April 2020 Wrap Up & May 2020 TBR

Yeah… so…. um… yeah. 

This is going to be the shortest blog post and most definitely the shortest wrap up post that I’ve ever done before in my life!

I don’t have a great deal to say this month and I’m actually trying to write this in under 15 minutes (or less) on account of me being tired and wanting to go bed! I’ve just been putting off writing this for some reason but today was my self-imposed deadline date to post this.

Let’s enjoy this soothing tumbleweed shall we?

I read a grand total of zero books. None. Nada. Zilch.

The only sexy stats that I have for you this month is probably how many times a day on average I had a bit of a cry and how many days a week that happened.

At the end of March I made the very sensible decision to not set myself any reading goals for April because I knew in my little heart of hearts that there was no way I could achieve them.

For May however, I am going to try reading, not one but two books – that’s right two books.

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Sorry, I went to another place for a moment there.

First is this one:-

The Glass House is an ARC which is released on 14th May and while I have historically poor form with posting ARC reviews before the release date (because I have historically poor form reading them before the release date) I’ve gotten a bit better at it recently so want to keep up the good habit.

This seems like a tense historical mystery/ thriller involving an abandoned baby, a remote manor, bodies in the wood and secrets, secrets, secrets.

The second book is one I’m aiming to read for this lovely challenge:-

I saw Wyrd & Wonder last year on the blogs but saw it too late and even though I knew this was coming up I didn’t think I was in the headspace to do it for 2020.

I mean, I’m probably still not which is why I’m behind and haven’t signed my name up to it yet or have any blog post ideas but I’m going to try. See, it’s that word again – try. 

The book for the month that has been picked for readathon’s and discussions is one that I already own and is on my unread shelf so I was pleasantly surprised at the prospect of being able to join in that at least.

Even if I don’t participate in discussions I would like to read this:-

The Goblin Emperor is a book that I picked up last year at Waterstones because the description really appealed to me. Is this the month I finally read it? Let’s hope so!

A lot. Which may seem surprising because my blog has been lacking activity.

It may seem ironic to have a book blog when I don’t seem to be reading books but actually life was just busy and my brain was processing a lot.

That meant that a) I didn’t have time for the blog or reading and b) I didn’t actually want to spend my time on my blog or reading.

I’m lucky that I have a multitude of hobbies and when I wasn’t working so many ridiculous hours a day it meant that I needed to be selective with my free time. So I selected writing, lettering and catching up on sleep. And erm… eating. Which is why I have now signed up to Weight Watchers.

I was better than last month in that I managed to read a few blogs, like some posts and even comment on a few but I didn’t note down any to include here. That’s not because there weren’t any blogs that I wanted to include here (because there were some fabulous posts out there) but because I didn’t take notes and mark them down for reference.

I didn’t do that last point because – well, time. I had the time to read some posts and possibly comment but I didn’t have time to schedule and track like usual.

Sometimes I didn’t even have the time to comment. That makes me feel bad to admit but in the absence of a decent comment (and it’s because I want to leave decent comments) I would make sure I liked the post.

When things calm down I’m hoping this is one of the first things I do properly again but until then I’ll do what I can and no more.

How was everyone’s April? It felt like a totally different month to March but I don’t know if that’s good or bad or if different is just…. different.

I think it seems to have been a mixed bag for some people, myself included, and I’m hoping May is kinder to us all.

Pop in and say hi in the comments, let me know how you’re getting on, how your lockdown life is going and whether you too have been lacking in blog hopping energy.

I need to not feel alone!!

See you soon I hope! xxx