Aaaand it's Which Books Did You Read Last Month? time again <3

[sweet_sparrow]

I made a conscious decision to read my own things this month (as compared to March's "read nothing but course books and small extras if you have the time"). It's almost doubled the amount of books I read this month, with as bonus that I finished most of them.

Sadly, my brain is a sieve and the best I've got for you are the ones I talked about:

Spellwright by Blake Charlton
Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Howards End by E.M. Forster
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells

It doesn't look like much until you remember I read about twice that and just can't recall titles. (Oh! No, I can! The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald, which I didn't actually finish, but I think that's the only one.)

It wasn't a terrific reading month for me with not loving anything I read, but I did enjoy most of it in some manner. May will be All About The Course Books. I suspect I'll be dipping in and out of shorter things here and there just to retain my sanity, though.

What about you? Did you have any favourites this months? Something you couldn't finish? Did you make any reading plans and did they work out if you did? Why (not)? Any plans for May?

Also, lastly, has anyone made any bookish posts for the 3 weeks fest that they'd like to share links for?

Comments

[venetia_sassy]

Fairly pleased with what I managed to read this month.

Newly read books for April

Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps ~ Helen Morgan
Black Barty: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean ~ Aubrey Burl (very poorly written and edited)
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny ~ Mike Dash (brilliant but not for the squeamish)
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier ~ Diana Preston & Michael Preston
The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke, 1635 - 1703 ~ Stephen Inwood (fascinating)
Gunpowder ~ Clive Ponting
Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization ~ W. Hodding Carter (funny and informative)
The Invention of Air: An Experiment, a Journey, a New Country And the Amazing Force of Scientific Discovery ~ Steven Johnson
Galileo's Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love ~ Dava Sobel (should be titled Galileo and daughter but it's a good biography)

And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1) ~ Tasha Alexander (okay)
Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia, #1) ~ Deanna Raybourn (flawed but entertaining)
The Giver ~ Lois Lowry
High Valley ~ Colin Thiele
The Road to Balinor (Unicorns of Balinor #1) ~ Mary Stanton

(I posted about the latter three here)

Also reread the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. Not great writing but an engrossing story.

[sweet_sparrow]

That sounds like an awfully interesting reading month with all that non-fiction. Cool! (Also, your ability to read non-fiction is awesome and inspiring. I have so much trouble with most of it...)

[archersangel]

i've read galileo's daughter, very interesting bit of history.