April 2013 Wrap-Up

Here's a summary of my book-related activity for April, just a wee bit late. The highlight was definitely the 24 Hour Read-a-Thon! There was also the Children's Hospital Book Market, at which I was quite restrained, I rather think, but it still wasn't great for my tbr pile. *smiles sheepishly*

Books I read (linked to the reviews)

The Host by Stephenie Meyer (TBR pile)
The Witches by Roald Dahl (new book)
The Change (Animorphs #13) by K.A. Applegate (TBR pile)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (TBR pile)
Ghosts Beneath Our Feet by Betty Ren Wright (TBR pile)
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous [Beatrice Sparks] (TBR pile)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer (new book)
Wild Children by Richard Roberts (NetGalley) (in progress)

Books I bought

The Short Second Life
of Bree Tanner
by Stephenie Meyer

Night Games
by R.L. Stine

Alone in Snakebite Canyon
by R.L. Stine

The No-Nonsense Guide
to Indigenous Peoples
by Lotte Hughes

The Risen Empire
by Scott Westerfeld

Beneath the Vaulted
Hills by Sean Russell

Child of the River
by Paul J. McAuley

The Spirituality of Mazes & Labyrinths

Atlas, Schmatlas: A Superior
Atlas of the World

Books I've been approved for on NetGalley

The Testing by Joelle
Charbonneau

Angel on the Ropes
by Jill Shultz

Wars in Toyland by Joe Harris

The Orphanage of Miracles
by Amy Neftzger

School Spirits by
Rachel Hawkins

Seduction by M.J. Rose

Red Moon by
Benjamin Percy

Progress on challenges

I did not select a Random Read this month.

I forgot to go out of my comfort zone again this month.

I completed the following letters for the A-Z Book Challenge: H and M

I read 5 books for the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. (I'm caught up on this challenge now!)

I read 0 books for the Anne Rice Challenge. You can still sign up!

I read 0 books for the Debut Author Challenge.

I completed the following squares for the Book Bingo Challenge: read 2 books from your tbr pile, read 5 books from your tbr pile, read 1 book that is part of a series

I read 0 books for the Nerdy Non-Fiction Challenge.

I read 2 books for the Dystopia Challenge.

I read 6 books written by women.

I read 2 books for the Seriously Series Challenge.

Progress on my TBR pile: I added 16 books to my to read list and removed 13 (the 8 I read plus 5 expired NetGalleys that I removed), so my pile increased by 3 this month.