Month in Review: April 2020

Well…April has certainly been a better month reading-wise. I just made the best of it and read as much as possible, clearly. Not turning on the tv has helped and not really paying attention to the news every five seconds has helped as well! There’s not much I can do and so might as well just turn to my books which provide as great escape. Now if only the weather would turn nice so I could read outside, I would be happy!

Reading Stats:

• Read this month: 28
• Year to date: 96
  

Books Read:  

1. The Last Bathing Beauty — Amy Sue Nathan
2. The Other Family — Loretta Nyhan (audio book)
3. The Roxy Letters — Mary Pauline Lowry (audio book)
4. The Third Sister — Sara Blaedel
5. A Conspiracy of Bones — Kathy Reichs (audio book)
6. A Mother’s Lie — Sarah Zettel
7. Afterlife –Julia Alvarez (audio book)
8. The Shadows — Alex North
9. The Secret Admirer — Carol Wyer (e-book)
10. The Guest List — Lucy Foley
11. In Plain Sight –Laurie Holbrook (e-book)
12. The New Husband — D.J. Palmer
13. Holding Strong –Lori Foster (e-book/audio book)
14. Sunrise on Half Moon Bay — Robyn Carr (e-book)
15. Followers — Megan Angelo (audio book)
16. Sister Dear — Hannah Mary McKinnon
17. Little Secrets — Jennifer Hillier
18. Hold Your Breath — B.P. Walter (e-book)
19. The Friend Zone — Abby Jimenez (audio book)
20. The Honey-Don’t List — Christina Lauren
21. Strike Me Down — Mindy Mejia (e-book)
22. Feels Like Falling — Kristy Woodson Harvey
23. Little Family — Ishmael Beah
24. The Sweeney Sisters — Lian Dolan (e-book)
25. The Love Story of Missy Carmichael — Beth Morrey
26. Blindside — James Patterson
27. The Heirloom Garden — Viola Shipman (e-book/audio book) 
28. Criss Cross — James Patterson

  
Favorite Books of April:   

• The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• Sister Dear by Hannah McKinnon
• Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Challenges:

Once
again I am participating in #TheUnreadShelfProject2020, hosted by
@theunreadshelf. I will be posting monthly updates both here and over on
Instagram.

#TheUnReadShelfProject2020:

*These
numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a
while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review
books.

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of April: 170
• Books read this month (that count): 4
• Books bought/received as gift this month: 3
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of April: 169

 YTD Stats:  

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 158
• Total Books read from shelves (that count): 11
• Total Books bought/received as gift: 22
• Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of April: 169