Here we go again…..another month wrapped up.
April was a bit of a blur and I didn’t feel like I’d actually read much but thanks to audiobooks in the car, I actually managed to read 8 books. Unfortunately because the month was such a blur, I can barely remember a thing about what I’ve read and will have to rely on my Goodreads to remind me.
Books read:
- Spells, Strings and Forgotten Things by Breanne Randall – ★★★
- First Witches Club by Maisey Yates – ★★★
- In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros – ★★★★
- Just Add Happiness by Julie Hatcher – ★★★★
- Role Playing by Cathy Yardley – ★★★★
- The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez – ★★★★
- Once and Again by Rebecca Serle – ★★★★
- Do Me a Favor by Cathy Yardley – ★★★★
Pages read: 2655 pages
Most read genre: Let’s face it…most months the answer is romance.
Most read format: Audiobook…naturally
Favourite read: The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
Still one of my favourite romance authors, Abby Jimenez creates the loveliest book boyfriends. Abby always seems to do ‘damsel in distress’ and protective love interest without the cringe….and there’s always a dog….which as a dog mum just makes my day.
The Blurb: In everyone’s life, there’s a split-second decision that can change everything…
For Larissa, it came when choosing which guy to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great together, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging bread (pumpernickel for the win!). For the first time amid all her side hustles to scrape by, things finally feel easy.
But Chris isn’t the one who drove Larissa home all those months ago—Chris is her boyfriend’s best friend. All Chris wants is for Larissa to be happy. Standing by on the sidelines is slowly killing him, but making a move would destroy someone else. And he’s just not that guy.
Honourable mention: Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
A romance with people my age…yay!! Life experience and love…together.
The blurb: Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a deal―he’ll be more social if she does the same―she can’t refuse. She joins a new online gaming guild led by a friendly healer named Otter. So that nobody gets the wrong idea, she calls herself Bogwitch.
Otter is Aiden, a fifty-year-old optimist using the guild as an emotional outlet from his family drama caring for his aging mother while his brother plays house with Aiden’s ex-fiancée.
Bogwitch and Otter become fast virtual friends, but there’s a catch. Bogwitch thinks Otter is a college student. Otter assumes Bogwitch is an octogenarian.
When they finally meet face to face―after a rocky, shocking start―the unlikely pair of sunshine and stormy personalities grow tentatively closer. But Maggie’s previous relationships have left her bitter, and Aiden’s got a complicated past of his own.
Everything’s easier online. Can they make it work in real life?
Goodreads Reading Challenge: 32/100 books
Audiobook Challenge: 21/50 audiobooks
What was your favourite read this month?
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