April Down for the Count!

I don't know about you but I am glad April is over.  It went quick in some ways and in others was way too long.  I guess despite everything going on, or maybe because of it, I did have another good reading month.  Let's take a look at how it all broke down.

Summer of Reckoning: Marion Brunet (3/5)

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires: Grady Hendrix (5/5)

The Amityville Horror: Jay Anson (4/5)

My Lies, Your Lies: Susan Lewis (4/5)

Titanshade: Dan Stout (4/5)

The Fallout: Rebecca Thornton (4/5)

The Stranger: Harlan Coben (5/5)

The Girl and the Stars: Mark Lawrence (4/5)

Longmire - Another Man's Moccasins: Craig Johnson (3/4)

I Am Dust: Louise Beech (4/5)

The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly: Meredith Tate (4/5)

So overall I'm very pleased with the totals.  I'd say my favorite reads were The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Stranger.  My least fave would have to be the Longmire book. Good thing Stormi and I have a new series planned for next month.

So how was your reading month?

April Down for the Count!

So I really don't know how I survived April.  I am in no hurry to have another month like that one.  I am also really surprised that I managed to read anything at all but alas, I did.  I think it's because reading allows me to get out of my own head for a while and I've been in desperate need of that lately. 

So I managed to read 8 books this month.  Now granted, some of  them were shorter novellas and I sneaked in a graphic novel but overall, I'm still okay with it because like I said, I expected worse.  So here's how it all played out.

Pug: Crime Has a New Enemy - Matt Shaw 4/5

(What an Animal)

My Pug is an Asshole - Matt Shaw 4/5

(What an Animal)

The Department of Sensitive Crimes - Alexander McCall Smith 4/5

(What an Animal, Cloak & Dagger, Spring Into Horror)

I Hate Fairyland (Vol. 1) - Skottie Young 4/5

The Hunting Party - Lucy Foley 4/5

(Cloak & Dagger, Library Lovers, Spring Into Horror)

The Dark Game - Jonathan Janz 4/5

(Spring Into Horror)

Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #4) - Ilona Andrews 5/5

(Cloak & Dagger, Library Lovers, Dancing with Fantasy - Gods)

The River - Peter Heller  DNF

(Cloak & Dagger, Spring Into Horror)

So thank heavens for "Magic Bleeds" or it would have been another month without a 5/5 read.  However, I did have quite a few 4/5 so that's good but there was also the rare DNF - which I don't regret for a minute.

TOTAL PAGE COUNT: 1725

So how was your April???

Also, I managed to read 4 books which counted for the month long Spring Into Horror Challenge.  Not what I planned but oh well, basically the whole month was unplanned and I was more than ready to rip the page off my calendar.