Well, I'm in my post-ApollyCon what-is-the-meaning-of-life phase. Why can't we just be surrounded by books, authors, and fun all the time? Why does real life have to ruin everything? Ugh. I don't have a lot to talk about in terms of April's shenanigans. The entire month was primarily about prepping for and volunteering at ApollyCon. I did end up getting sick from it, though, so that's been a great start to my May. Yuck.
In this wrap-up,
I’ll list the books I read, the books I reviewed, the books I bought/received,
and my TBR for next month. Now, let’s get this bookish party started!
Books Read in April
10 Things That Never Happened: 4 stars
The Last Sun: 4 stars
I only read two books in April, which is sad because I wanted to read a lot more. I was finally getting out of my reading slump after finishing The Last Sun, and I desperately wanted to read the sequels right after, but ApollyCon came up and distracted me from everything. Hopefully once I feel better, I can get back into reading quickly. Right now, it's taking too much effort just to hold a book up. But anyway, the good thing about the two books that I read is that they were both on my physical TBR list and my owned-prior-to-2024 list. So I've made some progress there. Huzzah!
Books Bought/Received in April
Obviously, this month's haul is going to be huge because of ApollyCon, but I also had a lot of preorders arrive as well. And I, frankly, have no self-control and I bought way too many things in April, even though I knew ApollyCon was coming up. Altogether, I bought 18 books in the month of April, three of which were purchased at ApollyCon, and I received 36 books, 17 of which were given to me for free at ApollyCon. That's a total of 51 books I actually physically received in the month altogether.
I'm gonna start with the 13 non-ApollyCon books I received in April, which means I didn't buy them in the month of April. They include the Arcane editions of Flames of Chaos and Ashes of Chaos, Illumicrate editions of Silver Under Nightfall and Court of Wanderers, the JLA Shop Wicked trilogy editions, The Tales of the Celestial Kingdom FairyLoot edition, A Feather So Black from the March FairyLoot box, Zodiac Academy 3 from Mercari (ordered in March, arrived in April), and three books ordered from Barnes & Noble in March that arrived in April, Sire, Broken, and Fortuna Sworn.
As for the 15 books I actually bought in April, there are too many. The 10 non-ApollyCon bought physical copies include the April FairyLoot Romantasy book, Lore of the Wilds, a PangoBooks order for Wolfsbane, a Hello Lovely purchase for their Wicked trilogy, and B&N orders for Dragon Rider and Zodiac Academy 9. I also purchased two ebooks, Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat and Of Sands and Silk by Claire Butler. There are three books that I preordered that haven't arrived yet, as well. Those include The Crown of Gilded Bones and A Fire in the Flesh ApollyCon editions via the JLA Shop and the April Adult FairyLoot book. (Also, ignore the K.D. Edwards books. I technically got them on May 1, so they shouldn't be in the photo.)
I got a lot of books at ApollyCon; 26 to be exact. Most of them were freebies, and I don't know if I'll keep all of them, but for now, they're living on my shelves until I do an unhaul. The 17 freebies include A Fire in the Flesh and Half-Blood by JLA, The Crown of Oaths and Curses ApollyCon edition, A River Enchanted, Songbird, The Origin, Desire of the Blood, House of Ash and Shadow ARC, Ocean's Echo, Revolt, To Snap a Silver Stem, To Flame a Wildflower, Breakaway, Saved by Wolves, Terror, Do Your Worst Afterlight edition, and After. Then, I picked up six books I'd preordered earlier in the year: Broken Bonds and The Crown of Oaths and Curses tour editions, A Kiss of Iron, Slaying the Shifter Prince, Blood Mercy special edition, and Between Wrath and Mercy special edition. And thankfully, I only purchased three books at ApollyCon: Rabid special edition, What Hunts Inside the Shadows special paperback edition, and The Prince's Poisoned Vow.
