My Reading Goal – April Recap

My reading plan for April was quite ambitious, as my goal was to read 8 books – mostly ARCs and galleys that I had received as well as book club reads I was hoping to complete.  In the end, I was able to finish 5 books in April, which didn't quite meet the goal, but considering one of the books was 500+ pages and was a book I had started back in March that I finally finished, I'm pretty satisfied with the results.

As far as reading quality goes, I had 1 book that I rated 5 stars (Sonja Yoerg's All the Best People), 1 book rated 4 stars (Phillip Lewis' The Barrowfields), 1 book at 3.5 stars (Jill Santopolo's The Light We Lost), 1 book at 3 stars (Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife), and 1 book rated 2.5 stars (Amanda Prowse's The Idea of You).   I actually did not notice the range of the ratings across the spectrum until now and looking back at prior months, April was by far the most varied (from a ratings and reading quality perspective). 

Given the above, I feel that March was a better month in comparisons to April in terms of reading quality.  In March, I had also ended up reading 5 books, but 4 of those books were 4 star reads (starting with M.L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans, James William Brown's My Last Lament, Hannah Tinti's The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, and Jennifer Ryan's The Chilbury Ladies' Choir).  Only 1 book was a 3 star read (Polly Walshe's Theresa Smith at the Court of Heaven).

So far, I have not had any 1 star reads or DNFs, which I am grateful for.  Majority of the books I have read since January have been 3 stars or above, so I am happy with that. 

I am still sorting out my reading plan for May so will probably wait until the end of the week to post that up.  However, one thing I know already is that my reading plan for May is just as ambitious as April, maybe even a little more so.