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Despite having a couple of books drag on, I read eleven whole books in April and portions of three others. Obviously readathon played a big part of this, I just wish I could be a bit more disciplined with my reading time the rest of the year. The month started and ended with some fabulous books though, I Still Dream and Dread Nation come highly recommended. I'll be catching up on reviews over the next few weeks (fingers crossed).
Spring sprung, then vanished again. Josh has been focusing on getting the vegetables going and I've made a start on our front garden, which is going to have a small wild flower meadow section. I'm hoping the less it looks like a litter tray, the less the neighbourhood cats will poo on it. We are also battling slugs, the little bastards (we're trying salt water sprays, copper tape and beer traps).
Oh yeah, and the other day we had just sat down to dinner and I looked out the window to see a big bird trying to pick something up. First instinct was that a pigeon was stealing one of Scully's toys (why, brain, why?). Turned out to be a sparrowhawk eating a starling alive. This is what you get when you invite wildlife into your garden! Fortunately, it wasn't one of the nesting pair in the neighbour's roof and the little critters are still being tended by both parents.
Book of the Month:
I Still Dream by James Smythe
Reviews:






Challenges
I will have to start reading with a bit more purpose if I intend to complete these challenges. I'm doing OK but a lot of that was chance and the remaining prompts are getting harder for me to fill without trying. I am currently reading something for one of my least favourite prompts, true crime (it annoyingly would also fit posthumous but I really want to stick to one prompt per book within each challenge).POPSUGAR (18/50)
20. A book by a local author: Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
28. A book with song lyrics in the title: I Still Dream by James Smythe
Read Harder (10/24)
A classic of genre fiction: Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet edited by Mike Ashley
A comic written and illustrated by the same person: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Science Fiction vs Fantasy Bingo (7/25)
AI: I Still Dream by James Smythe
African: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Undead: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Beat the Backlist: 17/30
Goodreads: 37/100