Café Con Monica

Show Us Your Books: April

Of course I am a day late because I can’t get my life together!

This is one of my favorite links because I love love reading! For March I got in 11 books, down from February but still a good number! 
 
 I set a goal to read at least one non-fiction book a month so this month was We’re Going to Need More Wine (*****)by Gabrielle Union. I loved this, I am a fan of hers but didn’t know much about her. I felt like I was sitting there listening to her talk about her life. It was a decent length that it didn’t feel like it went on forever. I laughed and cried a little and I think that makes it a great book for me. 
 
 
The Book of Unknown Americans (****) Another great read. I was pleasantly suprised. The characters were well written, the awkward teenage aspect of it all was amusing and realistic. I feel like it did a great job of tying in the real struggle for immigrant families into a fictional story. 
The Life We Bury (****) Another book I really enjoyed. Actually I think there may not have been anything in March I didn’t finish or enjoy. I didn’t want to put this one down. It was unexpected and I liked that, I do think the book could have been a little longer to give it more time to wind down but otherwise it was great. 
 
 A Dance of Silver and Shadows: A Retelling of Twelve Dancing Princesses & A Tale of Beauty and Beast: A Retelling of Beauty & the Beast  I got the first free from Kindle, it was sitting in my kindle for awhile and since I was waiting for a couple books from the library I started to read it. I like the reimagined fairy tale books, I always find them fun so I definitely enjoyed them. I would say the first left me a with a few questions that I think are explained in another book but by the end of the second book I was done with the series. I didn’t want to ruin it. They are quick reads and what I would call “cute” books. 
Three Dark Crowns (****) Let me just say that I am glad I was on a shopping freeze for March because I would 100% have bought this book and the next one right away. Pretty sure this got added to my life from  “Show us your books” in the last few months. It was great! I hate to give away anything so you’ll have to check the description but if you like Fantasy and YA books I would recommend it. I already finished the 2nd book this past week but that is for April! 
 

 
The Last of August (****) you may recall last month I read the first of the Charlotte Holmes Series and enjoyed it. I was really excited for this book to be ready from the library and I wasn’t disappointed. I love Sherlock Holmes type stories so I am probably biased but the YA aspect gives it a fun twist.
 

 
And some of the other books I read in March…..
 
  • Blades of Magic  A fun read, fantasy & YA again too. Has a strong female character, which I am always a fan of! 
  • Spelled This is a kind of retelling of Wizard of Oz I think. It was interesting, I  thought it was cute but I don’t know if I plan to read the next book in the series. It felt kind of young. 
  • SEAL of Approval So yea…I like romance but this book was a bit of a mess. I wouldn’t say I didn’t like it but I probably wouldn’t recommend it to anyone either. The behavior of the main character and his buddies is super masogynistic. 
 
 

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