The wonderful Aimal @ Bookshelves & Paperbacks is hosting a readathon for the month of April. The readathon is a chance to catch up on or read ARCs. I know I’m terrible at keeping up with review copies so I hope I can fix that in April!
You can sign up over at Aimal’s blog by leaving a link to your TBR. Aimal is also hosting a giveaway for people who participate. You can find everything in the announcement post on her blog so make sure to check it out. There’s also a hashtag #AVAReadathon that you can use to share your progress on social media!
Like always I have no idea if I’ll get to all of these, but we’ll see what happens!!
Covers = Goodreads
The Silent Invasion by James Bradley – This is an Australian YA dystopian that I was recently sent by Pan Macmillan. I know people are a bit over the dystopia genre, but I still really love it. This seems like it’s gonna be a quick read so hopefully I can get to it!
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel – I’ve heard some good things about this and I love thrillers so fingers crossed I enjoy it! It seems like a bit of a family drama too with lots of mystery. I was sent this one by Hachette Australia.
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay – I requested this on Netgalley so long ago. I’m really intrigued by it because I’ve heard so many good things about Roxane Gay (who wrote Bad Feminist). This is a collection of fictional short stories that all center around women and feminism.
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus – I spoke about this one in a TTT recently. I requested this one ASAP on Netgalley when I saw it. I’m a huge fan of YA thrillers and this one seems really good. A bunch of students have detention and one of them ends up being murdered.
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby – I love magical realism so I’ve actually wanted to read this one for SO LONG. I requested it from Allen & Unwin and am actually planning on reading it as soon as I finish Strange the Dreamer. I’m suuuper excited and hopefully I’ll love it.
The Inexplicable Logic of my Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz – I am going into this one with a bit of hesitation. After falling in love with Ari & Dante I was really excited for this and couldn’t believe I was approved on Netgalley, but I’ve since learned there’s some harmful representation in this. I’ll definitely be taking note of it as best I can.
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor – I should have already finished this, but it’s really been taking a lot out of me. Laini is such an incredible writer and the world she’s created is so incredibly intricate it’s A LOT to take in. I’m only able to read a few chapters at a time. Mixed with a mini slump it hasn’t been the best scenario for me to read a book like this. I’m hoping to finish it really really soon because I NEED to get my review up. Thanks to Hachette Australia for this one!
wonderless reviews 
Your awesome recommendations are filling up my Goodreads TBR list lol!
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Haha!! Not sure if I should apologise or say you’re welcome 😂 Hope you enjoy any that you decide to pick up ♥
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The Silent Invasion (presuming it’s about alien invasion which I have a particular interest in) and One of Us Is Lying sounds very good, indeed! Also, I need to hurry and buy Stanger The Dreamer already!
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I just rechecked the summary for The Silent Invasion and it’s about people being infected by spores from space and become part of an alien intelligence so it sounds even cooler than I was expecting! Yes definitely pick up a copy of Strange 😀 It’s incredible.
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This seems like a great idea for a Readathon, and if I wasn’t up to date on my ARCs I’d definitely join in as well. 🙂
I hope you enjoy Bone Gap Lauren. It’s one of my all-time favourite magical realism books and the first I read from the genre as well. I’ll be looking forwards to seeing your review for it. Also I can’t wait to get started on Strange the Dreamer. I’ve been so excited for that book forever and I can’t quite believe it’s actually been released! 🙂
Good luck with this Readathon Lauren. It sounds like you have some great books to get through so I hope you enjoy them all! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Beth! I’ve been excited for Bone Gap ever since I read your review. It sounds wonderful. I’m sure you’re absolutely gonna love Strange too! It’s so incredibly unique.
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That’s all right, and that’s great to hear. I really hope it lives up to your expectations in that case.
I started Strange today and am so far loving it. I haven’t got far but I can already tell it’s going to be a favourite of mine. 🙂
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I’m not doing this readathon, I’m actually in really good shape with my ARCS.
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Ooh, yay! I wish I was better at managing them 😂
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Maybe I’ll do a post about managing them.
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That’d be good to see 😀 My biggest issue is that I’m a mood reader. If I try to read something I’m not feeling I get into a slump, haha. I’d love to see any tips you have though 😊
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I have the ARC of One of Us is Lying! I cannot wait to get to it 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
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Yay! Fingers crossed we’ll both enjoy it 😀
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I hope you’ll enjoy One of Us Is Lying, I quite liked it 😀 I actually have to read The Inexplicable Logic of My Life in the next two weeks, hope we both enjoy that one!
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I’m quite easily pleased by YA thrillers so I’m sure I’ll love it 😀 Ooh fingers crossed it’s good.
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Amazing idea, I’ll definitely join!
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Yayyy!!! Good luck 😀
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*eager penguin flailing* and now I TOOOOOTES wanna do this too oh my oh my oh myyyyyy…but….will I have the TIME?! I mean seriously, I’ll already be doing this anyway because #somanyarcs but…to commit? or not to commit?…. HELP ME DECIDE, LAUREN!
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DOOOOOOOO ITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂 Haha, no, only if you have time!! If you have a lot of ARCs that you need to get through I think it could be a good motivator though 😀
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I really think I’m gonna. Because SO MANY ARCs, I can’t even. So yus. I’ll be posting up my TBR sooooooon and then adding a linkie to the thing! ( because that totally makes sense as a sentence. Don’t judge meeeeee! ❤ )
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YAY!!!!!! Looking forward to seeing your TBR 😀
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I’m not doing the readathon, but The Silent Invasion looks good! I’m also not over the dystopian genre. I still like a lot of dystopian books.
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I feel like when it’s done right Dystopians can be so good 😀 The Silent Invasion sounds like it’s gonna be a fun, quick read so fingers crossed.
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This is wonderful. A great way to tackle those ARCs
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Yes, definitely! I could do with some motivation so this is a good way to get it 😀
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I’m so excited to see what you thought about Strange the Dreamer. I’m so drawn to it but I read the blurb and felt wow this is really intricate and I feel like I would need to have time to focus on it properly? I still haven’t started Daughter of Smoke and Bone so I should probably get to that first too. It’s waving at me from my bookshelf.. “pick me up hannah”.
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It is SOOOO intricate. It’s absolutely brilliant, Laini Taylor is a GENIUS, but man it’s taking A LOT out of me, haha. I really enjoyed DOSAB! I felt like that was a bit easier in terms of world building than STD but it’ll help you get used to Laini Taylor’s writing style. I need to finish the series though, but I’m kinda intimidated by the size of the books 😂
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I think I shall definitely start with DOSAB then before I attempt STD. I’m really on a mission to try and battle through my TBR this year, my bookshelf can’t have this many books yet to be read on it. I seriously have a problem! I also get intimidated by the size of books or even the amount of books in a series!
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I have more unread books on my shelf than read and it’s a serious problem 😂 Saaaame!!! Sometimes I’ll just keep putting off books and series because of the page number or how many books there are in the series (like The Mortal Instruments and Throne of Glass haha).
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I’m with you on Throne of Glass, i’m like ah so many books. Its so daunting! I think it’s also a case of just biting the bullet and forcing yourself to start, it’s what finally made me pick up Red Queen!
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First of all, I love the new design!
Your TBR for this is awesome, so many of them are books that I really want to read! I have The Roanoke Girls too and I’m hoping to get to it soon. Hope you enjoy them! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Kourtni ♥
Ooh, yay! Hopefully we both enjoy it 😀
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I really want to read Difficult Women! I haven’t read Bad Feminist but Roxane Gay seems awesome. 😛
I understand your hesitation with TILOML, I’ve heard about some problematic aspects too. 😅
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I haven’t read Bad Feminist either, but yeah she seems awesome and I’ve heard great things about both books 😀
Yeah, it’s a shame
Like, I totally get that there needs to be challenging things in books sometimes because that’s their experience sometimes, especially when it’s an #OwnVoices book, but I feel like they should be challenged? I mean, I still think Benjamin does a lot for the latinx community and as a white person I feel like I can’t really say too much? But yeah, I’ll definitely still be reading and just trying to stay aware!
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I just watched Roxane Gay;s TED talk on feminism and have Bad Feminist of my tbr I didn’t even realise that she had a new release I can’t wait to see what you think of it 🙂
I’ve heard some less then impressed thoughts on The Silent Invasion but I like dystopians as well so I think I’ll enjoy it, also I’m all in for aussie dystopians I don’t think I’ve read one except for the Tomorrow When The War Began series.
It took me a little to get into Strange but by the half way point I couldn’t put it down, her writing really is beautiful and takes a little to get used to the brand new world she creates.
Awesome TBR can’t wait to join in with you for this readathon I’m going to try finish off my current read tonight so I can start on my arcs already xD
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Ooh, I’ll have to go check that out! I haven’t read Bad Feminism yet either, but she seems like a great person 😀 And I’ve heard great things about both books so fingers crossed.
Yeah, I feel like dystopians tend to not get great reviews, haha. I’m already expecting it to be a bit simplistic and not totally polished. I feel like I need a quick and easy read though so hopefully it’ll deliver.
Oh my god yeah, I wanna keep reading it so badly because it seems AMAZING (I’m almost halfway through) but my attention span refuses to cooperate 😂
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This readathon is a great idea! And fantastic way to catch up; I hope you manage to read all of those! They all sound amazing, and so different from one another. I’m curious about One Of Us Is Lying and, of course, Strange the Dreamer.
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Looks like an amazing TBR! I’m super excited about One Of Us Is Lying as well, even though I don’t read a lot of thrillers so the fact that I’m excited for this one already says a lot 🙂 I have a copy of Strange The Dreamer through my Fairyloot subscription, but I’m hesitant to read it because I feel like I indeed need complete focus to read it so I’ll just wait until my current reading slump is over. And I feel the same way about TILOML: I LOVED Ari and Dante so I really want to read this, but I’m hesitant about the harmful rep… so looking forward to your thoughts on it!
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I can’t WAIT to hear your thoughts on One of Us is Lying!! I’m so intrigued even though it’s 100% out of my comfort zone xD
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