April Wrap-Up and May Hopefuls

April reads

April Wrap-Up

• Finished: 8
• Started but not finished: 3
• Total pages read: 2,620
• Average rating: 3.25

I finished two novels in April: the second book in Rebecca Ross’s young adult fantasy duology, Ruthless Vows (4/5 stars) and Gabrielle Zevin’s literary fiction Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (3/5 stars). You can find my reviews behind the links.

I also finished five nonfiction books about the ancient Greek novels and Psyyke, a Finnish psychology handbook. In terms of ratings, April wasn’t the best month, as I only gave three or four stars to all of the books I read. Here’s hoping that May gives me more enjoyable reads!

 

May Hopefuls

May hopefuls

In May, my goal is to finish three novels and start one. I’m currently in the middle of The Battle Drum, which is the second book in Saara El-Arifi’s fantasy trilogy The Ending Fire. After that, I’m planning to read the third and final book in the series, The Ending Fire. I read the first book of the trilogy, The Final Strife, last year. I’m also rereading Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, and I want to start reading Hannah Kaner’s Godkiller.

I’m currently in the middle of two nonfiction books: Susan Faludi’s Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women and David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work and What We Can Do About It.

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If you want to hear more about the books I read in April, I have a reading wrap-up video up on YouTube.