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Apr
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April Reading Wrap-Up
2010 at 12pm Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
Another month, another batch of fantastic books. Covers are linked to my reviews, but, of course, I’m behind on reviews, so they’re not all hooked up yet.
I love it when I’m able to balance fiction and nonfiction evenly, as I did this month, and there’s not a single one in this collection that I wouldn’t recommend. Sure, I didn’t love Beatrice and Virgil, but the book is nothing if not discussable, and for that reason alone, it’s worth a read. (Smart money is on it as the book most likely to have book club members fighting this year.)
Of the fiction, The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors and Day for Night are going to stay with me a long time, and I can’t wait to tell you about Orange is the New Black when I review it next week.
So, no favorites this month because they were all good. A great problem to have!
What’s the best book you read this month?
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Ooh, can’t wait to read HANDBOOK… I did a story on the cover over at bn.com:
http://su.pr/2gqsvG
Really interesting b/c it went through a few versions.
I loved your review of The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors by Michele Young-Stone!
Great collection for the month. I loved Day for Night this month. Most of my other reading has been work-related, sadly. Hoping to get more in for May.
Life of Pi was a good reading group pick, as well. Many people didn’t like it so there were lots of “lively discussions” thanks for your summary — loved WINGING IT and CURTAINS is on my list.
Great books! I loved The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors as well
Best non-fiction book for me was probably a three-way tie (I know! I just can’t pick though!) between God is Not One, Dead Aid, and Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked. Fiction wise I also loved The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Couldn’t put it down!
xoxo,
LibraryLove
I have to go with The 40 Rules of Love as my favorite for the month. Followed closely by Beneath the Lion’s Gaze. The rest of my April reads were pretty meh.
My favorite book this month was Picking Cotton – a non-fiction work about a man who was wrongly convicted of rape and attempted murder based on eyewitness testimony. Written by the victim and by the man she and the system sent to prison for over a decade, it is a powerful story.
I notice that although you have changed your reading goals for this year from a quantity (50) to a quality (deliberately), AND have been involved in so many other creative book- and blog-related activities, you are actually reading more. Any thoughts you might share about that?
i’ve got Handbook up soon and after your review, i’m really looking forward to it.
my favorite of the month is a close tie between Jasper Jones, If I Stay and Luna. and there were a few others that were really great and come in right behind these, like The Alchemy of Stone and Daughter of Fortune. this month was just full of all kinds of great reads!
i must agree that having difficulty choosing a favorite is a wonderful problem to have!
You had a great book month. I am reading Beatrice and Virgil now, and although it was very odd at first, I am now liking it a lot.
My best book this month is Cutting for Stone, without a doubt. Thanks again for recommending it!
Of all the books you listed, I have a feeling I need to read The House of Tomorrow and the Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors. And inevitably, I’m curious to see what Beatrice and Virgil is like, after all the stir-up it’s caused in reviews.
Best book I read this month–hands down–is Fannie Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. I’ve read it at least five times, and every time I read it, I cry at the end. It’s almost automatic. If you haven’t read it yet, and you’re into tales with lots of Southern flare, you should definitely give it a read. The movie is good too, but (as always) the book is better.
You had a great reading month. I still haven’t finished Handbook for Lightning Survivors. I think because it’s an ebook instead of a physical copy that I can take everywhere with me.
I think my favorites reads for April is a tie between Fences by August Wilson and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
I read Ian McEwan’s “Amsterdam” this month and really did enjoy it.
Love the diversity in your book list! I haven’t read any of them. But they’re all in my TBR!
I loved ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY too! It was funny, smart, and so relevant for younger readers but also great for adults.
[...] Last week, I also shared a pillow talk post in which my husband laments the fact that I don’t obey, a tribute to my sister and her husband (they got married on Friday), and a wrap-up of my April reading. [...]
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your blog. Often times my favorite book is the one I am currently reading, which is currently the case. I was pleasantly surprised on my last jaunt to the library to see The House of Tomorrow on the shelf. This is a book that ordinarily I would not have picked out for myself. Since I had read about it on your blog, I thought I would give it a try. I love reading a book that is “not my type” and being surprised at how much I enjoy it. I have to tell you I am enjoying it immensely. The characters are quirky and remind me of Anne Tyler’s characters. Just a little left of center.
Your review of Handbook, and my subsequent spotting of it at Barnes & Noble, has been one of the sorest challenges to my absolutely inviolable book-acquiring ban. It’s making me sad that my library hasn’t got it in yet.
I’m curious for your opinion on Curtains!