april's reading wrap*up!!
welcome to april’s collection of weekly reading book reviews!
(they appear every monday morning on my instagram, if you’d like to follow along.)
but i also like to share them here where i can post links on each title i read (or thought about reading) so you can learn more about each book on its page at bookshop.org*— where each purchase supports an independent bookstore.
enJOY and happy reading!!
xo,
*hallie :)
✨ weekly reading book review april 2024: episode one!! ✨
this week i read:
✨ ALLIANA GIRL OF DRAGONS by julie abe (middle grade faerie tale fantasy!!)
✨ THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by sandra cisneros (gorgeous, readable classic; poetic prose goodness!!)
✨ OLIVETTI by allie millington (!!!!! i got to meet her on her debut book birthday launch day last week little shop of stories !!!! my blog post about that bookish road trip HERE!)
currently reading :
✨ A WISH IN THE DARK by christina soontornvat (middle grade perfection)
miiiiight (maybe) reading next :
✨ A CHATEAU UNDER SIEGE by martin walker (signed copy from the poisoned pen bookstore!)
✨ ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by xochitl gonzalez (a march book of the month artsy pick!)
✨ the MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT anthology from the red herring society (founders: c.j. redwine & mary weber; particularly heidi wilson's story!!)
✨ also re*watched AMERICAN SYMPHONY (jon batiste & suleika jaouad ; imdb link here ) last night…. wow!! (it's a must see!)
with all my leftover marshmallow wishes,
xo,
*hallie
✨weekly reading book review april 2024: episode two!! ✨
here’s what i read this week:
✏️ A WISH IN THE DARK by christina soontornvat
✏️ KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by david grann
✏️ 30 GREAT MYTHS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE by laurie maguire & emma smith
watched:
✏️ ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET (inspired by the judy blume classic, of course!! imdb link here)
currently reading :
✏️ THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, AN EDITOR’s ADVICE TO WRITERS by betsy lerner
reading next :
✏️ DRAGONFRUIT by makiia lucier (my copy from book of the month!)
✏️ THE CRANE HUSBAND by kelly barnhill
✨weekly reading book review april 2024: episode three!! ✨
here’s what i read this week:
❤️ WISHTREE by katherine applegate , illustrated by charles santoso
❤️ THE CRANE HUSBAND by kelly barnhill
❤️ THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE by roald dahl , illustrated by quentin blake
❤️ DRAGONFRUIT by makiia lucier (yay guam! aapi fantasy! sea quest! tribal tattoos!! my copy happened to come from book of the month; click HERE to get your first box for $5!)
☕️ BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD by toshikazu kawaguchi
currently reading :
❤️ FERRIS by queen kate dicamillo
miiiiight read next:
❤️ INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by jhumpa lahiri
❤️ THE BARD & THE BOOK by ann bausum , illustrated by marta sevilla
❤️xo,
*hallie
✨ weekly reading book review april 2024: episode four!! ✨
here’s what i read this week:
☔️ FERRIS by kate dicamillo
☔️ THE FIRST STATE OF BEING by erin entrada kelly
☔️ THE AGATHAS by kathleen glasgow & liz lawson
currently reading :
☔️ A STARLET’S SECRET TO A SENSATIONAL AFTERLIFE by kendall kulper
miiiiight read next:
☔️ THE WINGFEATHER SAGA BOOK ONE: ON THE EDGE OF THE DARK SEA OF DARKNESS by andrew peterson
✒️ A ROOM OF ONE’s OWN by virginia woolf
☔️ SHAKESPEARE & THE FOLKTALE by charlotte artese (who i heard interviewed on folger shakespeare library’s SHAKESPEARE UNLIMITED podcast when i was on my way to elsinore, because… of course! ❤️)
other stories i loved this week were:
❤️ PARKS & REC season six
❤️ PONYO ( hayao miyazaki / studio ghibli )
with all my caffeinated delusions,
❤️xo,
*hallie
✨ weekly reading book review april 2024: episode five!! ✨
here’s what i read this week:
✨ A STARLET’S SECRET TO A SENSATIONAL AFTERLIFE by kendall kulper
✨ PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD by hiromi kawakami
✨ HAY FEVER by noel coward
currently reading :
✨ THE WINGFEATHER SAGA, BOOK ONE: ON THE EDGE OF THE DARK SEA OF DARKNESS by andrew peterson (upper mg/ya readers fantasy adventure; my current headspace and author editor brain are actively struggling, but i want to read it!!)
miiiiiight read next :
✨ SHAKESPEARE, THE MAN WHO PAYS THE RENT by dame judi dench
✨ THE FOX WIFE by yangsze choo (a 2024 book of the month february pick!)
what stories are you loving right now?!
with all my firefly nuggets of sparkle,
xo,
*hallie
*bookshop.org: supporting the local indie bookstore of your choice. you know, instead of evil corporate space colonizers who want our government to be ruled by inhuman machines. (all i’m saying is, people and your community and freedom of thought and speech and print is way more important and 2-day shipping. see also: danny caine’s HOW TO RESIST AMAZON & WHY…) :)
& after all that, my personal favourite reads of april:
🌟 A WISH IN THE DARK by christina soontornvat
🌟 DRAGONFRUIT by makiaa lucier
🌟 BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD by toshikazu kawaguchi
🌟 FERRIS by kate dicamillo
🌟 A STARLET’S SECRET TO A SENSATIONAL AFTERLIFE by kendall kulper
🌟 PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD by hiromi kawakami
