April: My month in review
1 May 2017 
White rabbits everyone.
We’re in to the fifth month of the year already – I can hardly believe it. Hope you all had a great April. Here’s my month in review (boy oh boy do I have a few reviews to catch up with):
Books read: (with links to reviews)
- Borrowed Souls by Chelsea Mueller – review to follow
- Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
- Skullsworn by Brian Staveley
- The Moonlight War by SKS Perry – review to follow
- Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele – review to follow
- Assassin’s Charge by Claire Frank – review to follow
- Damnation by Peter McLean – review to follow
- The White Road by Sarah Lotz – review to follow
Some very good reading this month – I particularly enjoyed Tucker/Staveley and Lotz. My month in covers is here.
Backlist books
None this month – I”m not saying anything about plans and blah de blah just because!
Unfinished series completed:
None this month – however, this month saw the completion of the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off.
Books Bought:
- The Exiled Heir by Jonathan French – I enjoyed his Grey Bastards so much that I thought I’d check his other work
- Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan (this is the last of the series – which means I can now read the last two back to back. Happy days.
Review Books:
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Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
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The White Road by Sarah Lotz
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The Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett
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Owl and the Electric Samurai by Kristi Charish
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The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
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Swarm and Steel by Michael R Fletcher
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Godblind by Anna Stephens
My Cover highlight this month has to be the Lady Trent series which are such gorgeous books:
Events:
Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and Bookish (every Tuesday)
Waiting on Wednesday is an event where every week we get to shine the spotlight on a book that we’re looking forward to.
The Friday Face off by Books by Proxy
Friday Firsts is a weekly event hosted by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. which is a great way to let everyone know the first sentence and first impressions for your current read.
SPFBO – Now complete – wrap up post to follow shortly.
Tough Travels – a meme that takes place on the 1st of every month. This month Assassins. Plenty of time to create your own list and add it to the Fantasy Faction link up page.
Readalongs:
- None this month
Classic Clubs read:
Unfortunately none this month.
Books and travelling with Lynn 
Looks like you had a good reading month.I hope May will be great too.All the best with catching up on reviews and have a wonderful month.
Diana, thank you – I hope your May is a wonderful month too 😀
Sounds like you had a pretty good month! I’m looking forward to your thoughts on Borrowed Souls. I started it about a week ago, just to see what the writing was like, and it seemed like it was going to be hard to get into??
Well, I thought it was a quick read but I had a number of niggles that stopped me from loving it. It could just be first book in series syndrome but I definitely had niggles.
Lynn 😀
I need to catch up on the Lady Trent Chronicles – I’ve read two of them, but LOVED them so far. I’ve also got The Space Between the Stars, so am looking forward to reading it:).
Yay – I’m looking forward to that one – it sound quite different.
Lynn 😀
Every time I see the Lady Trent series, my heart skips a beat. I just know that I’m going to love this series & now that it’s complete I can binge read them all *whoop whoop* Looks like you had a great reading month, happy reading in April! 🙂
I actually had a good reading and terrible at reviewing month. I will catch up though now (hopefully). Hope you enjoy the Lady Trent books.
Lynn 😀
ummmm I can totally understand how that goes LOL! *looks at backlog of reviews* I’m slowly catching up as well. Thank you Lynn 😉
Reading is just so addictive that before you know it you’ve read 6/7 books and not reviewed a single one – whoops!
😂😂😂my current situation
Rotherweird’s is the review I’m most looking forward to, since the story possesses a certain… well… weird appeal 😀
And I need to start on the Lady Trent series: every time I see it mentioned I keep staring at the dragons and asking myself what I’m waiting for!
It is such a beautiful set of books that you’d just want to have them all lined up on your shelves really. I’m both looking forward to and feeling slightly wary of Rotherweird – part of me just hopes it’s what I have in my mind and part of me is dreading it won’t be. Time will tell though and I’m going to go into the read without prejudging – and also by staying away from any other reviews because I really don’t know what to expect.
Lynn 😀
The Lady Trent books are so good! I hope you enjoy the rest of the series! I also can’t wait to start The White Road! Might have to leap frog that one ahead of some other books on my tbr 😀
I have the last two Lady Trent books now so hoping to get to them both soon (I’d forgotten I’d even bought the 4th!)
The Lotz was so good, I was totally gripped and actually can’t wait to write my review for that one.
Lynn 😀
Good luck up catching up with your back log of reviews – I have a few to catch up with too. I particularly look forward to your thoughts on Assassin’s Charge by Claire Frank. And, I have to agree the covers for the Lady Trent series are gorgeous! Happy reading in May 🙂
You too Jessica 😀
I’m loving that rabbit. I loved a lot of things about Alice in Wonderland – except Alice herself. Always felt she was too whiny. I managed to grab the four Lady Trent hardbacks from Book Outlet a few months ago. I spent less that 15.00 on them all together. Now I just need to watch for the last one – oh and make time to read them!
Woah – great bargain, they’re such a lovely set of books. I hope you manage to find time for them eventually – although my own books always seem to take a back seat.
Lynn 😀
I loved Broken Souls so I’m eager to see your take on that one! Owl and the Electric Samurai is sure to be a fun one, too. 🙂
I’m just reading Owl and so far enjoying it. The Mueller book – I had mixed feelings of (I know you loved it) but I had little niggles that once they’d taken hold wouldn’t let go. Derek was a nice piece of mind candy though 😀