Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 38 minutes ago

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I read 12 books in April - a mixture of historical fiction and contemporary with 3 re-reads.

Channels and Videos Mentioned:
- Gemma; Read a Book Gem
youtube.com/c/ReadABookGem
- Katie; Books and Things’ Historical Fiction Readalong announcement video
youtube.com/watch?v=XPgpXd-9cBI

Books Mentioned:
- Restoration by Rose Tremain (Merivel #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/103123.Restoration?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=yOJJK8mane&rank=1
- Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
goodreads.com/book/show/6632372-parrot-and-olivier-in-america?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ETFHON3y7x&rank=1
- Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer
goodreads.com/en/book/show/311178.Friday_s_Child
- Sharpe’s Gold by Bernard Cornwell (Sharpe #9 chronological order, #2 Publication order)
goodreads.com/book/show/108386.Sharpe_s_Gold?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=FYu9LpajLV&rank=1
- The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Various Authors (short story collection)
goodreads.com/book/show/56075256-the-haunting-season?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=kjafk822jk&rank=1
- Villette by Charlotte Bronte
goodreads.com/book/show/31173.Villette?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=k9CJf8gq8S&rank=1
- A Single Thread by Tracey Chevalier
goodreads.com/book/show/43943459-a-single-thread?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Yjuavskwoz&rank=1
- The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
goodreads.com/book/show/46159063-the-betrayals?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=vlOsvaQk75&rank=4
- The Maid by Nita Prose
goodreads.com/book/show/55196813-the-maid?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8IqOUYhzTV&rank=1
- Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan
goodreads.com/book/show/52038928-here-is-the-beehive?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=sHKLTXdUEO&rank=1
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
goodreads.com/book/show/41057294-normal-people?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7vyqDgQEOL&rank=1
- The Geometer Lobachevsky by Adrian Duncan
goodreads.com/book/show/58547114-the-geometer-lobachevsky?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ZGSQ1L9zMY&rank=1