LazyDayLit's APRIL 2024 Reading WrapUp & Challenge Progress

GOODBYE APRIL! 

Hello readers!
April was another month full of outdoor adventures, gardening, and swimming but I fit in 20 books! 



What I read in April:

FICTION READS

Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor and the Marks of Secret

Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins
The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The River by Gary Paulsen

Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen
Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen

Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Retreat by Sarah Pearse

Murder Road by Simone St. James

The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos

The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty
Authority by Jeff Vandermeer

POETRY COLLECTIONS

The Poetry of Charlotte Bronte

Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey

CHALLENGE PROGRESS

ABC CHALLENGE

(My ABC Challenge Post)


Jan - Mar

Fiction:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
17 / 26

Graphic Novels:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
8 / 26
Nonfiction/Poetry:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
10 / 26

April ABC Reads:

Fiction: 
H - Hatchet

Graphic novels:


Nonfiction:
T - Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart
V - Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass


APRIL TBR Tackle Challenge
(hosted by @booksare42 on Storygraph)

1. Starts with G or N:     👍
Gregor the Overlander series

2. Borrowed book    👍
Murder Road

3. Young Adult   👎

4. Royalty     👍
Gregor the Overlander sequels

5. Yellow on the cover    👍
Annihilation

Challenge completed?
No 👎


Devour Your TBR
April prompt: __April Antiquities__
(all about reading books with a historic setting)

📖 The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox

BookRiot's READ HARDER Challenge
(my Read Harder blog post)

9/24

JAN: +5
FEB: +2
Mar: +2
Apr: +1

APRIL:

Prompt 3: Read a MG horror
Bumps in the Night 

The52BookClub Reading Challenge
(My 52BookClub Challenge blog post)

16 / 52

JAN: +6

FEB: +5
MAR: +5
APR: +2

APRIL:

Prompt 6: Women in STEM
Annihilation

Prompt 24: A cover without people on it
Murder Road



PopSugar Reading Challenge
(my PopSugar Challenge blog post)

Jan: +6
FEB: +7
MAR: +3

April: +0


Barnes&Noble ReadingChallenge

Jan: +4

Books that have:
Witches: After the Forest
Mountains: Cold Mountain

Books that made me feel:
Cozy: Bookshops & Bonedust
Shiver: Dead of Winter

FEB: +9

Books that have:
Twins  - The Daughters of Ys
Pirates - Fable

Mushrooms - What Feasts at Night
Music - Elvis & Me
Birds - The Comfort of Crows

Books that made me feel:
Cozy - Paladin's Grace
Laugh Out Loud - The Lonely Hearts Book Club
Adventurous - Fable & Namesake
Learn - Peace is a Practice 

MAR: +6 

Books that have:
Shapeshifters: Summerkin & Moonkind
Witches: The Curse of Eelgrass Bog
Birds: Owls & Other Fantasies
Pirates: Saint & Drift

Made me feel:
Adventurous: Saint & Drift
Think: The Last House on Needless Street

April: 

Books that have:
Blood: Murder Road

Books that made me feel:
Adventurous: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen



2024 NONFICTION READER CHALLENGE
(my Nonfiction Challenge blog post)

History:

Memoir/Biography:

Crime & Punishment:

Science:

Mental Health:

Travel:

Food: 

Social Media:

Sport:

Relationships:

The Arts:
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

Published in 2024:


NEW TO ME AUTHORS

April:
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Jeff Vandermeer
Nicole Panteleakos
Lana Del Rey

Happy reading!