april reading wrap up

april reads were pretty marvelous.

here’s what i read week by week!


✨weekly reading book review april 2023:

episode one!!✨

i’m home from paris! no idea what day it is, but…

here’s some books i read!

❤️ TALES FROM THE HINTERLAND by melissa albert (ya faerie tales; companion to the hazel wood duology )

❤️ THANK HEAVEN by leslie caron (hollywood, dance, film, french memoir!)

❤️ RAT RULE 79 by rivka galchin (quirky middle grade )

also last month:

✈️ A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by dan santat (middle grade graphic novel )

❤️ BETTER THAN FICTION by alexa martin (adult romcom)

❤️ VINCENT & THEO by deborah heiligman (ya narrative nonfiction)

☠️ THE SECRET HISTORY by donna tart (adult dark academia suspense)

❤️ CITY SPIES by james ponti (middle grade adventure )

currently reading :

❤️ CONTESTED WILL: WHO WROTE SHAKESPEARE? by james shapiro


✨weekly’s reading book review april 2023:

episode two!!✨

here’s what i read this week:

❤️ REGGIE & DELILAH’s YEAR OF FALLING by elise bryant (ya contemporary slow-burn punk rock d&d black nerd romance goodness!!)

❤️ CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY by karen cushman (historical fiction; middle grade newbery finalist 1995)

currently reading :

❤️ BEING MARY BENNET by j.c. peterson (looooooving it!! ya contemporary)

❤️ CONTESTED WILL by james shapiro (nonfiction shakespeare authorship controversy!)


✨weekly reading book review april 2023: episode three!!✨

here’s what i read this week:

❤️ BEING MARY BENNET by j. c. peterson (ya contemporary + romance!)

❤️ WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR by elizabeth lim (ya fantasy/a disney twisted tale of the blue fairy from pinocchio)

✒️ MAGPIE MURDERS by anthony horowitz (adult mystery)

currently reading :

❤️ THE LAST TALE OF THE FLOWER BRIDE by roshani chokshi (adult faerie tale mythological dark twisty speculative fiction magic )

❤️ ENTER THE BODY by joy mccullough (ya poetry of shakespeare’s tragic heroines reclaiming their stories)

❤️ EVERYTHING COMES NEXT by naomi shihab nye (incredible middle grade poetry collection)


✨weekly reading book review april 2023: episode four!!✨

here’s what i read this week (& loved them all!!):

❤️ THE LAST TALE OF THE FLOWER BRIDE by roshani chokshi

❤️ MUSEUM OF MAGIC by beth revis

✏️ EVERYTHING COMES NEXT by naomi shihab nye

❤️ THE RENAISSANCE OF GWEN HATHAWAY by ashley schumacher

currently reading :

❤️ THE FAMILY PLOT by megan collins

❤️ STORY GENIUS by lisa cron

reading next :

❤️ LOLA AT LAST by j.c. peterson

what stories are you loving right now?!

hallie bertling