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?
I enjoyed both Moonlight Becomes You and Say Good-bye.
I’ve been wishing for Part of the Furniture.
Laurel, they are great aren’t they? I love a good mystery/thrilleer.
I hope you manage to track down Part of the Furniture soon – are Mary Wesley’s books published in the US?
Even though you remarked that you didn’t get a lot of reading done, your blogging month was great, I think!
I’m jealous about you getting to meet fellow bookbloggers! However, I hope it’ll be a fun day!
Spring has arrived over here as well, that is, until it started raining like crazy this weekend. I’m sorry to hear the weekend-weather wasn’t good over there as well.
Thanks Iris. Still not a patch on your 15!!!
It should be fun in London I hope – I’ll post about it next week.
Sorry to hear you’re experiencing the extended April showers too – I usually find that these continue until September in N Ireland so I hope you’re spared that at least!
My favourite reads were blueeyedboy (!!) and Still Alice by Lisa Genova. I managed to acquire a copy of the Mary Wesley biography, Wild Mary, spurred on by your review of Part of the Furniture – it’s called “Wild Mary” – intriguing…
Have fun at Foyles.
This is the second time I have heard of Still Alice this week – must check this book out.
Oooh, let me know how you get on with the Mary Wesley biog – I have heard that it’s really interesting.
Hope the rain goes away for both of us
sadly, i have read none of these…
for me, it’s hard to choose favorites because there were so many great books this month!
Luna, If I Stay, Jasper Jones, Daughter of Fortune (which i also think you would love, if you haven’t read it already) and Mudbound were among my favorites. it really was a fantastic month!
No I haven’t read Daugher of Fortune yet – I haven’t read any of Allende’s books so must check that out.
You had a great reading month, Lisa.
Favorite books in April: /The Call of the Curlew/, Taha Hussein. Habib Selmi’s /The Scents of Marie Claire/. And Suad Amiry’s /Nothing to Lose But Your Life/.
Ooh, I haven’t heard of any of these – must go and check them out!
I read” Shutter Island”,” Death at the Priory”,”Pauline” a lesser known Dumas, “les Dames de Chenonceaux” and “Le Fantôme de Baker Street”.I enjoyed all of them…..
Little Reader is right “Daughter of Fortune” is great !!!! (if it is the one by Allende) as well as the other two “House of the Spirits” and ” A portrait in Sepia”.I loved these books so much.
I tried looking up Pauline when I saw you were reading it, Virginie, but it doesn’t look like it has been translated into English
the year is flying by ,hope new job goes well boof ,all the best stu
Thanks Stu