ALL THE BOOKS I READ IN APRIL!

[@EpicReads]

14 books!! Amazing! Thank you for these book reviews!

[@Bookables]

thanks for watching!

[@Luna-po5ui]

So looking forward to your Netgalley reviews. I get all the best rom com recs from you! I'm also having trouble really deeply connecting to a lot of YA contemporaries as I exit my twenties. Not all of them, but much more than before. Also, I love you, but you're killing me with your pronunciation of "Jimenez" which is one of my family names 😭 It's "hee-men-ez"

[@Bookables]

gah I am so sorry about pronouncing it wrong I will try better

[@Luna-po5ui]

@@Bookables That's okay! Thank you for trying

[@TheJellicle1]

I can't wait to read that Grady Hendrix book. I have only read one other book by him (My Best Friend's Exeorcism) but like you, vampires, I am there for it!

[@Bookables]

I really enjoyed it!

[@stageybookish9893]

Girl same with connecting with YA contemporaries - I'm 35 and I feel the same as you!

[@Bookables]

glad im not alone!

[@irishmoxie]

My favs from Net Galley/Edelweiss the past couple of months. I found these unputdownable: Parachutes by Kelly Yang, The Mall by Megan Mccafferty, Gimme Everything You Got by Iva Marie Palmer, I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee, Admission by Julie Buxbaum, Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Solomon, Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai, Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed, You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle.

[@Bookables]

awesome happy reading!

[@jaydenreads-kg7pw]

Girl, you’re so lucky that you’ve been able to read a lot during this quarantine. Nice job! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Bookables]

aw thanks!

[@cherilynncrosby]

Honestly you make me want to read all the rom-com books.

[@Bookables]

yessss rom coms for the win

[@lovelight6973]

I just signed up for BOTM club and got the Guest List! Super excited. My second book is A Gentleman in Moscow. I've been wanting to read that forever and every time I try to get it from the library there so many hold on it. It's been out for a few years now. do you ever find yourself like wanting to start one book you start one book and then you want to start another booking start another book? Having a hard time like focusing on one book.

[@Bookables]

yes all the time!!

[@lovelight6973]

@@Bookables oh ok. I thought it was just me and just being undisciplined. LOL

[@lindasoto024]

I am 32 years old and I feel the exact same way for YA. I just can’t relate to the characters and become disconnected from the book.

[@Bookables]

yes exactly!

[@RaineyDayReads]

I really hate it when media makes virginity seem so bad.

[@Bookables]

right? I agree

[@SarahAsYouWish]

I am two decades removed from being a teen, but I still find well-written ya novels whose characters I connect with. I’m thinking of books like Eleanor & Park, Dumplin and The Sun is Also a Star. Granted, there are plenty of ya books that miss the mark for me, but there are plenty of gems in there too. For that matter, I also have deeply connected with some of the characters from middle grade books I’ve read recently, like The Remarkably Journey of Coyote Sunrise to name one. I guess for me it comes down to the writing and character development, no matter what the targeted age range is. 🙂

[@Bookables]

Yes I feel you!

[@cindyrobert2118]

Net Galley is so tempting! 😂I have 11, and only read 4 so far. I hope this makes you feel better, you're not alone!

[@Bookables]

ha netgalley is seriously the most tempting!

[@sarahfolger5232]

I listened to My Best Friend's Exorcism after seeing you purchased it. I'm looking forward to that review....

[@Bookables]

did you enjoy it?

[@sarahfolger5232]

I don't want to ruin your experience, but I didn't like it. Now I don't know if I should read his vampire book. Maybe he's just not for me.

[@louissawells3782]

I have He started it, it’s out here in the UK now. Looking forwards to reading it

[@Bookables]

hope you enjoy it!

[@rebekahmackenzie]

I'd like to read The Happily Ever After Playlist. Goingbto read The Friend Zone first. Can't wait to read The Guest List!

[@Bookables]

hope you enjoy both of them!

[@allisbookishadventures8260]

Planning to read the guest list this month. It’s in my BOTM box!

[@Bookables]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@MarianaQuesada]

I also just read The Guest List, it was great! Well, I listened to the audiobook which has a full cast, they were all amazing. I gave it 4.5 because some things felt too convenient for the plot’s sake, but otherwise a phenomenal book.

[@Bookables]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@BookLoverKerrie]

I really want to read the Guest List but I have to wait until September to get a copy of it. It's set on an Irish island by the way

[@Bookables]

ah thanks for letting me know!

[@lovelydaywithholly]

I like the thumbnail!!

[@Bookables]

Thanks so much!

[@amybrown4311]

April has been a good reading month for me as well thanks to the O W Ls readathon 😄

[@Bookables]

that's an amazing readathon!

[@amybrown4311]

@@Bookables yeah it is! Did you ever take part in it?

[@nerdylilheathen]

wow amazing reading month!

[@Bookables]

thanks!

[@amullins2013]

He Started It sounds really interesting!

[@Bookables]

it was!

[@robbinb7687]

I read The Southern Book Clubs guide to Slaying Vampire’s! I loved it! It was graphic. I guess because they were so genteel and prim and proper that when the violence came along it was surprising. I will follow that author, In The future.

[@Bookables]

I enjoyed it as well!

[@melissabereading]

14 wow good job!! I read 2 books in April, because I was sick for 2 weeks, and then I just focused on animal crossing and my homework!! I had a whole tbr and didn’t get to anything 😭😭😭

[@Bookables]

ha Ive never played animal crossing lol

[@melissabereading]

Bookables that’s probably for the best! Its taken over my life lol

[@bookladydacianaandthevirus7035]

Please consider also '🌷Lady Daciana and the Virus' 🌹novel on Amazon 🌃

[@Bookables]

ok!

[@TheBookishMom]

April was a good reading month for me too, being in lockdown really makes one read more HAHA Best Laid Plans actually sounds pretty terrible lol Maybe because I am 30 and I just don't relate to YA contemporary books.

[@Bookables]

I feel the same, were so old lol

[@TheBookishMom]

@@Bookables so old 😂 I feel like my kids are sucking away my youth

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Oh no! I have a copy of the best laid plans but I haven’t read it yet...that sucks you didn’t like it much ☹️

[@Bookables]

Perhaps you will though!

[@bruna-1799]

I didn't like The Friend Zone very much either, but I'm glad I gave the author a second chance. I felt exactly the same way about The Happy Ever Aftter Playlist: the first part was perfect, but the second part not so much ):

[@Bookables]

yess the first half was gold!

[@nydiaorta952]

I feel the same about YA lately.

[@Bookables]

right?

[@alinafaye02]

💙💙💙

[@Bookables]

[@monicamerle1417]

I'm Not interested in YA contemporary because of age gap. I'm in my 40s i just can't relate to teen drama. I've enjoyed YA sci-fi, fantasy and thrillers but not hard hitting contemporary. There're a lot if good titles but it's just an age thing 😊

[@Bookables]

I feel you there

[@readingtoplants8955]

It never occurred to me to read YA as an adult until I started on Booktube. But I’m running into the same issue - I feel too much of a gap

[@irishmoxie]

I DNF's both The Best Laid Plans and What I Like About You. I was really offended by few comments in What I Like About you that insinuated YA is only to be read by teens. I didn't understand the author's intent in alienating at least half her audience. And there was so much lying in the book. I think there is still good YA being published that can be read by an older audience but these two books felt like they were written for teens.

[@Bookables]

I agree and understand this comment!

[@mbrady199]

I grew out of YA and new-adult entirely around age 32 also. Even if the main characters are in their 20s and are "adult", I pass. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule. You don't have to read books you no longer enjoy. And it doesn't seem like you enjoyed the majority of your YA reads this year.

[@Bookables]

I understand!

[@TheBentNeedle]

I've been very sad to find myself feeling virtually the same about a lot of YA books. I've loved YA for years, but the older I get (I'm 32) the less I sympathize and the less I can tolerate the immaturity...which is ridiculous, because the books are FOR teenagers who (surprise) are actually immature and going through similar situations. Meh. Basically I'm just getting old. :P

[@Bookables]

I feel you a ton!

[@Slowlivingminimalist]

You don’t look 31 if I didn’t know I would of said you are about 25

[@Bookables]

aw thanks! I wish!

[@dg9531]

Best Laid Plans sounds like it reflects the very worse of today's teen culture. Having raised 4 girls, it has gotten harder and harder for a young women to value chastity.

[@Bookables]

yes I agree I didn't like that it taught that at all