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April Statistics

It’s time to recap what I’ve read this month. Two books were actually carry-overs from March but I count them in April as that’s when I finished reading them. Here’s a look at what I read:

The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu (my review)
The Dancing Girls of Lahore by Louise Brown
Consequences of Sin by Clare Langley-Hawthorne (my review)
Storm Front by Jim Butcher (my review)
The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (my review)
Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson (my review)

I didn’t quite meet my personal challenge to read a book of poetry in honor of National Poetry Month but I did find myself dipping into Loose Women by Sandra Cisneros, Music Like Dirt by Frank Bidart and Good Poems a lot.

I’m off to finish my book for book group!

This entry was posted on Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 3:19 am and is filed under Nightstand.

9 Responses to “April Statistics”

  1. Heather

    May 1st, 2007 at 7:37 am

    The Dancing Girls of Lahore sounds interesting!

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  2. christine http://snapshotsunmade.typepad.com

    May 1st, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    I say, you have had a pretty good month of reading there! I also didn’t get to read as much poetry as I would have liked this month….

    See you tonight!

  3. Bookgirl http://www.bookgirl.net

    May 1st, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    Heather – Dancing Girls was very good but not an easy read… sad subject matter.
    Christine – Never enough time huh :) See you in a while girl!

  4. Gentle Reader http://shelflifeblog.blogspot.com/

    May 2nd, 2007 at 12:12 am

    What a great month of books! Congrats! I’m putting Astrid & Veronika on my list…thanks for the review

  5. LK http://litkitten.blogspot.com

    May 2nd, 2007 at 1:09 am

    always amazed at your productivity!

  6. Danielle http://www.danitorres.typepad.com

    May 2nd, 2007 at 4:39 am

    I also didn’t finish my poetry book, but the fact that I actually read some is pretty good for me! :) Did you like The Dancing Girls of Lahore?

  7. Bookgirl http://www.bookgirl.net

    May 2nd, 2007 at 6:38 am

    Gentle Reader – Oh I’m glad to hear that! I do hope you like it.
    LK – Thank you :)
    Danielle – I say that counts! I did appreciate Dancing Girls of Lahore (didn’t have time to write a review) but it was a difficult book because of the subject matter. It hard to read as I just felt so sad and powerless about the situation. Oh and I promise to let you know about Suite Francaise. That was totally different than what I expected but I didn’t find it hard to get into at all. Which is something I had been dreading as well.

  8. Matt http://mattviews.wordpress.com

    May 3rd, 2007 at 12:31 am

    Ditto to LK. I’m fascinated by your proliferation. I finished 5 and it’s a record for me.

  9. Bookgirl http://www.bookgirl.net

    May 3rd, 2007 at 5:59 am

    Matt – 5 books is very good! :)