April was a rough month. I’ve noticed that bookish people are falling into one of two categories in how we’re coping with stress — those who can’t focus on reading, and those who are reading excessively. I’m in the second category, but I have an agreement with a friend in the first category that I’m “reading for two.”

I also participated in the Magical Readathon this month, which was really fun to do. I was aiming to complete the OWLs for Hogwarts professor of transfiguration, and I did it!

I also committed to getting through the ARCs and Read for Reviews (R4R) that have been piling up on my TBR. Even though I still have one left over, I’m very proud of the progress I made on these.

As usual, I got the vast majority of my reviews written, but not all of them have been posted yet. I’ll be posting them in the next week, so keep a lookout for that, since I read some really great books.

My favorite book of April 2020 was Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert.

Here’s my breakdown of monthly/cumulative totals for April:

April Totals

• Books read: 28 (for tips on how I manage to read so many books, click here)
• Books DNF’d: 1
• Pages read: 9,545

Cumulative Averages

• Days per book: 2.22
• Pages read per day: 291.95
• Books read per month: 2.25
• DNF’d books per month: 1.5

Genres Read in April:

• Fantasy: 13
• Folklore/Fairy Tales: 1
• General Fiction: 3
• Historical Fiction: 6
• Paranormal/New Age: 1
• Romance/Erotica: 3
• Self-Help/Inspiration: 1

Genres Read in 2020:

• Biography/Memoir: 1
• Fantasy: 46
• Folklore/Fairy Tales: 6
• General Fiction: 9
• Graphic Novels: 1
• Historical Fiction: 13
• Mystery/Suspense: 3
• Paranormal/New Age: 1
• Poetry: 1
• Romance/Erotica: 6
• Sci-Fi: 1
• Self-Help/Inspiration: 1

Backlist vs. 2020 Releases

• Backlist books: 65
• 2020 releases: 24
• 2021 releases: 1

Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction

• Fiction: 86
• Nonfiction: 3

Format Read:

• Print: 52
• Digital: 37

Age Range

• Adult: 35
• YA: 53
• Children: 1

Here’s the actual list of books I read, and links to the reviews I’ve posted so far.

• The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
• An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
• Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
• How To Bury Your Brother by Lindsey Rogers Cook (ARC)
• Desperate Measures by Katee Robert
• Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
• Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (ARC)
• Sparrow by Mary Cecilia Jackson
• All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
• The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant (ARC)
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (ARC)

• Eat the Damn Muffin by Jenni Dunlap
• Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
• The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

• Sin Eater by Megan Campisi (ARC)
• Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
• A Shattering of Glass by Deck Matthews (R4R)
• White Elephant by V.E. Ulett (R4R)
• Disenchanted by Brianna Sugalski (R4R)

• The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
• Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

• Hollow Men by Todd Sullivan (R4R)
• The Falconer’s Apprentice by Malve von Hassell (R4R)

• Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan (ARC)
• Fallible Justice by Laura Laakso (R4R)

• Nothing is Strange by Mike Russell (R4R)
• The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
• This Time by Azaaa Davis (R4R)

• The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

How did your April go?