Bookmark Lit Bulletin | April 2023

Posted May 3, 2023 / Bookmark Lit Bulletin, Features, Wrap-Ups / 2 Comments

BL header The Bookmark Lit Bulletin wraps up the last month in reading and what was on the blog, as well as what’s coming up next. You can check out my book haul, books read, posts shared, challenge updates, etc. You can read past bulletins here. If you’re looking for more personal updates, you can check out my Lauren Lately feature; it highlights my life events and non-bookish fun from the previous 30 days.

April was a pretty good month again, all things considered! We went to the Bahamas with a couple of friends for 5 days so I did a little bit of reading by the beach… but not as much as I would have if we were solo! I definitely failed at my readathons and am just too busy over the next month to think about completing any others. In any case, let’s see how April went!

9 books in April

5 read • 3 reread • 1 DNF

Pages read: 3310 • Average rating: 4.25 stars

Genres: 4 mystery/thriller, 4 fantasy, 1 contemporary

Formats: 6 mixed, 1 hardcover, 1 ebook, 1 egalley

Sources: 3 borrowed, 3 owned, 2 library, 1 review

Age Target: 5 adult, 3 young adult, 1 middle grade

Here are all the books I read this month and the challenges they applied to!

four-stars

four-half-stars

four-stars

Kicked off the Series Reread

Popsugar Reading Challenge: With a love triangle (TOG)
52 Book Club: High fantasy and April challenge – contains chocolate (TOG)
Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
Must Read in 2023: N/A
Romanceopoly: N/A
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A

four-stars

Excellent Companion Series

Popsugar Reading Challenge: N/A
52 Book Club: N/A
Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
Must Read in 2023: N/A
Romanceopoly: N/A
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A

four-stars

Read in a Day #1

Popsugar Reading Challenge: Modern retelling of a classic
52 Book Club: N/A
Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
Must Read in 2023: N/A
Romanceopoly: N/A
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: Surprising ending

five-stars

Incredibly Unique Mystery

Popsugar Reading Challenge: N/A
52 Book Club: N/A
Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
Must Read in 2023: N/A
Romanceopoly: N/A
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: Highly rated

DNF

DNFed

Popsugar Reading Challenge: N/A
52 Book Club: N/A
Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
Must Read in 2023: N/A
Romanceopoly: N/A
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A

four-half-stars

Cute MG Graphic Novel

Popsugar Reading Challenge: N/A
52 Book Club: N/A
Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
Must Read in 2023: N/A
Romanceopoly: N/A
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A

four-stars

Read in a Day #2

Popsugar Reading Challenge: N/A
52 Book Club: A survival story
Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A
Must Read in 2023: Backlist book by favorite author
Romanceopoly: N/A
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: Dual timeline

floral

Popsugar Reading Challenge: 54%

52 Book Club: 52%

Buzzword Reading Challenge: 8%

Must Read in 2023: 33%

Romanceopoly: 8%

Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 62%

Breakdown: 12 purchased | 0 free/gifted | 9 review copies | 1 BOTM
All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review.

For Review

From Penguin Random House: The Hike by Lucy Clarke, The Seven Year Slip by Poston,
Lying in the Deep by Urban, The Legacies by Goodman, Borrow My Heart by West

Other: Sister of the Bride by Morrill

From Harlequin: The Boyfriend Candidate by Winstead,
Cassandra in Reverse by Smale, The Night It Ended by Garner

Purchased – Digital

Kindle deals: The One by Marrs, The First to Die at the End by Silvera, One of Us is Dead by Rose, The Sanatorium by Pearse, The Lego Story by Andersen, Night Film by Pessl