an april for the books

hullo, & welcome to our collection of april’s weekly reading book reviews— posted every monday as they happen!

& of course complete with links so you can shop the titles at bookshop.org and support the local indie bookstore of your choice while sending yourself some happy mail!! :D

yours in the stories,

xo,

*hallie : )

✨📖 weekly reading book review april 2025: episode one!! 📖✨

🩷 here’s what i read this week:

🩵 THE HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF MAGIC by amy sparkes

the barnes & noble paperback edition here!

🎭 HAMLET by wm shakespeare

💖 MANSLAUGHTER PARK by tirzah price

📚 currently reading:

🚙 GOODNIGHT TOKYO by atsuhiro yoshida

📚 miiiiiight read next:

🧡 DEATH AT THE LIGHTHOUSE by alasdair beckett-king & illustrated by claire powell (loved the first in the montgomery bonbon series!!)

❤️ THE DOLLHOUSE ACADEMY by margarita montimore

💙 THE BORROWER by rebecca makkai (whose I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU made me a super fan of her work!!)

📚 tick tocking the caffeine countdown,

💖xo,

*hallie 🤓

also mentioned the tv series GOOD OMENS with david tennant & michael sheen (haven't read the book yet, but it's waiting in the wings of my TBR stacks!)

and about to go pick up my library hold of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE now that i know how the workshop and composing and stage design and such went from reading

PUTTING IT TOGETHER: HOW STEPHEN SONDHEIM & I WROTE SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE by james lapine