🌦️April 2022 reading thread 📖

[adelbert]

It's April! What books did you read in March? Any favorites? Did you try out any new authors? Any books you're looking forward to this month? What's your favorite reading spot at home?

[adelbert]

I read 6 books in March and really enjoyed all of them besides Sundial. My favorite was definitely The Psychology of Money because it was such an enjoyable non-fiction and it wrapped up so many points I had read elsewhere in a smart way. I also finally was able to read a book by Adrian Tschaikowsky which I've wanted to do forever. This month I'm looking forward to The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz, finishing some non-fiction books that I got last month, Stringer by Chris Pantier (it's being compared to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy which is one of my favorites so of course I'm going to try it out), and Paula Hawkins has a new one, Blind Spot. At home I love to read while my boys play or in our sunroom. Sometimes in bed but the book has to be really engaging or I end up going on my phone instead.

[Lakes]

I read 13 books in March. My favorites were The Beekeeper's Lament and Gone.

The Insect Crisis was just released and my library has ordered a copy so I’m looking forward to that. Hopefully I’ll read Swamplands. I bought it but I always get distracted with library books. If I don’t, I’ll enjoy looking at the cover for another month. It’s very pretty and I leave it on the top of my tbr pile.

I read in my living room corner. It has a wingback chair, giant old mirror, and antique torchiere. I love it. Or outside while the kids play.

[mathrun]

I had a rough month sleeping but the plus side of that, I read 19 books.

1. A is For Alibi 4⭐️
2. The Scarlet Letter 3.5⭐️
3. Hollow City 3⭐️
4. People We Meet on Vacation 3.5⭐️
5. Run Rose Run 3.5⭐️
6. Crying in H Mart 4⭐️
7. The Alchemist 3.5⭐️
8. How the Word is Passed 5⭐️
9. The Book of Cold Cases 5⭐️
10. Peach Blossom Spring 4.5⭐️
11. The Push 2.5⭐️
12. Killing Floor 4⭐️
13. Nine Lives 3.5 ⭐️
14. The Thursday Murder Club 4 ⭐️
15. An Impossible Imposter 5⭐️
16. Home Before Dark 3.5⭐️
17. Sing, Unburied, Sing 4⭐️
18. Under Lock and Skeleton Key 2.5⭐️
19. Verity 3⭐️

Favorites were How the Word is Passed, An Impossible Imposter, and Peach Blossom Spring.

In April I’m looking forward to The Diamond Eye and a few books I placed holds on based on recs from this thread (Crescent City, When the Reckoning Comes, The Appeal).

I mostly read sitting in bed with one of those pillow chair things propping me up. I do like to spend the day on the couch with coffee or snacks if I have the house to myself.

[leahcar]

It was a good reading month. I had a week off for the kids' spring break so got to read more than usual with 14 books.

I read My Friend Anna after binging the Netflix show. I'm absolutely fascinated; I could not put it down.

For fiction, I really enjoyed The Vanishing Half. Verity is a book I'm unlikely to forget, but I can't really say I liked it either. I was enthralled though; I read it really quickly.

I'm on an audible book kick of political-ish memoirs and I'm looking forward to continuing that this month. I have Project Hail Mary on my Kindle to read this weekend. Otherwise- no exact plans for April. I'll read whatever pops up in my holds list.

[CestLaVie]

I had a good March too.

Rock paper scissors- loved it!
The Plot
God bless this mess (lol nah)
It ends with us
The Paris Apartment
Taste: My life through food
Penny for your secrets
A Pretty Deceit

I am about halfway through Love & saffron and am enjoying it.

[wedding]

I read 19 books in March. I am going back to the office Monday so I crammed as much as I could. Right now my favorite spot to read is my bed wrapped in blankets. In my next house I really need a space to set up a nice big chair in a reading nook.

My favorite book this month was The Man Who Died Twice. I loved it more than the Thursday Murder Club.

[abs]

I got a lot of reading in this month but didn't super love anything. All solid reads though.

Hook, Line, and Sinker--4 stars
The Suite Spot--4 stars
If You Ask Me--3 stars
The Charm Offensive--4 stars
Triptych--4 stars

I think the Suite Spot was probably the best of the bunch. If You Ask Me was definitely the worst. I did read a few of DD's books I would absolutely recommend--Just Jaime and Becoming Brianna by Terri Libenson. Great subject matter for those kids getting ready to go junior high.

April is off to a good start with Fractured (Will Trent book #2). I should finish that today.

Lots of things to look forward to this month! The Younger Wife, Part of Your World, and The Wedding Crasher are all on my to read list and coming out this month. Now will I have time to read any of them? Looking at my calendar is very overwhelming.

[Cher]

I read 18 books last month. I don’t think any were the best I ever read, but I was happy to pick up and enjoy Jennifer Weiner and Jodi Picoult books again after probably a decade.






I’m going to start this month with the last book in the Winter series because I can read those in one sitting and I find them pretty fluffy. We’re reading The Great Believers for book club this month and I need to start that soon. The girls have said it’s very slow moving so I think that might consume a lot of my month.

ETA: I read in my bed or my couch. I’m not allowed to do much this pregnancy. So I spend a lot of days propped up in bed reading books.

[Cher]

Looking for recommendations from you guys. MH is currently reading a book about the history of voting. He tends to read financial/history books and complains that reading makes him fall asleep. When I told him I was reading a book about a kid with Asperbergers accused of murder, he said maybe he needs to read books like I read so he will be engaged enough not to get bored. I’m going to the library to get him something that might be a little more gripping than gerrymandering. But I don’t think Jodi Picoult is for him either. Any recommendations for a man-friendly fun read? I gave him Project Hail Mary last month and he loved that. So I will probably grab him The Martian but I wanted to pick up something else.

[angelashly]

March was a busy month for me, but a lot of just ok books:

The Paris Apartment- 3 stars
Homicide and Halo Halo- 3 stars
No Exit- 3 Stars
Come Find Me- 3.5 stars
Tiny Pretty Things- 3.5 stars
The Overnight Guest- 3 stars
The Soulmate Equation- 4 stars

Books I am looking forward to:
An Honest Lie

I am hoping to spend the month catching up on my BOTM books


ETA: I love curling up on my couch to read honestly. Saturday and Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and weeknights with wine

[gingy]

March was better than February, for sure.

The Lost Apothecary - 3.5 stars
Under the Whispering Door - 4 stars
Declutter Like a Mother - 3.5 stars (I always count these kinds of books, though I know others don't)
The Love Hypothesis - 4 stars
Perfect Little World - 4.5 stars

In progress:
Will (audio)
The First Husband (ebook)

My goal for April is to NOT PUT ANY MORE BOOKS ON HOLD!

[junch817]

Since I posted this yesterday evening, at the very end of the March reading thread, I am resharing my post/link about people buying ebooks, reading them, and then returning them. As a book lover, I’m so disgusted by this. I have been reading stories about indie authors who have already notice a change in their return stats since this started to gain traction on TikTok.

“One indie author in particular had 110 returns of her book in one month and another had her book taken down from Amazon (thankfully it’s back up) for this and I am livid about it”

For ebooks, authors have to cover a “delivery fee” for Amazon to be able to send you the digital book. If that book is returned, the author does not receive that money back. It is literally taking money out of their pocket.

www.change.org/p/change-amazon-return-policies-for-completed-e-books-protect-authors-from-theft

[junch817]

And to go along with my other post, here is an IG post about the small pennies these authors make on book purchases, as well as other ways to help support indie authors.

http://instagram.com/p/CTDcTAwpkWj

[angelashly]

Apr 1, 2022 7:21:59 GMT -6 Cher said:

Looking for recommendations from you guys. MH is currently reading a book about the history of voting. He tends to read financial/history books and complains that reading makes him fall asleep. When I told him I was reading a book about a kid with Asperbergers accused of murder, he said maybe he needs to read books like I read so he will be engaged enough not to get bored. I’m going to the library to get him something that might be a little more gripping than gerrymandering. But I don’t think Jodi Picoult is for him either. Any recommendations for a man-friendly fun read? I gave him Project Hail Mary last month and he loved that. So I will probably grab him The Martian but I wanted to pick up something else.

Defending Jacob was a good one 

[junch817]

My April reads - 11 books this month. Now that I have started listening to audio books while running my errands and school drop offs/pick ups, as well as when I walk the dog or do chores around the house, the amount I’m reading each month has definitely increased, and I’m loving it! It’s been a great way to find more time to read, because my TBR list is ever growing and I want to read allllll the books.

[mrsnorris]

Apr 1, 2022 7:21:59 GMT -6 Cher said:

Looking for recommendations from you guys. MH is currently reading a book about the history of voting. He tends to read financial/history books and complains that reading makes him fall asleep. When I told him I was reading a book about a kid with Asperbergers accused of murder, he said maybe he needs to read books like I read so he will be engaged enough not to get bored. I’m going to the library to get him something that might be a little more gripping than gerrymandering. But I don’t think Jodi Picoult is for him either. Any recommendations for a man-friendly fun read? I gave him Project Hail Mary last month and he loved that. So I will probably grab him The Martian but I wanted to pick up something else.

Devolution by Max Brooks is definitely a bonkers page-turner. For more sci-fi, the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells is funny and engaging.

[CestLaVie]

Cher if he's into history, Erik Larssons books are awesome and read like novels. I really loved the Winston Churchill one, but in the garden of beasts was really good too.

[flippinchica]

March reads
Bourdain (audio)
Erotic stories for Punjabi widows
Part of the 1619 project
Romancing the Duke (Tessa Dare)
Everybody Fights (audio)
Maybe you should talk to someone

I enjoyed them all. I think I liked maybe you should talk to someone best
Just an interesting discussion of counseling and thought processes

[keg]

I read 8 books in March. I got off to a fast start and blew through the first 5 but then hit a bit of a wall and opted for podcasts more often.

Loved:
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
Your Wound / My Garden by Alok Vaid-Menon
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

Liked:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (felt so much like the Maid, minus the mystery)
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
A History Of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw (I LOVED her writing style, so beautiful, but man the plot fell apart for me at the end)
Monday Morning Leadership by David Cottrell

[nelzie]

I read 31 books this month. It was a pretty good month, only a few duds and several I really loved. I don't really have a favorite reading spot, I pretty much read anywhere and everywhere!

5 stars
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Bachman

4.5 stars
The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke
By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate

4 stars
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
Beauty and the Baller by Ilsa Madden-Mills
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter
Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Come Find Me by Megan Miranda
First Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
Yearbook by Seth Rogan


3.5 stars
No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield
Love at First Spite by Anne E Collins

3 stars
Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams
A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch
Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood
Introverted Mom by Jamie C Martin
Dating Dr Dil by Nisha Sharma
Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher
Together, Apart by multiple authors
Mixed Plate by Jo Koy
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner


2.5 stars
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

2 stars
The Paris Appartment by Lucy Foley

[leahcar]

Cher, MH likes sci-fi type books. They take him FOREVER to read, but it's the only fiction that has stuck for him. He's reading this book called A Memory Called Empire now; it's the first book in a series by Arkady Martine.

[nelzie]

These are the April releases on my TBR

April 5th
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice by Rebecca Connolly
Idiots by Laura Clery
The Shadow House by Anna Downes
Welcome to the Neighborhood by Lisa Roe
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum
Hotel Magnifique by Emily J Taylor
Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead

April 12th
Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough

April 19th
Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Claire
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

April 26th
The Fervor by Alma Katsu
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
Elektra by Jennifer Saint

[stayingblonde]

The only book I read in March was Weather Girl. I had a bunch of holds come in, but I just kept pushing them back. I wasn't feeling it for some reason. Weather Girl was good, though. And I started Hook, Line, and Sinker last night.

[Lormor]

Cher, I love the CJ Box books. Murdery thrillers set in the mountains of Wyoming, with a very relatable dad as the hero.

The last fiction I got my H to read was Andy Weir- he’s loved them all.

[gingy]

Apr 1, 2022 8:02:34 GMT -6 CestLaVie said:

Cher if he's into history, Erik Larssons books are awesome and read like novels. I really loved the Winston Churchill one, but in the garden of beasts was really good too.

I was going to suggest these too. DH exclusively reads nonfiction, and these are his favorites. 

[junch817]

nelzie You literally read a book a day this month. How? Like Howwww? That’s crazy!

[emma]

I had a pretty good month and got through 8 books, most of which i really enjoyed but a lot of them were part of 2 series' that i'm loving:
What Alice forgot - 4 ⭐️
Undercover Bromance - 5 ⭐️
Orphan X (Orphan X #1) - 5 ⭐️
False Witness - 3 ⭐️
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1) - 4 ⭐️
Hellbent (Orphan X #3) - 5 ⭐️
Out of the Dark (Orphan X #4) - 4 ⭐️
Crazy Stupid Bromance - 4 ⭐️

I also read a short story but don't count it since it was like 50 pages long. And i started Mirror Man but am only 15% into it

[kayc]

Cher my H mainly reads non fiction but he tore through American Dirt.

[loony]

Apr 1, 2022 7:21:59 GMT -6 Cher said:

Looking for recommendations from you guys. MH is currently reading a book about the history of voting. He tends to read financial/history books and complains that reading makes him fall asleep. When I told him I was reading a book about a kid with Asperbergers accused of murder, he said maybe he needs to read books like I read so he will be engaged enough not to get bored. I’m going to the library to get him something that might be a little more gripping than gerrymandering. But I don’t think Jodi Picoult is for him either. Any recommendations for a man-friendly fun read? I gave him Project Hail Mary last month and he loved that. So I will probably grab him The Martian but I wanted to pick up something else.

 
Blake Crouch

Neil Gaiman, American Gods

J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

Scalzi, Old Man's War

Some "fluffy" male oriented series (read: Hildebrand for men): Lee Child, Preston & Child (Pendergast), Jeffrey Archer (Clifton Chronicles)