April has been a fab bookish month. I read/listened to 15 books, a mixture of short stories, full length novels, middle grade, and nonfiction.
For those of you who enjoy graphs, here are my stats from StoryGraph
Favourites
These were my absolute favourites. ICYMI you can read my review of Hot Chocolate on Thursday here!
Bookish Travel
My armchair travel in April was amazing, I travelled to 35 countries, mainly due to Continental Christie and Frank Gardner’s memoir Blood and Sand, which I’ll be reviewing soon.
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Sudan, Yemen, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Oman, Latvia, Dubai, Albania, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Libya, Djibouti, Afghanistan, Jordan
Mexico
Belgium
Greece
Turkey
Spain
Switzerland
Italy
Australia
Japan
Portugal
Morocco
Ireland
France
Scotland
USA
England
Secret Library Book Blog 
What a great month, Nicki💜 So glad to see those novellas from the Deadly Ambition Collection. I’ve one more to go.
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Thanks Jo 😀 I definitely want to get to the rest of that collection.
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What a great month. I must read Hot chocolate on Tuesdays and the Frank Gardner – I love a correspondent memoir.
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Thanks! Hot Chocolate was lovely, and Frank Gardener’s book was great for bookish travel!
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What a month!! Raking in those airmiles again haha!! xx
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Bookish travel is the best, no queues, or hanging around! 😂 xx
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What a stellar month, Nicki. Four of these titles are on my TBR!
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It’s been great, Lynne. Which books are on your TBR?
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“Caller Unknown “, “Spring at Flora’s House”, “The Roommate “, and “Come Back To The World”.
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I enjoyed all of them, and I’m reviewing Come Back to the World tomorrow!
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What a fab month! Glad to see you made a visit to Belgium as well 😄 Did Poirot have anything to do with that?
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😂 you know I think he did!
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Hang on. Gillian didn’t make your absolute favourites list?! I feel faint.
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No she didn’t quite make it 😂
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I really must get around to reading Spring before it’s summer! 😄
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😂
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Looks like an amazing month in books.
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It really was!
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Wow that sounds like a fantastic bookish month! And such a high average rating as well… And your bookish travel map is on fire. xx
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It was really good, thanks! xx
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