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April has been a slow month for me, with not much to report. Although I think it’s been my biggest unsolicited review book haul since I started blogging, so maybe that’s something. Wrestlemania was on near the start of April and for non-wrestling fans it’s basically like the Superbowl but bigger. It was a great show considering all the top talent injuries the company is dealing with, although one of my favourite Superstars, Brie Bella, retired so she can have a family with her retired Superstar husband Daniel Bryan. My favourite wrestler and first major crush Sting was inducted into the Hall of Fame which was pretty cool because he’s had to retire from in-ring wrestling due to a bad neck injury. I watched a ridiculous amount of TV this month thanks to Netflix including Full House, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2, My Little Pony season 5, and Utopia season 2. I also saw Zootopia at the movies which I think was quite a good film. I just don’t have much to report on the book front!

I do however have a small change to make to the blog schedule. I will no longer be doing No Post on Sundays. Yes, it was a freaking fantastic title for a really great feature, but it actually took a lot out of me to collect all of those discussion posts together every week. From now on, No Post on Sundays is simply going to be a link dump of interesting content as part of the Monthly Wrap Up at the end of each month, and that means Sundays will be freed up for other content. The last No Post on Sundays will occur tomorrow.

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For Review:

You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross & Mark Perini thanks to Sourcebooks Fire
Frayed by Kara Terzis thanks to Sourcebooks Fire
The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead thanks to Penguin Random House Australia

Unsolicited:

The Haters by Jesse Andrews thanks to Allen & Unwin
Dreaming The Enemy by David Metzenthen thanks to Allen & Unwin
Underwater by Marisa Reichardt thanks to Pan Macmillan
The Things I Didn’t Say by Kylie Fornasier thanks to Penguin Random House Australia
Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey thanks to Pan Macmillan and Swoon Reads

YA Chronicles

This is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang

Purchased

The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Neilsen
Vixen by Jillian Larkin
Thicker Than Water by Brigid Kemmerer
When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle
Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakly-Cartwright
Akarnae by Lynette Noni
SECRET by L. Marie Adeline
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Library

Princess in the Spotlight (Princess Diaries #2) by Meg Cabot (audiobook)
Zelah Green by Vanessa Curtis (audiobook)

Freebie:

Never Forgotten by Kelly Risser
Wrecked by Elle Casey
Pippa of Lauramore by Shari L. Tapscott

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What Happened in April?

Book Reviews:

[1 Apr] Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan DNF
[7 Apr] Say Cheese and Die! by R.L. Stine ★★★★
[14 Apr] The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Goosebumps, #5) by R.L. Stine ★★★★
[18 Apr] Lirael by Garth Nix ★★★★★
[21 Apr] Let's Get Invisible! by R.L. Stine ★★
[28 Apr] Night of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps, #7) by R.L. Stine ★★★★½
[29 Apr] Silver Brumby Kingdom by Elyne Mitchell

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About Nemo

A lover of kittens and all things sparkly, Nemo has a degree in English Literature and specialises in reviewing contemporary, paranormal, mystery/thriller, historical, sci-fi and fantasy Young Adult fiction. She is especially drawn to novels about princesses, strong female friendships, magical powers, and assassins.