Happy May! Hm, as I type this I realize I haven’t done a Sunday Salon post for a while. Two orders of business for today. First, I’ve decided to take the next week off. I’ll be visiting family, so I won’t get much reading done anyway, plus I think I could use a break. The only thing I’ll be posting is the Reading Buddies discussion for Animal Farm by George Orwell on Friday. After that, I should be back to posting the following Monday. Have a wonderful week!
Second, it’s time again for another monthly review! Here’s what my April looked like:
Books
Total books read: 9
Total pages read: 3,425 (almost double any other month, thanks to the Readathon and the Chaos Walking series…whoa!)
Favorite book: I loved seven of the nine books I read, which is great! If pressed, I’d probably have to choose the Chaos Walking series, though.
Least favorite book: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, hands down.
Audiobooks
Total audiobooks listened to: 4
Total hours listened: 33 hours and 27 minutes
Favorite audiobook: The Imposter by Damon Galgut (read by my favorite, Humphrey Bower!)
Least favorite audiobook: Probably Freakonomics. It was interesting and well read, but I got a little tired of statistics.
Erin Reads
- It was an unintentional E.M. Forster month for the Classics Reclamation Project. I listened to A Passage to India and read The Hill of Devi, both of which I really enjoyed.
- Reading Buddies discussed The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, which enthralled me, and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, which didn’t.
- I read some new releases I quite liked, including The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham, Nazareth, North Dakota by Tommy Zurhellen and Made for You and Me by Caitlin Shetterly.
- I shared thoughts on the longest audiobook (by far) I’ve ever listened to, which was Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. The reader, Humphrey Bower, became my new favorite.
- And of course, I participated in the Readathon!
Your Turn!
That was my April. How was yours?
Enjoy your time off! I think I unintentionally took the past week off. 😀
I’m so glad we have another convert to the Chaos Walking club. 🙂 Enjoy your week off! We all need one from time to time.
What a great month!
You have had a really great reading month! I hope that you enjoy your trip and that you get some very relaxing break time in!
Wow! How on earth do you get so much reading done, and what is Chaos Walking? I only managed to read 5 books (most of which I enjoyed immensely) which is good for me. Looks like you had an amazing April – hope your May treats you just as well.
Chaos Walking is a young adult series by Patrick Ness. Kind of dystopian fantasy esque. Not really sure how to classify it, but it deals with good vs. evil and a planet where information is even more omnipresent than ours!
Have a nice week off! I’ve been contemplating a short blogging break, myself. My book stats were way up in April thanks to the Read-a-Thon too.
Hello!!! I am fellow member of Chicks on Lit on goodreads! I found your blog there. My April was only OK. I didn’t get to read as much as I wanted. But I know May will be great!
Angie
XOXO Angela’s Anxious Life
Hi, Angie, thanks for stopping by! Sorry I’ve been a bit absent…May has been a busier month than I’d anticipated.