April was a long month, and I was struggling with reading physical books for a lot of it, despite the huge TBR shelf that I have waiting for me. I wound up reading more books than before (44 books!), although a lot of them were audiobooks, and then I made a push towards reading ARCs at the end of the month. This month was a good one for reading though, with a lot of 4 and 5 star books. And I definitely made more progress on my goals:

• I gained 21 new followers, bringing me to a total of 569.
• I managed to read 4 books that I own, although 3 of them were physical ARCs.
• I read 2 more nonfiction books this month, one of which was a true crime and one that explained more about the Uyghurs in China.
• As for diversity, I think I did pretty well, reading books written by (and about) Black, Asian, Latinx, and LGBTQ authors.

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

April Totals:

• Books read: 44
• Books DNF’d: 1
• Pages read: 5,875
• Hours listened: 11 days, 17 hours, 29 minutes
• Average pages: 367.2
• Average hours listened: 10 hours, 3 minutes

Cumulative Averages:

• Days per book: 2.54
• Pages read per day: 64.3
• Books read per month: 41.25
• DNF’d books per month: 0.25

Genres Read in April:

• Fantasy: 10
• General Fiction: 2
• General Nonfiction: 1
• Historical Fiction: 10
• Horror: 1
• Mystery/Suspense: 7
• Romance/Erotica: 10
• Science-Fiction: 2
• True Crime: 1

Backlist vs. New Releases:

• Backlist books: 27
• 2022 releases: 17

Fiction Vs. Nonfiction:

• Fiction: 42
• Nonfiction: 2

Format Read:

• Print: 8
• Digital: 8
• Audio: 28

Age Range:

• Adult: 31
• YA: 12
• MG: 1
• Children: 

My favorite book of the month was Siren Queen by Nghi Vo.

Here’s what I read in April:

• Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton (The Belles #1)
• No Escape: A Uyghur’s Story of Oppression, Genocide, and China’s Digital Dictatorship by Nury Turkel (ALC)
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (ALC)
• Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (ARC)
• Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan #4)
• The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
• The Singles Table by Sara Desai (Marriage Game #3)
• The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
• Misrule by Heather Walter (Malice Duology #2) (ARC)
• Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher (ARC)
• Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastard #1)
• In His Hands by Hannah Murray (Perfect Taboo #5)

• Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (ARC)
• The Marriage Game by Sara Desai (Marriage Game #1)
• See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon (ARC)
• Pachinko by Lee Min-Jin

• Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles (ALC)
• The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
• Witch Please by Ann Aguirre (Fix-It Witches #1)
• The Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrina (ARC)
• Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre (Fix-It Witches #2)
• The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta #5)
• Elektra: A Novel of the House of Atreus by Jennifer Saint (ARC)
• The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
• Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater (ARC)
• Magpie by Elizabeth Day (ARC)
• All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
• First Time for Everything by Henry Fry (ARC)
• The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken (ARC)
• Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick
• Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

• Watching You by Lisa Jewell
• Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser (ALC)
• The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
• Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan #5)

• The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (ALC)
• Love and Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura

• Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau (Donut Fall in Love #1)

• Pint of No Return by Dana Mentink (Ice Cream Shop Mystery #1)
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (The Gilded Ones #1)
• The Last Summer by Cait Marie (Leaving Summersville #1)

How did your reading go in April? Drop a link to your monthly wrap up!