2022: April wrap-up

Posted on May 2, 2022 by WordsAndPeace

APRIL 2022 WRAP-UP

April was a super busy month, tons of teaching hours and a lot of time in Church (Great Lent, Great Week, Pascha), which often would leave me very tired for my usual evening reading hours.
So this is the most pathetic month. I can’t even recall a month where I would have read so few pages… Though at least I have almost reviewed them all!
But my first three months were full of books, so I’m still 8 books ahead of schedule (39% done) to read 120 books this year.

I note that of the 7 books I read 3 are in French and 3 were translated from other languages. Quite characteristic.

I wasn’t able to participate in memes, but I hope to be restarting this coming week.

📚 Here is what I read in April:

7 books:
4 in print
= with 823 pages, a daily average of 27 pages/day
3 in audio
= 24H30, a daily average of 49 minutes

5 in mystery:

Death Going Down, by Maria Angelica Bosco – For the #1954Club
Code Lupin, by Michel Bussi – French audiobook
Vanda, by Marion Brunet – received for review
Code 612: Qui a tué le Petit Prince ?, by Michel Bussi – French audiobook
The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey – my Spin for The Classics Club

1 in science-fiction:

Nouvelle Babel, by Michel Bussi – French audiobook

1 in literary fiction:

Moshi Moshi, by Banana Yoshimoto

Yes, you read that right, 3 audiobooks by Michel Bussi!

MY FAVORITE BOOKS THIS PAST MONTH

READING CHALLENGES & RECAP

Classics Club: 115/137 (from November 2020-until November 2025)
Japanese Literature Challenge: 9/12 books – During the year: 10
2022 TBR Pile Reading Challenge: 0/12 books
2022 books in translation reading challenge: 16/10+

Total of books read in 2022 = 47/120 (39%)
Number of books added to my TBR this past month = 3

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Come back tomorrow to see the titles I’ll be reading in May

How was YOUR month of APRIL?

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40 thoughts on “2022: April wrap-up”

Marianna on May 2, 2022 at 10:48 am said:

I didn’t read a lot this month either.
Here my wrap-up: https://tellmeayarnblg.wordpress.com/2022/05/01/april-2022-monthly-wrap-up/

Nicole from feed your fiction addiction has banned me from the link because she thinks I’m actively bad mouthing her in everyone of my blog post. Anyone can go on to my blog and see that is not true at all.

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- WordsAndPeace on May 2, 2022 at 2:13 pm said:
  
  That’s weird
  
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  - Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction on May 3, 2022 at 10:59 pm said:
    
    I have no desire to debate this randomly in the comments section of your blog, Emma. But feel free to contact me privately if you have concerns. My DMs and my email are always open.
    
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    - WordsAndPeace on May 7, 2022 at 3:52 pm said:
      
      Thanks Nicole. I have no concerns at all about you or your blog, so no worry. And I prefer to stay away from debate, and use my time to keep focusing on the positive. I appreciate your blog and all you have been offering to the blogging community
      
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equinoxio21 on May 2, 2022 at 1:11 pm said:

Ça va et ça vient. Mai sera mieux. (En Mai fais ce qu’il te plaît)
120 livres? C’est pas mal. personnellement je ne me mets pas d’objectif. je lis un maximum. Et voilà.
Mon dernier livre en Français: Frédéric Dard, Les salauds vont en enfer. beaucoup vieilli. Pas trop plu.

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- WordsAndPeace on May 2, 2022 at 2:12 pm said:
  
  J’aimerais en essayer un, mais je crains aussi d’être déçue
  
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  - equinoxio21 on May 2, 2022 at 7:45 pm said:
    
    C’est assez daté, comme bcp de livres Français. Je me rappelle avoir relu le Lion de Kessel, récemment. Moyen. Le language a changé, les relations entre les personnages… Mais la même chose m’est passée aussi avec hemmingway. Vertes collines d’Afrique.
    Dard pouvait être amusant, à petite dose. Un ou deux San Antonio, “et pis valà”.
    
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    - WordsAndPeace on May 2, 2022 at 8:27 pm said:
      
      Très peu de livres supportent ma relecture. Le Grand Meaulnes est le grand gagnant. J’ai aussi relu plusieurs fois Le Rêve de Zola. J’ai envie de réessayer Le Pays où l’on n’arrive jamais, que j’avais tellement aimé quand j’étais en… 6e? 5e?
      
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      - equinoxio21 on May 3, 2022 at 2:01 pm said:
        
        J’ai tjrs le grand Meaulnes… Je vais le bouger sur l’ètagère(s) à lire et relire… “Le pays…” Pas lu. Noté pour cet été. (Je passe probablement au moins 3 fois par semaine chez les bouquinistes quand je suis à paris… Biz et A+
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on May 3, 2022 at 3:53 pm said:
        
        Je suis curieuse de savoir ce que tu penseras du Grand Meaulnes après une relecture
        
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      - equinoxio21 on May 3, 2022 at 6:21 pm said:
        
        Il est dans la rangée(s) “À lire”. Maintenant, quand? 😉
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on May 3, 2022 at 10:30 pm said:
        
        ah, c’est toujours LA question !
        
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      - equinoxio21 on May 4, 2022 at 7:37 pm said:
        
        J’ai gardé certains livres 30 ans avant de les ouvrir… Mais là il va falloir que je me dépêche un peu… 😉
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on May 26, 2022 at 3:54 pm said:
        
        Ah oui, 30 ans, ça commence à compter, mdr
        
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      - equinoxio21 on May 26, 2022 at 6:53 pm said:
        
        ‘Spas? Comme quoi il ne faut jamais désespérer.
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on May 31, 2022 at 10:08 pm said:
        
        spas? ça veut dire quoi? Langage SMS?
        Au fait, je vais relire Le Grand Meaulnes à partir du 13 juin avec au moins une autre blogueuse. Juste un chapitre par jour, donc pas stressant. Si tu veux te joindre à nous, on va poster nos commentaires sur Discord, ici : https://discord.gg/cmRZAB3V
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 1, 2022 at 7:45 pm said:
        
        spas. N’est-ce pas. Pas vraiment SMS mais une abréviation du langage commun.
        Pour le grand Meaulnes, je ne suis pas sûr du calendrier. En fait, en ce moment je relis Pierre Benoît. J’ai déjà relu Koenigsmark, Le désert de Gobi, et le roi lépreux… Fascinants témoignages d’une époque…
        Mais je vais garder le link.
        Bye.
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 29, 2022 at 7:40 pm said:
        
        Merci pour SPAS,
        Et je ne connais pas du tout Pierre Benoit !! La honte
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 29, 2022 at 8:02 pm said:
        
        Non. Pas de honte. C t un auteur favori de mon père, un à droite comme bcp pouvaient l’être dans l’entre-deux-guerres. Mais ses livres sont intéressants. J’insiste sur l’ambiance du temps… Son livre le plus connu reste L’Atlantide. A partir duquel bcp de films – en général mauvais – ont été tournés. Livre que j’emmène dans l’avion pour Paris. Voilà un livre qui a bcp voyagé… A +
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 30, 2022 at 8:33 am said:
        
        Hmm, Grand Prix du Roman de l’Académie française. Qu’est-ce que tu aimes particulièrement dans L’Atlantide ? Pour voir si je peux me laisser tenter
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 30, 2022 at 11:26 am said:
        
        Le mystère, l’aventure, l’exotisme… Mais je ne l’ai pas relu depuis… 40-50 ans je crois? je l’emmène à Paris pour le voyage. On verra.
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 30, 2022 at 12:51 pm said:
        
        Tu me diras tes dernières impressions
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 30, 2022 at 1:01 pm said:
        
        Je n’y manquerai point chère amie.
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 30, 2022 at 3:55 pm said:
        
        Merci bien
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 1, 2022 at 7:47 pm said:
        
        Okayyyy. Je me suis mis sur Discord, mais ça me demande des friends. See that tomorrow… 😉
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 21, 2022 at 2:35 pm said:
        
        Alors, faut continuer de commenter…
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 21, 2022 at 5:54 pm said:
        
        Oui, oui! I’m on it. Almost. On a eu des amis ici toute la semaine passée, mon inbox est au bord de l’explosion. J’espère arriver à “Discord” demain…
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 22, 2022 at 2:26 pm said:
        
        Pas de problème, mais je vois qu’avec tes commentaires, tout d’un coup ça devient plus intéressant. Plus on est de fous…
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 22, 2022 at 6:29 pm said:
        
        J’ai eu peur. je lisais “ça devient plus…” et j’ai pensé “confus”. pffff… 😉
        J’espère avoir contribué un peu. Au passage merci de m’avoir un peu forcé la main, ma relecture de Meaulnes me fait apprécier l’ambiance d’avantage. Un monde disparu…
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 23, 2022 at 4:02 pm said:
        
        Merci de tes apports, on y est tous gagnants.
        L’ambiance me rappelle aussi un peu Le Pays où l’on n’arrive jamais, que j’ai relu très récemment.
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 23, 2022 at 5:15 pm said:
        
        Ça me dit vaguemement qqc, mais je ne crois pas l’avoir jamais lu. Encore un livre à chercher chez les bouquinistes. A +.
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 27, 2022 at 9:29 pm said:
        
        Exactement ! La valise va être lourde au retour…
        
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      - equinoxio21 on June 28, 2022 at 12:55 pm said:
        
        Tout-à-fait. Ma passion des livres me coûte cher en excédent de bagages… 😉
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on June 29, 2022 at 7:31 pm said:
        
        Aïe !
        
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Lisa notes... on May 2, 2022 at 2:25 pm said:

Sounds like you had a very busy April. Glad you were still able to squeeze in some reading. Maybe May will bring more time with your books. 🙂

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- WordsAndPeace on May 2, 2022 at 8:30 pm said:
  
  It seems so
  
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thecontentreader on May 3, 2022 at 4:42 am said:

Don’t be so hard on yourself. To have read 7 books is good. I did 11 this months, and that is a very good month for me. More so, since 7 of them came from my own shelves, and 6 of them were nonfiction. I am into a history spree for the moment. I see you have read some of my favourite mystery writers, Bussi and Tey. Always a pleasure. I wish I could read Bussi in French, but alas.

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- WordsAndPeace on May 3, 2022 at 3:51 pm said:
  
  It’s just that it’s so low compare to my recent months.
  I’m so glad I finally tried Josephine Tey. I really want to read the whole series now
  
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Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction on May 3, 2022 at 10:30 pm said:

I know that April must be an incredibly busy month for you. You shouldn’t feel bad for not reading as much – and at least you’re still 8 books ahead of your reading goal. That’s still a win overall!

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- WordsAndPeace on May 31, 2022 at 10:15 pm said:
  
  Thanks. Just on the small side for my usual recent months, that’s all
  
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