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April Books

4/9/2015

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More hours of daylight, spring breaks, and April showers allow a lot of time for reading. I decided to greet the month by doing an experiment. I chose five books to read that I knew nothing about. The only thing the books had in common was the word "April" in their titles. Here were my picks:
  • April 1865: The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik
  • April Lady by Georgette Heyer
  • April and Oliver by Tess Callahan
  • April in Paris by Michael Wallner
  • Between Here and April by Deborah Copaken Kogan
I could have also chosen books written by authors named April or books that were published in the month of April.

My experiment is to read all five at the same time over the month, reading the first chapter of the first book, moving on to the first chapter of the next book, and so on. As long as a book continues to engage me, I'll keep reading. If I lose interest, I'll drop the book.

I'll post notes in the comments section about how the month of reading goes. Happy April, everyone!
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Rose Ciccarelli
4/10/2015 09:53:29 pm

April Lady by Georgette Heyer was the first casualty of the month. I pressed on but lost interest and stopped reading after the first four chapters. Although I remember liking her books when I read them years ago, this one was too light and frothy for me now.

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Rose Ciccarelli
4/18/2015 10:57:57 pm

I finished all of the "April" books! Here are my thoughts on each book:

From Here to April - This was a great book. Dark, gripping -- I couldn't put it down. I did find the ending disappointing though.

April in Paris - Moving, sad, and thought-provoking. Set in WWII occupied Paris. The German protagonist tries to rise above the war's brutality and transcend his surroundings.

April and Oliver - Blah. The characters were masochistic, and the ending was unsatisfying. I didn't care about what happened to the protagonists.

April 1865 - Interesting at first but not gripping. I stuck with it and was rewarded by a clear, accurate account of the final days of the Civil War. Given all that could have gone wrong, our country was fortunate that everything turned out as well as it did.

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