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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How was YOUR month of APRIL?
Nicole at Feed Your Fiction Addiction
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Thanks Nicole!
Words And Peace 
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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That’s weird
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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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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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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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J’aimerais en essayer un, mais je crains aussi d’être déçue
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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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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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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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Je suis curieuse de savoir ce que tu penseras du Grand Meaulnes après une relecture
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Il est dans la rangée(s) “À lire”. Maintenant, quand? 😉
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ah, c’est toujours LA question !
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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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It seems so
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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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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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