April Roundup

Having eaten my way through the chocolate ones I thought I'd include some real eggs for April. Traditionally being the month of new birth, it has been a pleasure to see the blossom and the plants and trees stretching their new growth. It has also been the month where some summer adventures have been planned, holidays and projects. Great to have things to look forward to! Taking a look at how the books have been coming along...

Read - 2 and a half books

Completed -

Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill

Inventing the Abbots and other stories by Sue Miller

Currently reading - The Shipping News by E Annie Proulx

TBR pile - only 1 added so now at 56:-

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Challenges - I have completed #3 and #8 of the 2009 Mini Challenges and I am also on target at page 329 of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, a personal challenge to read 3 pages a day to complete it within 1 year.

Wishlist Additions -

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Middle Aged Man and the Sea by Christopher Meeks

Doghead by Morten Ramsland

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

Remembering the Bones by Frances Itain

The Mechanics of Falling by Catherine Brady

Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Discoveries -

New York poet, Todd Colby's blog - http://gleefarm.blogspot.com/ after I quoted him on this post and he left me a comment.

Holly Farrell's beautiful paintings of books and other everyday objects. Take a look at her website - http://www.hollyfarrell.com/

Arts and Letters Daily, thanks to Antipodean Owl in Australia.

Events - Leaving Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels as a bookcrossing book in Abercrombie Square in Liverpool.

This year seems to be hurtling by, lets see what May brings...