Books Read in April 2024

Pretty decent reading list in April--I finished some books I've been meaning to read for a while. I've also been reading six or seven books at a time (several are nonfiction or poetry) for the first time in a while, and it's some glorious chaos, we'll see whether that continues or not. I may need to not be in four book clubs anymore, although it still feels ok so far--maybe easier to just give myself to permission to give up on a book I'm not feeling. Anyway, happy May!

Books I Finished in April 2024

1.  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman--I finally got to see what all the hype was about--and it was pretty decent. Not the best book I've read ever, but a very solid mystery set in a senior living community in the United Kingdom. I would be interested in continuing to read the series. 
2. The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley (Book club read)--I wouldn't have heard of this except that one of my book clubs picked it. I thought it was fine--maybe a book I would have liked better at a different time in my life or if I'd had different life experiences but although it was a solid book, it just wasn't one that hit anything special for me.
3. River Love: The True Story of a Wayward Sheltie, a Woman, and a Magical Place Called Rivershire by Tricia Frey--Relaxing, straightforward read for lovers of rescue dogs and shelties--exactly what it claimed to be, and I really enjoyed it! (Yes, the dog dies but of natural causes and after living a full, loved life). 
4. What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama--Finally got back to the top of the waitlist and got this out of the library AGAIN and finished it. Interesting perspective from the lives of contemporary Japanese people at different ages/places in their lives and the librarian/book that helps them change their lives. Mostly excited to have made progress on my reading women in translation goal for this year.
5. Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo--Well, I'm finally all caught up on the Grishaverse--and predictably, hungry for more. Bardugo's books are always a guaranteed hit for me, of the type where I'm so totally hooked, I have to keep plowing through these nearly 600 page tomes! I love all the growth in Nikolai, Zoya, and Nina, and the world they live in, which does feel dark and difficult but somehow also hopeful.