April Reading Wrap-Up
Welcome to May! With spring in the air (most of the time, anyway), our thoughts turn to summer reading. In the meantime, we look back to see what we’ve accomplished in the previous month.
April was a pretty good month, and here’s what happened:
APRIL 2012:
1. A Silence of Mockingbirds - Karen Spears Zacharias – 210 pages - (nonfiction) – 4/14/12
2. Accidental, The – Ali Smith – 306 pages – (literary fiction) – 4/23/12
3. American Pastoral - Philip Roth – 423 pages – (historical fiction) – 4/8/12
4. An Appetite for Murder (e-book) - 323 pages – (cozy mystery) – 4/12/12
5. Arranged – Catherine McKenzie – 388 pages – (contemporary fiction) – 4/6/12
6. Beginner’s Goodbye, The - 198 pages – (literary fiction) – 4/24/12
7. Chaperone, The - Laura Moriarty – 367 pages – (historical fiction) – 4/12/12
8. Come Home - Lisa Scottoline – 368 pages – (contemporary fiction/thriller) – 4/15/12
9. Good Life, The - Jay McInerney – 353 pages – (contemporary fiction) – 4/26/12
10. Heiress without a Cause – Sara Ramsey – 329 pages – (historical fiction) – 4/21/12
11. Love in a Nutshell (e-book) – Janet Evanovich/Dorien Kelly – 321 pages – (cozy mystery) – 4/29/12
12. Matrimony – Joshua Henkin – 291 pages – (historical/contemporary) – 4/5/12
13. Mimosas, Mischief, & Murder - 273 pages – (cozy mystery) – 4/19/12
14. On Their Own – Martha Shirk, et. al – 287 pages – (nonfiction) – 4/17/12
15. Return of Edgar Cayce, The – C. Terry Cline, Jr. – 160 pages – (nonfiction) – 4/21/12
16. Secret Garden, The (e-book) - Frances Hodgson Burnett – 372 pages – (classic) – 4/2/12
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TOTAL BOOKS READ THIS MONTH — 16
TOTAL BOOKS YTD – 64
TOTAL PAGES READ THIS MO. – 4,969
FAVORITE FICTION BOOK: The Beginner’s Goodbye, by Anne Tyler
FAVORITE NONFICTION: A Silence of Mockingbirds, by Karen Spears Zacharias
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How did you do? Did you find a favorite amongst your reads? What do you have planned for May?
