Has it really been a month?
It feels like both a lot longer since I started blogging, and a lot shorter (if that makes sense?). Like I’ve been enjoying it so much that I’ve lost track of time. I feel good having something to put all my boredom and energy I used messing around on the Internet towards a bigger goal.
I also really love the community. Y’all have been so lovely. I didn’t think more than 10 people would be following this blog after a month. I just hit 100 followers today, so, uh, thank you so much!? I don’t even know what to say. I’m just really stunned by how supportive everyone is.
Books I’ve Finished
This month I have read a whopping fifteen books. Um, wow! I’ve been in a slump for so long, but I doubled the amount of books I read last month, which … whew! Of these, 4 were catching up on old, old ARCs because I’m a bad, bad person; 5 were current ARCs, and 6 were backlist books from the library.
New ARCs
- oh no by Alex Norris (★★★)
- The Art of Taxidermy by Sharon Kernot (★★★) [full review]
- The Fever King by Victoria Lee (★★★★★) [full review]
- The Perfect Shine by J.K. Hogan (★★)
- Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell (★★★★) [review forthcoming]
Old ARCs
So, yeah, there’s a reason I didn’t read these before — I didn’t have much luck with these particular ARCs.
- Big Water by Andrea Curtis (★★★) [mini review]
- The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane (★★)
- 806 by Cynthia Weil (★★)
- Shared Stars by V.G. Kilgore (★)
Backlist Books
- Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston (★★) [full review]
- Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (★★★★) [full review]
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (★★★★) [full review]
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (★★★★★) [full review]
- A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (★★★) [full review]
- Furyborn by Claire Legrand (★★★) [review forthcoming]
BOOK HAUL
I actually bought a lot more books (and by that, I mean I bought more than ten books this month yikes on a bike) but these are the only ones that have come:
- The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
- Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
- I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman
STATS
Pages Read: 5618
ARCs Read: 9
Favourite Book: The Fever King and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Average Rating: 3.1 stars
That’s it, folks!
Other than reading, I didn’t do a whole lot this month. I started Umbrella Academy and watched Captain Marvel, but that’s about it for TV & movies. I’m finishing up this semester at university, and I am writing this blog post when I should be writing an essay. Which I should. Probably do now. Because it’s due tomorrow. Oops.
crowing about books. 
Wow! You’ve read and written so much! Love your blog❤
Happy reading n April and good luck for your university!📚
Thank you! Happy reading! 🙂
congrats on 100 followers, you really deserve it 💕💕 and wow, 15 books, I could barely read 3 this month because slumps hate me, sadly. hope this month is even better, reading-wise and generally!
Thank you so much! 💕 I hope next month is better for you, reading slumps are rough
Happy first month of blogging!!! ❤ 15 books is so impressive! I can't wait to read The Fever King, since everyone seems to be raving about it. And I'm so happy that you enjoyed Evelyn Hugo – that's one of my faves! 😀
Thank you! 💕 I hope you enjoy The Fever King – I really did love it, it’s SUCH a good story.
Congrats on 100 followers 🙂
Thank you!
Happy first month, I’m glad you’re here! And thanks to this post, I just added I Was Born For This to my exploding TBR list, so thank you!!! 😀
Ooh I hope you like it! I haven’t read it yet, but Alice Oseman always blows me away with her books. I get the feeling about the exploding TBR too haha.
Congratulations on the blogging milestone and I am so glad you’re enjoying it. You read so much! I also didn’t like Heart of Iron when I read it and I just read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and loved it too 🙂 Glad you did as well. Hope you enjoy your new books as well ^.^
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Thank you! Yeah, Heart of Iron was a bit
for me but Evelyn Hugo really was a standout book? I’m still floored by it tbh.
Congrats on your first blogging year!! You’ve read a lot of books this month alone, good for you!
Thank you!
Congratulations on your 100!!!💓💓 I’m so happy for you, good luck on University
Thank you so much!
Wow! For your first month of blogging you’ve done heaps! I didn’t even know ARCs were a thing until like 4 or 5 months in, and didn’t get any until almost 6 months in. Great work and it sounds like you’re loving blogging 😊
Haha well this isn’t my first go at book blogging 🙂 I am really enjoying it though!
Congrats on your first month!
Thank you!
Pretty amazingly successful first month, congrats to that! I haven’t read The Art of Taxidermy yet, but it’s there waiting, staring at me, and ahhhh yes! I loved The Fever King, did you hear, she’s sending Electric Heir to her editor already!! Woo! Great job getting through so much, good luck next month!
Thank you! I just saw the tweet today and I’m excited, I miss my boy Noam.
congrats on such a successful mpnth, heres to April being fab too!
Thanks, you too!
Haha yup. You said it. Blogging is basically goofing off on the internet…but productively. XD XD
Congrats on your first month!!!! ❤
And I'm glad you liked Sky Without Stars! I really like Les Mis the musical, and I'm really excited about it! 🙂
Really I do mostly the same things as I did before I started blogging … but productive haha. And thank you!
I think if you liked the musical you’ll probably like Sky Without Stars!
Congratulations on your first month of blogging!! Looks like you started with a bang 🙌 Your blog look amazing!!
Thank you! I hope I can keep it up haha
Congrats on your first month of blogging, and I know what you mean about the forever and no time at all feeling!
Looks like you had a wonderful reading month, and I hope that streak continues for you! Hooray for The Fever King, that was one of my favorite reads of the year so far.
Thank you! And yes, The Fever King was sooo good. 🙂