Monthly wrap-up: April 2020
April is already over – or is finally over. I am so confused, because it felt like the longest and shortest month at the same time.
I’ve been in a slump blogging wise. The weather was wonderful for all of April, but the last week it started raining a lot and my mood got stormy too. So I didn’t feel like doing anything.
To cheer myself up, I got on the hype train and bought Animal Crossing New Horizons and guys, it’s so fun and relaxing. I haven’t done anything else productive since it got here.
This month I had also two exciting things. One was obviously my birthday! I had to celebrate it a bit different this year, but the day still felt special and there was cake. So I say it was a success!
Secondly, I started a new course! It’s an editing course. Editing for books and stories. I have to write a lot of stories myself too and hopefully it makes me a better writer. The course ends in December and classes are online. I’m super nervous (Feedback always feels so personal) but also really excited (writing!!). I’ll give updates about how it goes.
April in books
Books I read
I read a LOT! At least for me, because some readers are not impressed by 11 books a month. I am though! Thanks to the Scribd-subscription, which made me seriously doubt if I should start paying for it. At least now I’m 11 books ahead of schedule 😁
Click on the cover to go to the Goodreads page.
Books I hauled
The library is still closed, my 30 day trial of Scribd is over, so the haul was very limited.
I did buy one book and I got one book of Netgalley!
A birthday present for myself
April in the blogosphere
- Jess @ Comfort Reads talks about reading Shakespeare, and now I want to try it too!
- Marie @ Drizzle and Hurricanes paired some of her favorite books with songs from her playlist, and it’s such a creative idea.
- Belle @ Belle Can Read discusses why she likes author’s notes and when you should read them.
I have been a bit inactive the past two weeks, because of the slump I talk about on my birthday post and in the beginning of this post.
Book reviews
Other posts
Looking into May
Honestly, I don’t know. A lot of Animal Crossing, hopefully a little more reading than last week. A lot of writing for my new course and hopefully some more writing for the blog too.
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Hey there!
My name is Jas, welcome to my blog. XIV is about my life around my lucky number. You’ll find anything from songs and books to trips and family stuff.
Congrats on reading so many books!! Happy May!
Thank you! You too 🙂
Aw thanks so much for sharing my post and that it made you want to give him a try! I’m so glad you enjoyed The Unexpected Everything, you’re right, Morgan Matson is always a good idea!!
You’re welcome! 🙂
Right? I will read every book that she writes.
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ah, i’m sorry you’ve been feeling slumpy, but you totally shouldn’t blame yourself for that <3 rest and play all the animal crossing! i really wanna play (my sister has been *obsessed*), but there are so many hobbies taking up my time that i'm not sure if i want to add another one into the mix 😂
Thank you so much <3
AC is VERY addictive, so it's probably smart that you haven't added it into the mix yet! 😁
Thank you so much for sharing my post, so happy you enjoyed it <3
This editing class sounds SO interesting, I'm so happy you are doing this and hope you'll learn a lot! You have read so much in the past month as well, that's amazing. I'm so happy you liked Emmy & Oliver, it's such a good read 🙂
Have a lovely May! <3
You are so welcome!! 🙂
Yes, so far it is SO good and I’m having so much fun and already learning a lot of techniques for writing stories. Ahh, I really hope it leads to something too!
Emmy & Oliver was my favorite read of the month. It was so great and a perfect escape from the world <3
Hope you have a lovely May too!
ah i’m sorry to hear about your blogging slump in april!! i hope things pick up for may <3 and aahh happy late birthday!!! and your editing course sounds like a lot of fun. and yay for reading so many books in april, and for mostly enjoying them! i hope it stays the same in may 💗
Thank you so much!! April was really good in reading! I hope you have/had a great May too 🙂
Happy to see that you’re enjoying Animal Crossing. That game has taken up so much of my time, haha. Probably a big reason why I’m not reading as much as I usually do. Amazing job reading 11 books! I love What If It’s Us and I really need to read Emmy & Oliver as soon as possible! 😛
Yes, same here. I haven’t read as much in May as I would have due to Animal Crossing. It is so fun and relaxing though! Ahh, yes, Emmy & Oliver made it all the way to my all-time favorite stack, so I think you really should read it as soon as possible 😉 Thank you so much for stopping by!!