April Wrap Up

In April 2020 I managed to read a total of  30 books.

I read 30 things this month (15 of them being a graphic novel type books). And overall I enjoyed most of the things I read, I had an especially good rate of enjoyment with my audiobooks.

The Bookternet 'All Star' charity challenge

This was created by Rachael on YouTube it is a charity challenge to help raise money for charity during the Covid pandemic. The idea is to go through the bingo type board she created of popular YA books/series and to talk about if you have or haven't read them and why.

I am excited! So let's get on it!

Review: The Switch by Beth O'Leary

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Title: The Switch

Author: Beth O'Leary

Publisher: Quercus

ISBN 13: 978-1787474994

Synopsis:

When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen.

Once Leena learns of Eileen's romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected.

Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn't as romantic as she hoped it would be, and then there is the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?

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Review: Gargantis by Thomas Taylor

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Title: Gargantis

Author: Thomas Taylor

Publisher: Walker Books

ISBN 13: 978-1406386295

Synopsis:

When an ancient bottle is found washed up on the beach after a ferocious electrical storm, all the residents of Eerie-on-Sea seem to want it ... but should they in fact fear it? Legend has it that the bottle contains an extraordinary secret that spells doom for the whole of Eerie-on-Sea. Could it be true that the vast sea creature Gargantis has awoken from her slumbers, and is causing the large cracks that are appearing all across the town? Finding themselves entrusted with the bottle, Herbie and Violet discover they will need to ride the terrible storm and pacify the creature if they want to save Eerie-on-Sea from sliding into the ocean and being lost for ever.

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Review: Once and Future vol 1 by Kieron Gillen

Title: Once and Future vol 1

Author: Kieron Gillen

Publisher: BOOM! Studios

ISBN 13: 978-1684154913

Synopsis:

When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring a villain from Arthurian myth back from the dead, retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat. Now the two must navigate the complicated history of the McGuire family, all while combating the deadly secrets of England’s past that threaten its very future.

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Magical Readathon OWLs 2020

For the whole of April (1st to 30th) I am going to be taking part in the Magical Readathon: OWLs 2020 hosted by the lovely G at BookRoast.

I will leave a link to the youtube video post explaining it all here.

The video linked above explains it in more detail so please check that out.

Without further ado onto my TBR...

March Wrap Up

In March 2020 I managed to read a total of 12 books.

I took part in the Shadowhunter readathon for March 2020 which I didn't quite complete but did enjoy. I was reading well up until mid to late March but then, as a lot of people did, I suffered a bit of  a quarantine slump. But hopefully I can pull myself out of that for April.