Category: APRIL 2023
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APRIL WRAP (2023)
I read a lot more books than I realized in April. I was surprised when I counted on the 30th. Books Read Misc. Stats I finished 27 books in April (1 book every 1.11 days) 1 of the books was in French, 26 were in English. I read 20 different authors. 12 of them were…
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APRIL FLOPS (2023)
I didn’t have any flops in March, but good things don’t last forever. I made the same mistake with both my April flops: expected to love a writer/artist’s story because I loved their previous work. Sometimes that works out. Sometimes it ends in bitter disappointment. 64th read: Persephone (Into Shadow #2) TITLE: Persephone AUTHOR: Lev…
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81th read: Graceful Burdens (Out of Line #2)
TITLE: Graceful Burdens AUTHOR: Roxane Gay Released: 2020 Format: Kindle Pages: 24 Genres: Short Story, Science Fiction, Dystopia SYNOPSIS A trip to the library prompts one woman to question her fate in this galvanizing short story. For a woman like Hadley, deemed not acceptable to procreate, there’s only one recourse. Unlicensed for motherhood, she can…
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80th read: Rhapsodic (The Bargainer #1)
TITLE: Rhaspodic AUTHOR: Laura Thalassa Released: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 423 Genres: Smut, Fantasy, Romance SYNOPSIS From bestselling indie author Laura Thalassa comes the newly revised and edited first book in her smash-hit dark fantasy romance between a siren and the “bargainer” she owes countless favors to. Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very…
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78th read: Attack on Titan Vol #1
Lately I’m rereading manga/comic I loved as a child/teen. It’s incredibly gratifying to see I had good taste. TITLE: Attack on Titan Vol. 1 AUTHOR: Hajime Isayama Released: 2010 Format: Kindle Pages: 193 Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Dystopia, Horror SYNOPSIS For the past century, what’s left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped…
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77th read: The Visit (Black Stars #1)
Another new gem. I’ve been so lucky with books lately. TITLE: The Visit AUTHOR: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Released: 2021 Format: Kindle Pages: 20 Genres: Short Story, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Feminism SYNOPSIS As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…
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76th read: The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow #3)
Into Shadow is a collection of unrelated stories by different authors, so it can be read in any order. I began reading this collection for the story written by Lev Grossman (Into Shadow #2) but that one unfortunately landed on my flops for April. I’m really glad I kept going after that, because I wouldn’t…
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75th read: Dée
Voila un nouveau écrivain Francophone à rajouter à ma liste de favoris. (Here’s a new French author to add to my favourites list) Encore une fois, je l’ai choisi au hazard sans savoir rien à son sujet. Quelle heureuse découverte! Je n’étais pas surprise d’apprende qu’il est professeur de literature. Je vais devoir lire tout…
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74th read: Treasure Hunters (Bone #8)
You might want to read my reviews for Out From Boneville (#1) & The Great Cow Race (#2) & Eye of the Storm (#3) & The Dragonslayer (#4) & Rock Jaw Master of the Eastern Border (#5) & Old Man’s Cave (#6) & Ghost Circles (#7)! TITLE: Treasure Hunters AUTHOR: Jeff Smith Released: 2002 Format:…
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73th read: Ghost Circles (Bone #7)
You might want to read my reviews for Out From Boneville (#1) & The Great Cow Race (#2) & Eye of the Storm (#3) & The Dragonslayer (#4) & Rock Jaw Master of the Eastern Border (#5) & Old Man’s Cave (#6)! TITLE: Ghost Circles AUTHOR: Jeff Smith Released: 2001 Format: Paperback Pages: 184 Genres:…
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