Reading Wrap Up || Book Reviews & Recommendations

Hey Booktube! The last month has been rough in terms of reading but we made it! Here are my reviews and recommendations after reading 10+ books in April!

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[arya]

Happy Mother‘s day to my favourite cat mama 😏🖤

[uhsaywhatnow]

You’ve inspired me to be more hardcore with my dnf-ing. I tell myself that if I’m not enjoying the reading then it’s time to find a different book. I’ve read far more books this year because I haven’t forced myself to finish books I wasn’t enjoying.

[natatatt]

I remember Thirteenth Tale being popular when I worked at a bookstore back in 2007-2010. What a gorgeous baby your cat is!

[cameraKRISTEN]

So glad you liked The Thirteenth Tale! It’s been my favorite for almost ten years but I need to re-read it.

[velvethunder]

the thirteenth tale is also a movie staring olivia coleman

[ashleyp]

I think you made the right call with Daughter of Smoke & Bone. I read it this year and really liked book 1, but I DNF’d book 2 at like 85%. If you couldn’t get into book 1, there’s absolutely no way you’d finish the series.

[avrorawhite]

detective book with older main female character: "An Elderly Lady is up to no good". Basically Ms Marple gone rogue 😅

[becklebooks]

I've DNF'd a bunch of books this year, it's freeing. But sometimes difficult to do cos if I've spent so much time on something, I feel like I should finish it? You're right though, continuing = reading slump. Onward to freedom haha.

My reads in April were mostly 3 stars, which is fine but I want an OBSESSION. I want to fall in love with a book. I hope we can both break out of our reading funks and find them because AH.

[swedish_malin]

I hadn't heard of The Thirteenth Tale before your read-it-or-unhaul-it video, it sounds like something for my fall TBR! 😊

[msellenandrea]

The Thirteenth Tale is one of few books I've actually reread! I read it first when I was around 20 years old, and needed to see if it was still a favourite, and I still quite enjoyed it :D

[lenasophie]

I think why divine rivals worked so well for me, is the build up of the war. I love how it kind of hangs over the story like a dark cloud and creates this daunting atmosphere until you’re suddenly caught in the storm. But I can fully understand that you disliked the ending, I did too 😅

[andthatsondana]

I need to be more like you in DNFing! I hold off for like ever 😅

[laurenschenck]

Good job on ur April reads and keep it up

[laurenschenck]

The girl who chased the moon one of my favorites books amazing cover so gorgeous

[zachreads]

I read a book with a cat named Terrible Charlie! lol
It was "Swarm" by Jennifer D Lyle, wasn't great but ok for a YA apocolypse, giant killer butterflies was at least fairly unique.

[wetre]

I have to say just like you I am not a big romance fan but when in a reading slump they always help me get out of it

[Katiedora]

I think Daughter of Smoke and Bone is one of the rare books that I'm glad I picked it up before I started DNF'ing books, lol! But I think where the series ends always makes me forget how it started, plus I loved how the Strange the Dreamer duology ended and it kind of made me want to go back and read this. I just don't know if I want to deal with the first book, lol.

[kristina_rr]

I’m not the biggest romance girly, but I really liked All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata. It’s a slow burn, the main female character is in her 30s and IMO it’s not as cringy as other popular romances.

[keithcuarteros]

16:28 oh my, I’m glad I waited at the end to comment! I was about to say I think you would like Just For The Summer.😊 I’m not a romance girly myself but I can’t put it down 😅

[kayleigha]

I just finished Just for the Summer and it’s another amazing 5⭐️ read from Abby Jimenez! Banter is fantastic, characters are great, there is a cute dog.