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Today I am sharing the books I read in April.
Here are my 2025 reading goals:
1. Read 250 books. This includes the books I read to the kids, audiobooks, and anything I read for myself. 61 READ
2. Read twelve self-help/education books. 4 READ
3. Re-read twelve books. There are so many good ones I have been meaning to re-read, so this is my goal to help with that! 14 READ-DONE!
I am also participating in a few book-related challenges this year:
1. The 2025 Audiobook Challenge, and my goal is the “Binge Listener” level (20-30 audiobooks.) 15 READ
2. The 2025 Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge, and my goal is the silver level which is reading and reviewing at least 25 books off my Netgalley list (I have 41 currently.) 2 READ, 3 REVIEWED
3. The Craving for Cozies Challenge, and my goal is the “Famished” level which is 26-50 cozy mysteries. I have done this challenge the past two years, and it was a lot of fun, so I decided to do it again. 6 READ
A few formatting notes for my book posts:
1. I have inserted pictures as well as Amazon links to the books I enjoyed most for the month so that it is easier to read more about each book if you are interested. Hopefully, your local library system will carry most of these.
2. If I completed a more detailed review of any of these books, I included a review link after my comments.
3. If a book is not available yet, you will see the publication date in parenthesis after my comments.
4. I have rated each book using a bold numbered star after each comment.
The rating system is as follows:
*5-This book was so good, I either bought it, or think it is worth buying. I am pretty picky about the books I buy, so this is as good as it gets!
*4-This book was worth reading, but not necessarily worth buying-look for these books at your local library
*3-This book was just OK. I wouldn’t need to read it again.
*2-Don’t bother
*1-There probably won’t be any of these, because if it was THIS bad, I wouldn’t finish it. 🙂
April was another tough month for reading, but I was able to finish up several audiobooks I had previously started, as well as finish a few books I was reading to the kids.
Here are the books I read this month:
1. Spy School at Sea (Spy School #9) by Stuart Gibbs (audiobook)-love this series! *5
2. Spy School Project X (Spy School #10) by Stuart Gibbs (audiobook)-good *4
3. Uneasy Street (Sons of Scandal #3) by Becky Wade-very good-great series! *5
4. Roar Like a Lion: 90 Devotions for a Courageous Life by Levi Lusko-did this with the kids this year-very good *4
5. Betty Greene: Wings to Serve by Janet Benge-read aloud with the kids-very interesting *4
6. Unglued Devotional: 60 Days of Imperfect Progress by Lysa TerKeurst (audiobook)-OK *3
7. Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan (audiobook)-good *4
8. Indescribable 100 Devotions for Kids About God and Science by Louie Giglio-after we finished our devotional for the school year, we went back and finished this one from last year-good *4
9. The Secret of the Swamp King (The Wilderking Trilogy #2) by Jonathan Rogers-read aloud to the kids-good *4
10. How to Steal a Dragon’s Sword (How To Train Your Dragon #9) by Cressida Cowell (audiobook)-great-*5
11. Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz (audiobook)-cute! *4
This month I read four books to the kids, and I read/listened to seven books just for me.
For the year, I have read eight books to the kids and thirty books just for me. I’ve also read twenty-three picture books to myself for review.
Well, that’s it for today. I will share my May books the first Tuesday in June.
Slow Down, Enjoy, and Create 