Looking Back on April 2023 on Hooked By That Book

April is the month where our weather goes through an identity crisis. Snow, rain, frost, cold, hot, anything is possible, and sometimes it all happens on the same day. Reading-wise it was another great month with a bunch of great reads.

Here are the stats:

Total books read: 28
Number of 5-star reads: 4
Number of 4-star reads: 19
Number of 3-star reads: 5
Number of books reviewed: 8

Clicking or tapping on the book cover will take you to either my review here or Goodreads.

FIVE STAR READS

Dread and Buried by Angie Fox on Hooked By That Book

Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy on Hooked By That Book

The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery on Hooked By That Book

A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas on Hooked By That Book

FOUR STAR READS

Deep Tide by Laura Griffin on Hooked By That Book

King of Pride by Ana Huang on Hooked By That Book

I Used to be Fun by Melanie Summers on Hooked By That Book

Romancing the Heiress by Darcy Burke on Hooked By That Book

Shoulder the Skye by Donna Grant on Hooked By That Book

Hexed by Kevin Hearne on Hooked By That Book

A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourne on Hooked By That Book

Hooked By That Book: The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery

Once Upon a Real Good Time by Lauren Blakely

Once Upon a Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely on Hooked By That Book

The Love Wager by Lynn Painter on Hooked By That Book

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley on Hooked By That Book

Kiss and Don't Tell by Meghan Quinn on Hooked By That Book

Fluke by Adriana Locke on Hooked By That Book

Rage by Donna Grant on Hooked By That Book

Coach by Devney Perry on Hooked By That Book

Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood on Hooked By That Book

Encore in Death by JD Robb on Hooked By That Book

Savage Rising by Katie Reus on Hooked By That Book

THREE STAR READS

How to Best a Marquess by Janna MacGregor on Hooked By That Book

The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook on Hooked By That Book

Once Upon a Wild Fling by Lauren Blakely on Hooked By That Book

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade on Hooked By That Book

The Worst Wedding Date by Pippa Grant on Hooked By That Book

READING CHALLENGES UPDATE

I signed up for two reading challenges this year.

The first one is the What’s in a Name 2023 Challenge hosted by Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook. For this challenge I have to choose 6 books with titles that contain specific key words. Let’s see how it’s going so far.

~~Punctuation~~ – Dark Alpha’s Fury by Donna Grant
~~Seven Deadly Sins~~ – King of Pride by Ana Huang
You or Me
~~Chess Piece~~ – The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout
~~Celebration~~ – The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery
Q, X, Z

The second challenge is the 2023 Romance Book Reading Challenge hosted by She Reads Romance Books. For each month, there is a specific type of romance book to read. Let’s see how it’s going so far.

January: Romantic Comedy – Man Cuffed by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby.
February: Steamy Romance – Take the Lead by Alexis Daria.
March: New Adult Romance – Fall With Me by Jennifer L. Armentrout.
April: Back list on your TBR – Savage Rising by Katie Reus.
May: Historical Romance
June: LGBTQ+ Romance
July: Contemporary Romance
August: A new author (to you)
September: Sports Romance
October: Reread a favourite book
November: Award nominee
December: Your favourite trope

And that was what my April 2023 looked like. What about yours?

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Jodie

1 year ago

You read so many books in April! Well done! I loved The Sister Effect too and look forward to reading Susan Mallery’s summer release. Have a great week!