April Retrospective & May List

I don't know why I ever think April is going to be a good reading month. Yes, that's when my spring break is, but it's also the busiest month in my year.  Our spring show, 12 week grades, and the senior trip lead up all happens in April. Basically, I get one week in that is also all the usual Spring Break hoopla and then there's no reading time. So, this list is basically the same as last month minus the books I did manage to read. 

1. Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed* (YA)
2. Kids of Appetite by David Arnold* (YA)
3. Machine Man by Max Barry* (Ryan Pick)
4. Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley (Series book 3)
5. Kill All Happies by Rachel Cohn (YA)
6. Best American Side Dishes by Cook's Illustrated (Cookbook)
7. Abaddon's Gate by James S. Corey* (Series Book 3)
8. Alex & Eliza by Melissa De La Cruz* (Finished 5/16/2022)
9. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Corey Doctorow* (YA)
10. Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (Classic)
11. How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason (Finished 5/6/2022)
12. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke* (YA)
13. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han* (YA)
14. The Returning by Christine Hinwood* (YA)
15. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (YA)
16. Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress*
17. Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (Finish 5/9/2022)
18. Wildwood by Colin Meloy (YA, Series Book 1)
19. Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull* (YA)
20. Still Life by Louise Penny (TBR)
21. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (YA)
22. Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Series book 4)
23. Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay* (Finish 5/30/2022)
24. Maximillian Fly by Angie Sage (YA)
25. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez* (YA)
26. City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab* (YA)
27. Bone by Jeff Smith* by Jeff Smith (Finished 5/14/2022))
28. What Goes Around by Courtney Summers* (YA)
29. All the Rage by Courtney Summers* (YA)
30. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas* (Turns out I already read it at some point)
31. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas* (Finished 5/14/2022)
32. Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci* (Nonfiction, gift)

As always lately, it seems like there are a handful of books that I'm reading under a bit of pressure. While these are subject to the random system, I might be pushing them up to get through them.

1. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (Finished 5/2/2022)
2. Puffs the Play: One Act Edition for Young Wizards by Matt Cox (Finished 5/10/2022)
3. Dear Bully edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones (Read for my Principal)
4. The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman (Finished 5/21/2022)
5. Kim by Rudyard Kipling* (Finished 5/1/2022)
6. Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (Finished 5/27/2022)
7. The Road Trip Survival Guide by Rob Taylor (Nonfiction)
8. Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf (Professional Reading)