☔ April reading ☔

It’s time for another wrap-up/haul post and some reading statistics!

I totally thought I had already posted this and then I found it in my drafts. 🤡 Whoops! I’d like to call April the “everything sucks” portion of my reading slump.

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✨ month at a glance ✨

• books completed: 16
• books DNFed: 6
• avg rating: 3.7
• avg pages read per day: 155
• best book(s): Bewitched
• worst book(s): Darkest Unsolved Mysteries

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✨ monthly checklist ✨

This section usually goes in my TBR post, but I decided it made more sense to put it in my recap posts. I’m trying to make monthly progress on my 2024 goals, so I’ll keep up with those here!

The grey bar is to show how far along I “should” be by now, with the purple bars showing how much progress I’ve actually made as of the end of the month! I’m doing pretty well on my seasonal and prompt jars, but not so hot on the rest. 💀

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✨ ratings ✨

(each title link will direct you to my review for more thoughts!)

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🎁 review copy
💞 buddy/group read
🔁 re-read
🎧 audiobook

• No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall 🎁💞🎧
• Bewitched by Laura Thalassa 💞
• Memento by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 💞
• Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 💞🔁🎧

• Broken Bonds by J. Bree 💞🎧
• Mr. Villain’s Day Off, Vol. 1 by Yuu Morikawa
• Melon Head Mayhem by Alex Ebenstein 🎁
• Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror edited by Jacob Steven Mohr
• Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter
• The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 💞🎧

• Cows by Matthew Stokoe 💞
• Tooth Worms by Lor Gislason
• Beauty and the Feast, Vol. 1 by Satomi U
• Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall 🎁🎧

• The Family by Lor Gislason
• A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene 🎁💞🎧

• Darkest Unsolved Mysteries by Edward Collins

• Once Upon a Workday: Encouraging Tales of Resilience by Elizabeth Pich & Jonathan Kunz 🎁
• Brackenbeast by Kate Alice Marshall 🎧
• Do You Still Talk to Grandma? by Brit Barron 🎁
• Does it Hurt? by H.D. Carlton
• Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck by McKayla Coyle

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✨ hauls ✨

I did a great job sticking to my book ban in April! The only books I bought were pre-orders I paid for ages ago and kindle sales for a couple bucks each.

• Why Didn’t You Just Leave edited by Julia Rios & Nadia Bulkin (kickstarter pre-order)
• The Day of the Door by Laurel Hightower (pre-order)
• Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana (Fairyloot Romantasy box)
• Earthlings by Sakaya Murata (kindle sale)
• Any Man by Amber Tamblyn (kindle sale)

• Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes (finished review copy)
• Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope (ARC)
• How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (finished review copy)
• The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry (finished review copy)
• Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito (eARC)
• The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (ALC)
• No Gods, Only Chaos by L.P. Hernandez (eARC)
• It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson (eARC)

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How was your month? What was your favorite book you read or hauled, or what was something nice that happened in your life?

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— destiny ♥

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