April Book Haul

PHYSICAL BOOKS

1. The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston - preordered hardcover on Amazon for $14.10
2. Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen - won paperback ARC on Goodreads 
3. Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor - purchased hardcover with store credit at local bookstore
4. The Diviners by Libba Bray - purchased paperback with store credit at local bookstore

KINDLE BOOKS

1. One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence - received on Amazon First Reads for $0.00

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick - borrowed the audiobook from my local library
2. The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith - borrowed the audiobook from my local library
3. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West - borrowed the audiobook from my local library
   

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in April?

Have you read any of my books?

Bout of Books 25 [Days 1-4 Progress]

To sign up for Bout of Books, go here. It's a low pressure readathon and I love participating. I'm an expert once again, so I will be encouraging as many readers as I can :) To see my TBR and goals for BOB, see my TBR and Goals post.

[DAY 1 PROGRESS]
The Wicked King by Holly Black - started at 63%, ended at 100% (3 hr 49 min)
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett - started at 21%, ended at 22% (4 pages)
Sadie by Courtney Summers - started at 0%, ended at 12% (57 min)

DAILY TOTAL: 4 pages + 4 hr 46 min // 1 book finished
READATHON TOTAL: 4 pages + 4 hr 46 min // 1 book finished

READING UPDATE: 10PM Today was kind of a little hectic and I was zoning out a lot trying to work on college. I did finish the audio book for The Wicked King (spoiler alert: 5 stars!) and started the audio for Sadie. I will probably read a little of Serious Moonlight in bed here in a few minutes. I popped into the chat as well, so I am 2 for 2 on goals.
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[DAY 2 PROGRESS]
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett - started at 22%, ended at 24% (8 pages)
Sadie by Courtney Summers - started at 12%, ended at 20% (38 min)

DAILY TOTAL: 8 pages + 38 min // 0 books finished
READATHON TOTAL: 12 pages + 5 hr 24 min
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[DAY 3 PROGRESS]
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett - started at 24%, ended at 36% (51 pages)

DAILY TOTAL: 51 pages // 0 books finished
READATHON TOTAL: 63 pages + 5 hr 24 min

READING UPDATE: 7AM Yesterday was a little hectic and I didn't get much read. I ran a few sprints and will be again today over on my twitter @sjanee11. I need to catch up on college today, so I am unsure of how much I will be able to read.
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[DAY 4 PROGRESS]
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett - started at 36%, ended at 46% (43 pages)
Sadie by Courtney Summers - started at 20%, ended at 45% (2 hr 27 min)

DAILY TOTAL: 43 pages + 2 hr 27 min // 0 books finished
READATHON TOTAL: 106 pages + 7 hr 51 min

READING UPDATE: 7AM As expected, I didn't get a whole lot of reading done yesterday. Honestly today might be more of the same because I have to stay on task for my class. I may run a few sprints today.

Bout of Books 25 [Goals + TBR]

It's time for BOB readathon once again. I am participating for the 22nd time! Bout of Books 25 runs May 13 to 19 and is hosted by Amanda and Kelly. I am going to try and update on Twitter and Goodreads. My goal is to just read because I'm also in college full-time and just started one of the big four classes. As always, my goals are small and attainable because I want BOB to be a success!

[GOALS]
**Read a little every day
**Finish one book
**Participate in one Twitter chat
**Be a cheerleader!

[TENTATIVE TBR]
(Finish my current reads)
**Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett
**The Wicked King by Holly Black
**Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
**There's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

Interested? Sign up here!

I'm also an Expert again and will be trying to visit tons of blogs and tweets to encourage my fellow BOB-ers - as well as run some sprints on Twitter!

Books I Read in April

I read 6 books in April.

• Wildcard by Marie Lu (Audio, 10 hr 51 min, 2018, YA Sci Fi, Library) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads goal, series challenge, and Popsugar challenge
• The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick (Audio, 5 hr 38 min, 2017, Adult Contemporary, Library) - 2 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads goal and Popsugar challenge
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (Paperback, 418 pages, 2012, YA Fantasy, Purchased) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads goal, series challenge, and Popsugar challenge 
• The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith (Audio, 9 hr 36 min, 2016, YA Contemporary, Library) - 3.5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads goal and Popsugar challenge 
• The Distance Between Us by Kasie West (Audio, 6 hr 42 min, 2014, YA Contemporary, Library) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads goal 
• Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Kindle, 425 pages, 2019, NA Contemporary, Netgalley) - 3 stars | My Review - Counted towards Goodreads goal and Netgalley challenge

Pages read: 843 + 32 hr 47 min
Pages DNF: 0
Total pages: 843 + 32 hr 47 min

May Monthly TBR & Challenge Updates

In the month of April, I managed to read two 400+ page books and listen to four audio books during the busiest month I've had all school year - both for myself and my big kids. I'm behind a few books on my TBR - three, in fact. So I need to try and catch up if I can before attempting my tentative TBR for May.

My Tentative TBR for May:

• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor
• There's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon [Netgalley]
• Ask Me Anything by Molly E. Lee [Netgalley]