Alice and the Giant Bookshelf | All the Books I Read and DNFed in April! My Reading Wrap up #booktube #womensprize @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Hi everyone,
Today I'm going to talking about all of the books that I read and DNFed in April. It was a prolific reading month, in which I completed 17 books. I was participating in the TBR Clear Out Readathon, but that was hampered by my addiction to library books and a lot of Women's Prize reading.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:24 Stats
2:44 Books I'm still reading
4:59 Books I DNFed
8:36 A Book I Didn't Like
11:05 Very Good Books
24:18 Very Very Good Books
30:47 Favourites of the Month
34:13 Giant TBR Update
35:37 Thanks and Outro
Books Mentioned:
Ulysses by James Joyce
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
The Blue Beautiful World by Karen Lord
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen
Hangman by Maya Binyam youtu.be/JxQMt80HCo4?si=pFi_XsMY15QTbGek
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan youtu.be/48Gy56UvpJc?si=Xd8RlvAqcg2sQacz
8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee youtu.be/Qxz2hf-Bqr8?si=zPhMCqkJNsjpzkfz
The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths
Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell
The Girl Aquarium by Jen Campbell
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Saga volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
In Defence of the Act by Effie Black youtu.be/cUPWnRG84Z0?si=1Zm73atg9QRzUqVB
Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson youtu.be/lJogCIgHzQc?si=rwBLpkvDSUZpLDqc
The following readathons and challenges were mentioned:
@benreadsgood 's Read Good Challenge. #readgoodchallenge
TBR Clear Out was hosted by @katiejlumsden youtu.be/pElOO3PrFkU?si=9hnzyMaqZsNVDBXq
#poetryreadathon2024 was hosted by @CharlieBrookReads and @CharlesHeathcote
Misery May is hosted by @GemofBooks and @GunpowderFictionPlot
Buddy reads with the following fabulous booktubers were also mentioned:
@GemofBooks @spreadbookjoy @BernasBookishAdventures
I'd love to hear from you in the comments: What are your reading plans for April? Thanks for watching.
I also mentioned FOMO Bookclub. FOMO Bookclub is the bookclub I run with my fabulous friends @spreadbookjoy and @GemofBooks. We aim to read books we fear we have missed out on! Our Live Show for Bridge to Terabithia is taking place on Friday - join us here: youtube.com/live/m5JBB46S6u4?si=ulE9HWcuFx4s4vKS
To join our Discord server please follow this link:
discord.com/invite/sYatx9ZX2w
The Schedule:
March & April - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
(live hosted on @spreadbookjoy)
May & June - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
(live hosted on @Alice and the Giant Bookshelf )
July & August - Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
(live hosted on @gemofbooks )
September & October - Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
(live hosted on @spreadbookjoy )
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If you would like to, you can now support my channel by buying me a tea or coffee on my
ko-fi page (disclaimer: I might buy books not coffee!):
ko-fi.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
~ all your kind comments and support are so appreciated, thank you.
My Book Blog: xarglebook.wordpress.com
My Bookstagram:
instagram.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
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Music: Lucid Dreamer by Spazz Cardigan
Video Link: youtu.be/eXc08mB4yJo
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Hi everyone,
Today I'm going to talking about all of the books that I read and DNFed in April. It was a prolific reading month, in which I completed 17 books. I was participating in the TBR Clear Out Readathon, but that was hampered by my addiction to library books and a lot of Women's Prize reading.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:24 Stats
2:44 Books I'm still reading
4:59 Books I DNFed
8:36 A Book I Didn't Like
11:05 Very Good Books
24:18 Very Very Good Books
30:47 Favourites of the Month
34:13 Giant TBR Update
35:37 Thanks and Outro
Books Mentioned:
Ulysses by James Joyce
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
The Blue Beautiful World by Karen Lord
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen
Hangman by Maya Binyam youtu.be/JxQMt80HCo4?si=pFi_XsMY15QTbGek
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan youtu.be/48Gy56UvpJc?si=Xd8RlvAqcg2sQacz
8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee youtu.be/Qxz2hf-Bqr8?si=zPhMCqkJNsjpzkfz
The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths
Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell
The Girl Aquarium by Jen Campbell
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Saga volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
In Defence of the Act by Effie Black youtu.be/cUPWnRG84Z0?si=1Zm73atg9QRzUqVB
Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson youtu.be/lJogCIgHzQc?si=rwBLpkvDSUZpLDqc
The following readathons and challenges were mentioned:
@benreadsgood 's Read Good Challenge. #readgoodchallenge
TBR Clear Out was hosted by @katiejlumsden youtu.be/pElOO3PrFkU?si=9hnzyMaqZsNVDBXq
#poetryreadathon2024 was hosted by @CharlieBrookReads and @CharlesHeathcote
Misery May is hosted by @GemofBooks and @GunpowderFictionPlot
Buddy reads with the following fabulous booktubers were also mentioned:
@GemofBooks @spreadbookjoy @BernasBookishAdventures
I'd love to hear from you in the comments: What are your reading plans for April? Thanks for watching.
I also mentioned FOMO Bookclub. FOMO Bookclub is the bookclub I run with my fabulous friends @spreadbookjoy and @GemofBooks. We aim to read books we fear we have missed out on! Our Live Show for Bridge to Terabithia is taking place on Friday - join us here: youtube.com/live/m5JBB46S6u4?si=ulE9HWcuFx4s4vKS
To join our Discord server please follow this link:
discord.com/invite/sYatx9ZX2w
The Schedule:
March & April - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
(live hosted on @spreadbookjoy)
May & June - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
(live hosted on @Alice and the Giant Bookshelf )
July & August - Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
(live hosted on @gemofbooks )
September & October - Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
(live hosted on @spreadbookjoy )
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If you would like to, you can now support my channel by buying me a tea or coffee on my
ko-fi page (disclaimer: I might buy books not coffee!):
ko-fi.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
~ all your kind comments and support are so appreciated, thank you.
My Book Blog: xarglebook.wordpress.com
My Bookstagram:
instagram.com/aliceandthegiantbookshelf
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Music: Lucid Dreamer by Spazz Cardigan
Video Link: youtu.be/eXc08mB4yJo
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