April 2015 on Lipsyy Lost & Found

April was a good month, blogging and life-wise.

I started my new job in a prison library and I’m enjoying it. I’m learning a lot. It’s challenging and draining but really interesting. I’m drawing blanks as to what else happened in April… says a lot really.

April 2015 Stats

Total Posts: 18
Books Read: 7

Twisted Dark Volume 1 ~ Neil Gibson et al
Ice Kissed ~ Amanda Hocking
The Girl With All the Gifts ~ M.R Carey
Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet ~ Various
Blood Red, Snow White~ Marcus Sedgwick
Frostfire ~ Amanda Hocking
Hold Me Closer ~ David Levithan

The Breakdown

Genres: YA (4/7); Fantasy (2/7); Horror (2/7); Crime (1/7); Graphic Novel (2/7)

Formats/Sources: Advance Copy (2/7); Digital (3/7); Hardback (0/7); Paperback (4/7); Owned (3/7); Borrowed (1/7)

Most Surprising: The Girl With all the Gifts
Most Disappointing: Ice Kissed
Most Exciting: Blood Red, Snow White
Most Swoon-worthy: Manga Hamlet (seriously)
Most Beautifully Written: Blood Red, Snow White

Reviews (6)

• Ice Kissed by Amanda Hocking, 3/5 (View)
• Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick, 5/5 (View)
• Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet by Various, 4/5 (View)
• Frostfire by Amanda Hocking, 3/5 (View)
• What She Left by T.R Richmond, 2/5 (View)
• Hold Me Closer by David Levithan, 4/5 (View)

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