Recap: April Showers Bring May Flowers

April was filled with books, birthdays, and more books! Sounds like a good month, if you ask me. So I'm going to tell you all about it and then give a preview of all the bookish things May shall bring!

April

Books Read

-The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
-Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
-The Water and the Wild by K.E. Ormsbee
-Happy Again by Jennifer E. Smith
-Code Name Verity (Audio) by Elizabeth Wein
-99 Days by Katie Cotugno
-A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Reviews

-The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson: Amazing series is amazing.
-Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby: Liked the romance, but oi, sadness.

-Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen: Interesting.
-The Water and the Wild by K.E. Ormsbee: Fantasmical with fantastic characters.

Favorite Book Read

It was either this or The Water and the Wild, and while I didn't love this (don't shoot me), it was the most feelsy and had some THINGS.

Book Haul

The book haul of many books.

Weekly Posts

I dreamed about checking in with some characters, shared some favorite quotes from books I've read, posted a list of my favorite authors of all time, and talked about characters who are fans of blood.

I waited on a series finale, a book with a protagonist whose name is Sugar, a book I already have, a space novel told in an interesting way, and a highly anticipated contemporary.       

Other Posts

I had a giveaway to celebrate my 22nd birthday, interviewed K.E. Ormsbee, talked about Books for a Cause, and shared the playlist for Three Day Summer.    

Events

First and foremost: book club, when we discussed Kate Alcott's Titanic aftermath-based The Dressmaker!

I managed to make it to one book signing during April, and it was for Epic Reads! Here I am with Heather Brewer...

Danielle Paige...

 Sara Raasch...

...and Victoria Aveyard!

April

Books Read

I'll be rereading Nancy Werlin's Impossible for book club, and then I hope to catch up to my Goodreads goal--I'm so close!

New Releases

Here are three May releases I'm looking forward to most, and that I haven't read yet and don't have copies of.

May 5, 2015: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

May 5, 2015: Aw, a new Kasie West contemporary!

May 19, 2015: YA WOODSTOCK, I WANT IT NOW.

Events

Book club! The Swoon Reads tour! Book releases!

What books did you get in the lovely month of April?