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It feels like only yesterday that it was the first of January but now apparently it’s already April. I canโt believe how fast this year is going and I really hope that Iโm able to read as many books as possible in April because I have quite a few to get through!
I hope you are motivated today, there are a lot of books on this list, I was feeling ambitious for April apparently, I have 15 books to read and review for authors or for blog tours, my Goodreads Coffee Break Book Club picks, a book Iโm buddy reading with Candyce from The Book Dutchesses, the Hype-A-Thon TBR and my O.W.L.s Magical Readathon TBR. Needless to say, thatโs a lot of books, 28 to be exact. I know it sounds super ambitious, but I only have one last essay to submit for university and then Iโll be free for the rest of the year until I go back in September, so I think Iโve got a good chance of getting through most of them. I donโt have anything else to do during this isolation period so I thought I should be productive and tackle my TBR!
I havenโt done my March Wrap Up as of yet, but I donโt think I did too bad, as Iโm writing this, Iโve read 19 books this year out of my 100 book goal on Goodreads, Iโm a few books behind schedule but I think Iโll be able to read a tonne of these, if not all, in April, so Iโm optimistic that Iโll be back on track by May. The Hype-A-Thon Readathon theme for April is #AprilCatchUp, you can find out more about this readathon in my latest post.
I already said this in March, but apparently, April is also going to be an ARC, blog tour and author request month, but Iโm also going to be reading for all my other TBRs, and I’m going to be starting a few 3-month or 6-month long challenges in April, so keep a lookout for some more TBR posts in the next few days! Keep reading to find out about all my April picks!
On to the April TBR!
I was originally just going to put the books in a random order, but Iโm going to organise them into my mini TBRs just so that I can keep track of everything a bit easier, and also because I am an organisation freak!
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

Iโm going to start with the book Iโm going to be buddy reading with Candyce this month! I got this book in my February Fairyloot box and I knew I wasnโt going to be able to get to it, but I still put it on my March TBR. Candyce told me that she was going to read it in April so we both thought, why not read it together? We are going to be reading a few chapters a day and have a little discussion session after weโve read the chapters for the day. I havenโt done a buddy read in so long so Iโm really excited. This book is about a Slytherin girl who is looking for revenge, I donโt know about you, but I donโt need to know any more than that. That cover is also super pretty! I canโt wait to dive in!
ARCs, Author Requests and Blog Tours TBR
The Forest of Fallen Stars by Elfie Riverdell

I signed up for this one with @booktamins, the cover and the blurb really appealed to me and Iโm so excited to finally get to this one, I think itโs going to be really good. The blurb on Goodreads is quite vague, but I have a feeling that Iโm really going to like this one. Itโs the second blog tour Iโm doing for Booktamins and Iโm really looking forward to it! Iโm quite intrigued to read about the friendship in this book, Iโve been reading quite a few books with friendship lately and really liking them, so I hope Iโm going to really like this one too!
The Lost Child by Emily Gunnis

Iโm reading this one for another #RandomThingsTours with Anne Cater. I love all the books that she offers on her tours and she is just such a lovely lady, I adore working with her each chance I get. When she sent me the email about this book, I knew I had to read this one. Iโm a big fan of historical fiction and this one was pitched a bit like Towards the Vanishing Point by Jan Turk Petrie because of the mystery side to the plot so Iโm really looking forward to getting to this one, I think itโs going to be great!
Rangerโs Oath by Blake Peel

Iโm in a group on Facebook where YA authors can post about their books and ask for ARC readers. Itโs called YABS and Iโve been in it for a few months but nothing had piqued my interest until this book came along. This is the first book in the Fall of Radiance, a new Epic Fantasy series and it sounds amazing. I intentionally didnโt research it too much so that I would be surprised when reading it, but from what I understood of the pitch, itโs set in a parallel world and the protection between worlds is breached and basically all hell breaks loose. Iโm really intrigued to see what itโs like, I think Iโm going to love it!
Red Hail by Jamie Killen

This is going to be the first book Iโm going to read from Book Sirens. I was approached by them a few months ago and I was so glad to create an account and see all the ARCs I could request but Iโve been so busy that I havenโt tried any yet. I decided to go for this one first and Iโm really excited to get to it. I canโt really remember much about the synopsis but I believe itโs about a fatal virus that killed a lot of people a while ago and it suddenly comes back. I suppose itโs actually quite fitting for whatโs going on right now aha, I promise, I didnโt do it intentionally, but I think Iโm going to like it!
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr

I signed up for this tour when Anne sent out an emergency request for bloggers and I was so happy to be able to take part in this one. I already love the #RandomThingsTours, and Iโve had my eye on this book for quite a while, but I never imagined that Iโd get the chance to read it for a blog tour! You already know how much I love historical fiction, but Iโve only ever read one or two other books set in Africa, so this one really intrigued me, I think itโs going to be emotional, Iโm going to need tissues, but I think itโs going to be beautiful and meaningful and Iโm ready for this book right now!
The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni

I was approached by Danielle a few days ago and I was so happy to be able to squeeze her into my April reads. Her book is about a young girl who discovers that she has inherited a house in Italy. It is horror, and I donโt usually read horror, but this year Iโm really trying to read out of my comfort zone and I think that this will be a really good book to challenge myself with. I Iโm really intrigued to read about how the main charactersโ ancestorsโ lives are complicated and filled with secrets, Iโm sure itโs going to be a great read!
The Girl in the White Dress by Paul Barrell

This is another book Iโm reading for a #RandomThingsTour and I couldnโt be happier. I feel like thanks to all these tours Iโm doing this year, Iโm reading a really diverse range of books and Iโm living for it! It says on Goodreads that this book is based on a true story so Iโm really looking forward to reading it, it is about a man who moves to the Peak District after his wifeโs death and finds a menu from a cruise he went on when he was a child and he starts to dream about a forgotten childhood sweetheart. This one is pitched as a mystery with lies and deceit and it just sounds really good!
Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman

Another #RandomThingsTours book that Iโm really happy about being able to read this month! I donโt often read books like this one, I often donโt really get books that are meant to be funny, but I have to say that just reading the blurb made me snicker. I think that this one will be heart-warming and funny. It is about a woman who is basically having a mid-life crisis, she is in need of help but ironically writes a self-help column. Iโm interested to see if I will like this one or not as it isnโt my usual cup of tea but Iโm quite optimistic about it.
Matters of Convenience by Roy L. Pickering Jr.

Roy reached out to me a few months ago to ask if I would like to read and review his book and even though itโs not what I usually go for, the blurb really drew me in. Iโm not too sure about what it is about, I only got a vague sense of the plot, but that was enough to interest me, Iโll have to see what itโs like!
For the Lost Time by Heather Blair

This is another book Iโm reading for a @Booktamins tour and yet again, can you guess? Iโm super excited! Aha, I sound like a broken record, can you tell I donโt get out much? Iโm not going to hide it from you, the reason I actually clicked on the email and read the blurb was because that cover just called out to me, itโs so beautiful and then I was even more intrigued when I read the blurb! I absolutely adore (and when I say adore, I mean ADORE) time travel books, Iโm an Outlander junkie (but please donโt spoil me!!), and this book just sounded so me, I knew I had to give it a chance! Iโm really intrigued by the time period this book is set in, the 1920s, and I think that this might be a male/male romance, Iโve never read one before, so Iโm really looking forward to trying this book out!
Living Among the Dead: My Grandmotherโs Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength by Adena Bernstein Astrowsky

Another #RandomThingsTours book, Anne has got some great books going at the minute, hasnโt she? This is one of the nonfiction books Iโll be reading this month and I have to say that I am probably the most excited for this book out of all the other books on my list. I adore historical fiction and Iโm fascinated by WWII, Iโve read a couple of nonfiction memoirs about this time period and it was such a beautiful and sad experience, Iโm really glad Iโve got the chance to read this book this month, Iโm sure itโs going to be wonderful (but also heart-breaking, Iโve got the tissues ready).
The Princess of Felling by Elaine Cusack

This is the second/third/fourth (? I canโt remember Iโve lost count aha!) nonfiction book Iโll be reading in April for my stop on the #RandomThingsTours hosted by Anne Cater. This one really drew me in because it is about the authorโs childhood and teenage years in Tyneside in the 1970s and 1980s. I loved reading Rust by Eliese Colette Goldbach so I couldnโt pass up this opportunity of reading another memoir in the same vein. Itโs only 88 pages long and it has gotten really good praise already so Iโm quite intrigued.
Red Moon by Sein Ares

This is another book that Iโm going to be reading for an author request in April! It is the first book in the Arcana of the Crimson Era and the blurb is just riveting. I also donโt know how I managed to get two books on my TBR about the end of the world as we know itโฆ aha, I really hope this goes well! It is an adult book and I canโt wait to get to it, Iโm sure itโs going to be really fast-paced and a great fantasy series to start this year!
A Whole New Me by Adrianna Schuh

Adrianna tagged me on Twitter and asked if I would like to take part in the blog tour of her new novel that is coming out on the 1st of May and I was so happy she did. I havenโt read a romance book since I listened to the first two books in the After series by Anna Todd on audio, and Iโve been craving a bit of love and oulala for a while now. It really warmed my heart when she reached out to me as Iโd had my eye on this for a little while, Iโm so excited to get to this at the end of the month and Iโm sure itโs going to be great.
The Museum of Broken Promises by Elizabeth Buchan

My last #RandomThingsTours of April and I am once again, SUPER EXCITED. Iโm going to need to use synonyms soon because this is getting old aha! And guess what? Itโs another historical fiction book.. apparently itโs a theme this month, but Iโm really happy about that because Iโve been missing it lately. I also have loads of fantasy and books for my other TBRs, so itโs not like Iโm going to be bored! This book just sounds so up my alley, the museum is a place where people donate objects that were linked to grief or betrayal, that sounds really fascinating and Iโm looking forward to seeing how that all ties in with the main characterโs past during communism in Prague, it sounds very interesting and Iโm really looking forward to this one.
Coffee Break Book Club TBR
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Iโve been craving some Sherlock Holmes stories lately too so I was really happy when I saw that this was one of the picks for my book club on Goodreads. This is such a lovely group, Iโm one of the moderators and this is me telling you to go check it out because we read some awesome books every month, thank you. Anyway, getting back to the book, this retelling of the Sherlock Holmes stories has been on my radar for forever, I canโt wait for my copy to arrive in the post (please hurry up mister postman) and Iโm sure Iโll love it!
Blood Heir by Amรฉlie Wen Zhao

I wasnโt going to bother reading this one as well originally, but then I read the blurb again and Leelynn, another moderator from the group told me that she loved it, so I couldnโt pass it up. Iโve got it in audiobook format on Scribโd so Iโm going to start with this one right at the start of April. Iโm also a leader in the discussions for either one or both of these books, so hopefully, this month Iโll get to both of them because I failed miserably in March.
Iโm not going to go over each book Iโm reading for the Hype-A-Thon Readathon and the O.W.Ls Magical Readathon because I have already published those TBRs so you can go ahead and read my thoughts on them if you would like. But here are the lists!
Hype-A-Thon Readathon TBR
O.W.L.s TBR
This list is insanely long, my TBR is 28 books long and Iโm really hoping I can get to all of them this month. I have about 5 of them on audiobook from Scribโd so Iโm going to use those as much as possible when Iโm not in the mood to read physically or Iโm too busy or cooking/cleaning etc. Iโm going to have a lot of time on my hands until I can get back to France at the end of May, so please wish me luck for my April TBR!
I feel like this is a really diverse range of books and Iโm so excited for each and every one of them, I even managed to get a few non-fiction books in there, I hardly ever reach for nonfiction, but Iโm quite proud of how Iโm trying to go out of my comfort zone!
Thatโs all for now, I hope that this didnโt bore you all to death, sorry aha. See you soon, stay safe,
Ellie xx
Wow What a TBR!!! Blood Heir and The Book Thief are AMAZING I hope you enjoy! So many amazing reads to look forward too, and very ambitious! I hope you enjoy them all! Have a fantastic April! <3 ๐ <3
Ahaha! Thank you!!! I really hope I can get through them all! Thank you hun, I cant wait to read them all, you too ๐๐
You’re welcome, hun!! Good Luck!! ๐๐
Great TBR! I’m so excited for our buddyread!
Thank you! Mee tooooo it’s going to be great! I have an alarm set for tomorrow to remind me to start on the first two chapters!! ๐๐ฅณ
WOW! Thatโs one MEGA long tbr!
Ahah yes I know, I keep thinking that I was wayyyy too ambitious but a few books are super short so I can probably even do 2 a day! Fingers crossed ๐คฃ