absolute best fantasy novels I've ever read! The third book is coming out in November, and due to the size of these monstrosities, I need to start re-reading both books now. haha!

Apparently, Everything, Everything and The Dinner are coming out as movies this month. I was able to get both in eBook form from my libraries, so I'll be adding them to my list. I think they should both be quick reads, so hopefully I can still meet my goal!

How nice you are going to read The Dinner!
I read it a few years ago and I liked the story a lot!
The writer is Dutch, which makes me irrationally proud... Yeah well... small country... ;-P
Hope you enjoy the read!

Finished The Devil's Footprints, a murder/mystery/thriller. Above-average, a bit on the creepy side. Recommended.

Will be starting Lucifer's Hammer this month!

Lupe wrote: "Will be starting Lucifer's Hammer this month!"

Hope you enjoy the end of the world, Lupe! I read the book years ago. Don't remember much, but I think it was pretty good.

Woot! I killed it this month. I read everything on my list and then some. Finished 3 books started in March and read 12 others and... the month isn't even over :-P
(I will confess, several of the books I read were pretty short ;-)

Erin wrote: "Woot! I killed it this month. I read everything on my list and then some. Finished 3 books started in March and read 12 others and... the month isn't even over..."

I award thee "Turbo Book Snail" status :)

 

Erin wrote: "Woot! I killed it this month. I read everything on my list and then some. Finished 3 books started in March and read 12 others and... the month isn't even over :-P
(I will confess, several of the b..."

That's awesome Erin! How did you like The Thirteenth Tale?

I didn't exactly follow my plan for this month, but I ended up reading American Housewife, Letters From Home, and I'll finish The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story either today or tomorrow! Still haven't had time to read Gone with the Wind :/ Maybe I'll get some time this weekend.

My reading plan ended up changing too. I finished The Barrowfields, The Idea of You, The Light We Lost, and All the Best People, so that’s 4 out of the 8 on the list. I still haven’t finished The Time Traveler's Wife yet but I plan to do so by the end of the week. I also started The Handmaid's Tale last week, switching back and forth between the audio version and the book….this one will probably go into May.

Kelsey wrote: "That's awesome Erin! How did you like The Thirteenth Tale?"

I liked it a lot! And thankfully, so did my book club! I'd had it on my list for a few months and thought it might be a good choice... But then after I suggested it and it got picked, I was nervous people wouldn't like it and think I had bad taste :-P
It was very, very well received though :-D

Is there a discussion for May? I can't find it if there is!

Thanks for the reminder, Kelsey. I just added a 'What Are You Reading' topic for May:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(Hopefully Allison will be back with us soon, if all her schooling hasn't melted her brain! She is usually on-the-spot with the monthly stuff. I'm away from the computer more than usual this month, but Ev and I will check in when we can.)