April Book Report

April 2025, Manchester, NH

I finished 9 books last month.

A quote from this month's reading:

“It took him a long time, and a great many more parties, to realize that they didn’t live that way, that it was all strangely unreal, a kind of beautiful dream the white folks were having, a lie they were telling themselves: that goodness can come from badness, that it’s possible to be civilized with one another without treating as human beings those whose blood, sweat, and mother’s milk made possible the life of privilege they led.” ― Alex Haley, Roots

Here are the books I finished in April 2025: 

1. The Author's Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams (4-stars)
2. Curds of Prey by Korina Moss (3-stars)
3. LifeStyled: Your Guide to a More Organized and Intentional Life by Shira Gill (4-stars)
4. The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby (3-stars)
5. The Happy Writer by Marissa Meyer (4-stars)
6. Case of the Bleus by Korina Moss (4-stars)
7. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (audiobook, 3-stars)
8. Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (5-stars)
9. Heart of Barkness by Spencer Quinn (3-stars)

I also read several essays and articles about Jane Austen last month, in preparation for hosting Mansfield Park as part of the Classics Club Austen 2025 project.