Spring has arrived

At least I thought it had until this weekend! So what has gone on Chez Book Whisperer this April?

My new job started and despite feeling run ragged and having so much to learn and take in and being up and down the UK motorway links or on trains for half the week means that I am in dream-land the minute my head hits the pillow on a night, I am really enjoying it.

Book-wize, I’ve been a head cheerleader in my first read-a-thon, I’ve signed up to Audible.com and been listening to books on my iPod when I’m too tired to hold a book in my hands (genius!), I’ve won a poetry competition and won Robin Maxwell’s new book (signed) and the most gorgeous Italian leather journal which I intend to write more poetry in (the standard of said poetry may be rather quesitonable but at least it turns out that I really quite enjoy it), I’ve won several more books in competitions (more details later), two tickets to a Vintage Books day at Floyles in London which I will combine with my first UK book bloggers meet-up in London next week! Phew!!

Top Posts in April

So, what were people reading on The Book Whisperer this month?

The most read book reviews were:

Blueeyedboy by Joanne Harris and Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa.

The most read non-review posts were:

In at number 1 was The Best 11 Book Club Books EVER!!  This was followed by I’m Freaking Out! (it turns out that I am not the only person who gets the booky-shakes from time to time).

The most read Author Interview was:

Gail Carriger (author of the Parasol Protectorate series).

Books I read in April

Blueeyedboy by Joanne Harris

A Woman’s Life by Guy de Maupassant

Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark

Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman

Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid

Part of the Furniture by Mary Wesley

Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner

Out of these books my favourites were Part of the Furniture by Mary Wesley and Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman. Brilliant!

What have been your favourite books of April?