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It's Monday! What are you reading? - April 24

Hi! *waves enthusiastically* it's been nearly a month since I've posted. It's been a weird month of stress and anxiety. So, basically this is a big list of what I've been reading and listening too recently.

I got back into audiobooks! I missed them but podcasts seemed to take over my car trips, but now I get more time to listen at other times so audibooks are back in my car!!

Currently Reading:

Title: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Author: Anne Bronte
Date Started: April 24

Currently Listening To:

Title: Furiously Happy
Author: Jenny Lawson
Date Started: April 20

Finished Reading:

Title: The Liar
Author: Nora Roberts
Date Finished: April 3
Comments: This was a reread, I needed a comfort read and Nora Roberts is my go to comfort author.

Title: The Dry
Author: Jane Harper
Date Finished: April 4
Stars: 4
Comments: This was for my book club. Not my normal pick of genre, but I enjoyed the book and it says it's book #1 so I'll try the next book.

Title: Leveled (Saints of Denver 0.5)
Author: Jay Crownover
Date Finished: April 5
Stars: 3

Title: The Chosen (BDB #15)
Author: J.R. Ward
Date Finished: April 7
Stars: 5

Title: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Date Finished: April 6
Stars: 5
Comments: Must Read!!!!!

Title: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World
Author: Shannon and Dean Hale
Date Finished: April 18
Star: 4

Title: Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz
Author: Michael Bornstein, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat
Date Finished: April 16
Star: 5

Title: Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World
Editor: Kelly Jensen
Date Finished: April 24
Star: 5

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