April 2018 Month in Review

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April proved to be a productive reading month! I am currently 17 books ahead of my Goodreads goal, which feels like a miracle. With my academic obligations largely complete, I was able to enjoy some down time before I leave for my summer job on May 6. It took me a few days to properly settle down and get used to no obligations. I felt like I had to rush through things, so I could get back on and work on my assignments. Last week the sun came out and I went for a lot of great bike rides, trying to get back into biking shape before I hit up the Rockies. The sun vanished for the last weekend of April, but that was alright because it meant I didn’t feel bad about staying in all day and reading for Dewey’s Read-a-thon on the 28!

Books Finished

  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
  • Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management by Peggy Johnson
  • Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  • Translating Tolkien: Text and Film edited by Thomas Honegger
  • The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
  • Outstanding Library Service to Children: Putting the Core Competencies to Work by Roseanne Cerny
  • Read, Rhyme, and Romp: Early Literacy Skills and Activities for Librarians, Teachers and Parents by Heather McNeil
  • Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle
  • The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader
  • Bartlett, the Great Explorer by Harold Horwood
  • Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
  • Thursdays with the Crown by Jessica Day George
  • Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
  • Cooking Up a Storytime by Susan Anderson-Newham

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Upcoming in May

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  • Wyrd and Wonder bannerAll month – Wyrd and Wonder, “a quest to celebrate the best fantasy books, movies, audiobooks, games, art and whatever else tickles our fancy” is hosted by Imyril, Jorie, and Lisa. It’s not too late to sign up!
  • 3 May – Publication of The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill (Look at the cover! Hopefully this is the kind of Little Mermaid retelling I can fall in love with.)
  • 8 May – Publication of Animas by Antoine Revoy (Rosemary’s review put this creepy middle grade graphic novel on my radar.)
  • 15 May – Publication of Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (While the premise had me curious, positive reviews from bloggers prompted me to add this to my TBR.)
  • 22 May – Publication of Furyborn by Claire Legrand (I liked the fantasy elements of Legrand’s middle grade Some Kind of Happiness so I’m eager to see what she does with YA fantasy! I do have an ARC that I should start reading soon…)
  • 29 May – Publication of Front Desk by Kelly Yang (This one’s received some buzz in the MGlit blogosphere).

What books, or bookish events, are you looking forward to this month?

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