April Hopeful Reads | Read What You Own | 2024 [CC]

[@novelideea]

Love Melissa Harrison❣️ The maid and the queen looks intriguing.

[@bookstalgic]

Oh good! This was the first I’ve heard of Melissa Harrison., so glad you’ve enjoyed some of her books! 📚✨

[@DanielsBibliophagy]

There are some good choices here. I hope you love this month's reading.

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks, I'm excited about this TBR as I feel like there are more fun things in the mix compared to some of the heavier things I had been reading! I'm still reading those March books though, so we'll see how I actualy do. :P

[@martinelanglois3158]

Currently reading "What you are looking for is in the library" and loving it . Have a nice reading week! Might as well be reading with the snow and rain we'll get here in the next few days ❄🌧

[@bookstalgic]

I just heard of that book the other day- glad to hear you like it so far. We got about 6 inches of snow today so I understand! 😂❄️

[@bookswithabel]

I am Legend is so hauntingly beautiful. I read it as a teen and it has stayed with me since then. 🔥🔥🔥

[@bookstalgic]

Awesome! I'm really looking forward to that one when the audio comes in through my library! :)

[@WaterBearReads]

I love your book choices!!! So many good ones that I would like to try. I read a ton of Star Wars books with my son (the High Republic series right now). I really want to read more Thrawn related books. What an interesting character! Lovely video Farrah!!

[@bookstalgic]

Thank you!! I would love to try the Thrawn ones too, I’ve heard they’re really good! That’s so fun that you are able to enjoy the High Republic Series with your son. Such nice memories! Hope you have a fun reading month ahead! :)

[@thegkbc4510]

great mix! i am digging that star wars copy, those green pages looking forward to your vlogs this month

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks Groz! Oh yeah, those editions are fun, I’m not sure where my brother got them. There will definitely be some winter weather for the vlogs coming up lol.

[@Eldertalk]

I have Little House on the Prairie on my TBR list too. I've read the first two in the series (last year) and I have two more after this in my set. I also read them earlier in life so this is a reread for me as well. I also don't have a definite Historathon book for this quarter.

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks for letting me know that you’re also rereading the Little House on the Prairie series, too! I tried to read the first one with my daughter, but she wasn’t interested. I ended up finding a book about women in the Medieval ages from the library so I think I’ll try that one. I hope you find one to try as well for Historathon. :)

[@pageswithpostelwait9720]

Wow- fun reads, I am excited to see what your thoughts on Night Circus are. Loving all the fantasy/sci-fi you have on the list! Enjoy!!

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks! I definitely need a break from the heavier books I've been reading and I'm enjoying what I'm reading so far! I'm still reading my March leftovers, but I started The Handmaid's Tale and Good Omens. :). Hopefully I can get to The Night Circus this month, but if not, I'll try for May, haha :)

[@thatdudereads]

Great selection of books! Looking forward to your reviews. (That Dude's Mom )

[@bookstalgic]

Thank you! :):):)

[@BeyondBooks-wt5il]

That's a well-balanced Hopeful List! I like it! Everyone seems to be taking a break from challenges and getting caught up on their shelves. I'll do my April planning video tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder about Autism Awareness - I do have a book for that. Have a great day!

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks Reney! I hope to get to at least some of those books I mentioned! I hope you enjoy your Autism rep book if you get to it. I really love the reading events, but definitely just need to mood read this month! :)

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Great video, Farrah. I’m with you on trying to simplify reading commitments this month…We’ll see!😊

[@bookstalgic]

Sounds great, Pat! I’m already tempted to try Ape-ril (read and watch movies about King Kong) so sounds like I might add another one to the list! These reading events are so fun, it’s hard to pass them by 🤣. I hope you have a great reading month!

[@MyGrannyEra]

My youngest daughter and I will be finishing Little House in the Big Woods tomorrow! Lots of special memories! Another daughter is reading Mark Twain’s fiction book about Joan of Arc and is loving it!

[@bookstalgic]

Oh nice! I tried to read LHITBW with my younger daughter, but she didn’t like the pioneering animal trapping lifestyle lol. That’s nice you could read it together with yours! I actually just found that Mark Twain book when I was at a used bookstore for my bday and I grabbed it! I think it’s the one you’re talking about. Glad to hear she likes it! 😄

[@bigaldoesbooktube1097]

Loving the diversity of this list. Cannot wait to hear your thoughts on I Am Legend!

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks Al! It will be nice to have a little more variety this month in terms of genres. 👍 I hope I like I am Legend- I probably will :). Have you read that one?

[@bigaldoesbooktube1097]

@@bookstalgic I have and it really stuck with me 👍

[@kawaiiwitchbaby]

It took me over a year to finish the ocean at the end of the lane because I would play the audiobook read by the author and his voice would put me straight to sleep! I forced myself to read it/listen during daylight hours. I liked the night circus but I didn’t love the main characters. There was a side character named Bailey I think and his story was the one I kept wanting to learn more about. I have always wanted to read His Dark Materials. Never seen any movies/tv shows on it just to avoid spoilers.

[@bookstalgic]

The His Dark Materials books are so good! I started watching the HBO Max adaptation show and it’s actually pretty good so far. I love how they depict the animals. I’ve heard some mixed reviews of the Night Circus so I hope I like it! Too funny about your audio experience with The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Maybe I should avoid getting the audio for that! 😴 I have definitely felt that way with other audiobooks!

[@krisreviews]

So many good books this month!!! Love His Dark Materials and The Night Circus... but I am not the biggest Neil Gaiman fan 😅

[@bookstalgic]

Haha, I’ve only read one short story by Neil Gaiman so far and liked it so hopefully I’ll like The Ocean at the End of the Lane! I know, His Dark Materials has been so much better than I excepted!

[@someothercharacter]

You're the 3rd person I've watched who has I am Legend on their April TBR. Must be something in the air (not a vampire virus). It's a fun read for sure. Reread Sorcerer's Stone for the 1st time in 23 years and had not planned on rereading Chamber of Secrets till the fall but I might change that during the summer.

[@bookstalgic]

Wow, that’s crazy about I am Legned! Hopefully not a vampire virus 🩸 🧛🏻‍♂️. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who hasn’t read it! I also read the first 4 Harry Potter books about 20 yrs ago too, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long! I hope you enjoy them if you reread them. :)

[@Man-With-a-Hat-Who-Reads]

My April is essentially an 'Anything Goes' theme. ;p 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' is so good!! Although, if you want more Gaiman, I have to recommend 'Stardust' as my favorite. :) It has been years since I read 'The Night Circus,' but I loved it when I read it. You actually have a bunch of books I have read previously and enjoyed, so, you have a good month of reads ahead! :) My list for April is...ambitious to say the least. :p

[@bookstalgic]

Anything Goes April!! I love it! Thanks for the Gaiman recommendation- I’ll put Stardust on my list if it isn’t already on there :) Glad to hear you enjoyed The Night Circus too. This is definitely a TBR that I’m excited to get to this month. I’m happy to see that your TBR is just as ambitious 😄. Whatever either of us can’t get to, we can just roll it into the next month haha. Thanks for watching! :)

[@vens_corner]

Night Circus has been sat on my shelf for over a year at this point. No idea why i have not read Good Omens as i love Pratchett's books. I need to see if my Star Wars books are still knocking around at a relatives house at some point, I loved reading the Legends books in the late 90s and would like to revisit them at some point. You have a great list to pull from, looks like you will have a good month 🙂

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks Ven! I’ve heard so many good things about the Legends books so they’re on my list someday too. I just started Good Omens on audio today and love that British sense of humor 😂. It’s fun so far. I hope you’re enjoying your books so far!

[@scoutdarpy4465]

Looks like some good books! I hope you enjoy them! I'll be sorting through Spinoza again since I finally finished with Aristotle (2400 pages is no joke!). I should finish Ulysses and The Divine Comedy in the next week or so, and then I'll be rereading the Gormenghast Trilogy and Paradise Lost. A few other details would follow, but I'd rather not dive into them right now. Enjoyed the video!

[@bookstalgic]

Wow, congrats on finishing Aristotle! That's a huge reading accomplishment! I have Paradise Lost on my shelf to read one of these days. Good luck with the rest of what you're planning to read for April. :)

[@Adam_Dupree]

“Really in the mood to mood read” Haha! I understand that! Awesome list btw, really hope all goes well in the way of your reading this month :)) I’m attempting to read Carl Sandburg’s one-volume biography of Lincoln, and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. If I can squeeze it in, and I doubt I will be able to, then I’d like to read “Swann’s Way” by Marcel Proust (Vol. 1/6 of his ‘In Search of Lost Time’ novel).

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks Adam! I’m aiming high in terms of the amount of books I can get to, but most of them probably aren’t going to happen 😆. I hope you enjoy Lincoln! That’s a pretty long one, isn’t it? I started Robinson Crusoe years ago and never finished it, but I really should give it another try. I can see it on my shelf now as I’m typing 😄. Hope you have a great reading month! :)

[@Adam_Dupree]

@@bookstalgic I heard somewhere from someone that “goals that you know you can achieve aren’t worth striving for unless they have instrumental value toward your big goals.” So, I commend your lists in that way. And yes it’s roughly 750 pgs 😭, no small task for me lol. And wow! I had never heard of Crusoe until it came as a recommendation. Did you not like it or just found better reading?

[@clarepotter7584]

I'm going to try and participate in Alcott April and People April, also I've got a lot on my shelves, so going to start reading some of them and get that TBR down a bit.

[@bookstalgic]

I was thinking about reading Little Women for Alcott April, but I think I’m going to save it for a different book club this summer. I hope you enjoy your reading events this month as well as working on your TBR! What is People’s April?

[@clarepotter7584]

@@bookstalgicIt's organised by Scallydandling about the Books and Bouquins & Books. You can read anything: biography, letters, diaries etc

[@gingerbibliophile]

Love the new tbr moniker! You’ve got a bunch of good ones this month! I’m curious about Night Circus as well, thanks BookTube 😅I Am Legend is a no for me. I remember the doggie didn’t make it to the end of the movie and that might be in the book too. I’ve been eying Good Omens. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on that one too! I’ve got one Neil Gaiman on my shelf, but I’ve yet to actually try anything he’s written. Hope you love everything you get to this month!!

[@bookstalgic]

Oh man, I forgot about the dog scene in the movie 😭. I hope it’s not in the book! That was so sad 😞. I just started Good Omens today in audio and it has that classic British humor that I like. It’s funny so far. Hopefully I can get to some of these because I’m still finishing my March books as of now. 🤣. Hope you’re reading is going well so far, Kat! 😊

[@gingerbibliophile]

@@bookstalgic yes! I remember liking the movie up until that point then finding out it was a book from folks talking about it but nobody mentioned the dog. Whether that’s cause it’s not in there or they’re just one of those folks that can read that and still be ok afterwards who knows. Hopefully with all the changes that were made for the movie that will be one of em! Glad you’re enjoying Gaiman so far! Is it anything like the show on Amazon?

[@robertwood6297]

For non-fiction, ICE FALL from Amazon will get your head spinning.

[@bookstalgic]

Thank you for the recommendation! Do you know who the author is?

[@robertwood6297]

@@bookstalgic Thanks for your response.

[@robertwood6297]

@@bookstalgic Author- Robert Wood = me. It's the better of about 6 books I've scribbled...all non-fiction. Feel free to provide feedback if you like or dislike it.

[@books_and_bocadillos]

Hi Farrah...we are on a similar wavelength! I'll be posting a video soon... April is going to be moody - no new readathons forme either!

[@bookstalgic]

Hi Mariandrea! Glad you’re going to be moody with your reading too. I’ll be looking out for your video! :)

[@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged]

I just finished rereading the Little House series! I plan on covering in a video soon if I can get my life together. 😂

[@bookstalgic]

Oh nice!! I can’t remember if I read the whole series as a kid or not, but I hope to this time around. :) I know what you mean about being busy!

[@TriumphalReads]

Lol, there are so many challenges that are pretty good now it's hard to avoid doing them even if you font want to haha. Maid and the Queen looks good. I read that author's book 4 Queens.

[@bookstalgic]

I know, I think I might add Ape-ril to my challenges list also lol. I hope I can give Maid and a Queen this month, but likely I won’t until next month. So many books to read 😆. I hope you enjoy whatever you pick for April!

[@TriumphalReads]

@@bookstalgic Thanks, you as well!

[@FacelessBookReviews]

I'm with you on the mood reading thing. February was almost all westerns then March was random books I found April I'm picking books I want to read... A variety of things. I need to read I Am Legend... I loved the movie and I assume the book would be different. Can't wait to see what you have to say about it... That may be the deciding factor... No pressure. 😂

[@bookstalgic]

Haha, I usually have more positive things to say about a book than negative so I’m sure I’ll like it! Glad to hear you’re going to read what you want this month. It should be called No Pressure April. Did you guys get a bunch of snow today too? We got about 6 more inches by this afternoon. Whatever daffodils were emerging are now buried again 🥴😆. ❄️❄️❄️

[@FacelessBookReviews]

@@bookstalgic 😡 😡 yes we got more snow... Heavy, wet and nasty stuff. Got about 5" or so but it already started melting in the driveway. I refused to plow. 😂 So we just drove thru it. What a crazy spring.

[@bookstalgic]

@@FacelessBookReviews we just drove through it too 😂

[@AaronReadABook]

I really liked The Ocean at the End of the Lane, after finding a few of his other books quite average. Good Omens is brilliant though, Pratchett is a much better writer in my opinion and together they created something great. I Am Legend is really good too. I really loved 'The Golden Compass' or Northern Lights as it's called here, I dunno why I never read the next two. SavageReads just reviewed two books on Joan Of Arc if you are looking for other books on her.

[@bookstalgic]

Thanks Aaron! I'll have to check out their channel. I started the audio for Good Omens and it's so good. I love that sense of humor and I'm really having a good time with it so far. Hopefully I can try I am Legend after that, or at the very least push it to May. Glad to hear you like The Ocean!

[@AaronReadABook]

@@bookstalgic Well if you like Good Omens you are in luck because Pratchett has a 41 book series which is amazing!

[@bookstalgic]

@@AaronReadABook Wow! This is my first book by him so that’s great he has a large backlist!