Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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April was a packed reading month—13 books across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and literary fiction! From immersive worlds like The Jasmine Throne and A Drop of Corruption to powerful reflections like Between the World and Me and Kindred, this wrap-up has everything. I’m sharing what I loved, what fell flat, and which ones I think more people should be talking about. Let’s chat books!

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - A Drop of Corruption
04:00 - Where the Axe is Buried
07:37 - The Wolf Den
09:46 - Ordinary Monsters
12:21 - Ancillary Justice
13:28 - The Jasmine Throne
16:53 - Murder at Gulls Nest
18:07 - Between the World and Me
19:53 - Kindred
21:25 - Ready or Not
23:04 - How to Seal Your Own Fate
25:15 - Sisters of the Vast Black
28:10 - The Raven Scholar
32:21 - Murder on the Orient Express
34:40 - Great Big Beautiful Life
37:07 - Exhalation
38:15 - Red Moscow by R.C. Reid

✨ Let me know your favorite April read in the comments!

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