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A Very Slow Reading Month | April Wrap Up

A Very Slow Reading Month | April Wrap Up

May 8, 2021 Posted by angelreads Uncategorized No Comments

April was a pretty slow reading month for me. There have been a few changes in my life again and I’ve spent a lot of it trying to take it all in. One of those changes is now I manage a bookstore, it’s with the same company I’ve been working with for nearly 5 years, but now I have my own store – and gosh does it make me happy. Because of this, my reading was slow in April.

I only managed to read 13 books last month – and while that may be a lot for some of you, it’s on my lower end of what I can read in a month. I’ve already been doing so well this month, so I have a feeling May will be different. In April I read a mix of fantasy, romance and a YA. So I feel pretty good with the range I read. I also enjoyed most of the books that I did read. Enough of this – let’s go! 

A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #1-4 by Sarah J. Maas: I never thought I would jump back into this world and I did it this month. I’m now all up to date with this series. And while I didn’t love it, I can’t wait to find out what happens next. You can check out my whole discussion on my experience of reading this series after I swore I never would. 

School For Heiresses #4-#6 by Sabrina Jeffries: I finished this series in April, and I had a great time. I’m slowly making my way through Sabrina Jeffries backlist and I love it. I think book 4 was my favourite out of the last few, but I still enjoyed the rest. 

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo: After reading the Shadow and Bone series last month, I wanted to do a re-read of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom before I jump into King of Scars. I forgot just how much I love this duo. I love the characters, the world, the plot. Just everything about it screams me. 

Blind Deception (Kings of Retribution MC Montana #1) by Sandy Alvarez and Crystal Daniels: You all know how much I love reading MC romances, and I liked being back in this world. We have come back to the Montana chapter and that makes me really excited. I can’t wait to see what this new series brings. 

Gravity #1-#3 by Sarina Bowen: By the end of the month I wasn’t much in the mood for reading so I did a re-read of the first two books in this trilogy and then read the last book. I enjoyed being back in this world and while this series isn’t my favourite from Bowen I still enjoyed it. 

And that is it. As you see it was a much slower month for me. I did read some large books this book, but I wasn’t in the mood for reading for a good chunk. What did you read this month? Have you read anything that I did? Let’s Chat! 

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I have a love-hate relationship with this series. I have a love-hate relationship with this series. But I ended up really enjoying this one. It’s best friends to fake dating to-lovers. It’s always been you, bad-boy/good-girl, and I loved that. While Save Your Breath has quite a few tropes, it really leads itself to it, and it works. 

Aleks and Mia have known each other for years now. Since they were teenagers, that angst has been building up this whole time. And you can tell right from the get-go, it’s fantastic. I even wanted more of it, because I love pain. When Aleks went to live with Mia’s family as a teenager, sparks flew, but for many reasons, they both put their feelings aside. And well, now they are not only going to be fake-dating, but they might as well be engaged, too. 

I really enjoyed seeing how both Aleks and Mia both tried to hide how they were feeling throughout the whole ‘fake-dating’ situation, but anyone could see it. They know each other as no one else does. Aleks has a lot going on, and while I do think this was brushed over a little too much, Mia is his centre. Mia is a massive music star and is a female in the industry, so yeah, people don’t respect her. Obvsiouly because why couldn’t a female star be badass and write about the things that she has gone through? Aleks and Mia get each other, and that is very clear from the start; they are both just trying to squash everything. We get to see them slowly start to show how they feel, and well, one night it all explodes. 

Overall, I enjoyed this one a lot; it’s not my favourite of the series, but I had a great time reading it. I liked Aleks and Mia a lot as characeters and while I think the mental health aspect could have been explored a whole lot more, I can see why it wasn’t. The romance was slow and spicy, the angst was great, and the payoff for these two was what they needed. 

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🏒Sports/Hockey Romance
🎤Fake Dating/Engagement
🏒Childhood Friends to Lovers
🎤Forced Proximity
🏒Athlete x Pop Star 
🎤Angsty Slow Burn 

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Mental Health Struggles 
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Family Deaths 
Alcohol Consumption
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Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I onl Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I only ended up reading 3 books in. 3 pretty fun books but one of my slowest readings months in a while. 

And I’m going to be honest here it’s because I’ve been constantly reading Heated Rivalry fanfics. 🤷‍♀️ I’m having the best time though. 

How was your reading in February? Any 5  star reads? 

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January was a really solid reading month. I read s January was a really solid reading month. I read some books that had been on my tbr for some time, reread a few things that peaked my interest. I also started a few new series. And just had a good time!

I just had a really good start to the year. While February is a little slow so far I’m looking forward to what I can pick up.

What did you read in January? Any 5-star reads? Let’s chat! 

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Can you believe that it’s already February? I know Can you believe that it’s already February? I know I can’t. But that means it’s a new month with more releases coming out! And that makes me excited. Some fantastic titles releasing this month and I cannot wait to read them. 📚

A couple of these are on my TBR already and some have just caught my eye and that makes me super excited to pick them up. 🖤

What are you looking forward to reading this month? Let’s chat! ✨

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