April 2011 – In Review

This month I read 26 books.  I spent a lot of time catching up on series that I am currently reading.  Lots of great books this month!  You can check out which series I caught up in, started and finished below.  What books I loved, my reading challenge stats, and a list of all of the books I read are also listed below.

Anyway check out my monthly stats below.  Hope you all had a great month reading too!

I caught up on the following series:
– Dagger Brotherhood: Book 4, Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
– Jolie Wilkins: Book 2, Toil and Trouble by HP Mallory
– October Daye: Book 4, Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
– Dulcie O’Neil: Book 2, A Tale of Two Goblins by HP Mallory
– The Curse Workers: Book 2, Red Glove by Holly Black
– Allie Beckstrom: Book 6, Magic on the Hunt  by Devon Monk
– Locke and Key: Book 2, Head Games by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
– The Witches War, Book 2, Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer

I started the following series:
– The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning, Book 1) by John Stephens
– Dark Life by Kat Falls
– Unshapely Things (Connor Grey, Book 1) by Mark Del Franco
– Divergent by Veronica Roth
– The Devil You Know (Felix Castor, Book 1) by Mike Carey

I finished the following series:
– Eona (Sequel to Eon) by Alison Goodman
– Signs of the Zodiac: Book 6, The Neon Graveyard by Vicki Pettersson
– WWW: Wonder (WWW Trilogy, Book 3) by Robert J. Sawyer (4/5 stars)
– Hellsing, Vol 10 by Kohta Hirano

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
–  Late Eclipses (October Daye, Book 4) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
–  The Stuff of Legend by Mike Raicht, Brian Smith, and Charles Wilson (4.5/5 stars)
–  The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning, Book 1) by John Stephens (5/5 stars)
–  Of Swine and Roses by Ilona Andrews (4.5/5 stars)
–  Eona (Sequel to Eon) by Alison Goodman (5/5 stars)
–  Yume No Hum: The Book of Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente (5/5 stars)
–  Divergent by Veronica Roth (5/5 stars)
–  The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley (4.5/5 stars)
–  Head Games (Locke and Key, Book 2) by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (5/5 stars)
–  Hellsing, Vol 10 by Kohta Hirano (5/5 stars)
–  Wolfsbane (The Witches War, Book 2) by Andrea Cremer (4.5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Horror and Urban Fantasy Challenge: 38/24 books (done!)
– 100+ Reading Challenge: 100/100+ books
– The Debut Author Challenge: 10/12 books
– Get Steampunked!: 7/15 books
– E-book Reading Challenge: 16/20 books
– Zombies! Reading Challenge: 6/10 books
– Fantasy Reading Challenge: 19/20 books
– Show Me the Free Challenge: 1/12 books
– Audio Book Challenge List: 10/12 books
– Graphic Novels Challenge List: 15/10 books (done!)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below. 
1.   Dark Life by Kat Falls (4/5 stars)
2.   Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4) by J.R. Ward (4/5 stars)
3.   Toil and Trouble (Jolie Wilkins, Book 2) by HP Mallory (4/5 stars)
4.   Late Eclipses (October Daye, Book 4) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
5.   The Stuff of Legend by Mike Raicht, Brian Smith, and Charles Wilson (4.5/5 stars)
6.   The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning, Book 1) by John Stephens (5/5 stars)
7.   Of Swine and Roses by Ilona Andrews (4.5/5 stars)
8.   A Tale of Two Goblins (Dulcie O’Neil, Book 2) by HP Mallory (4 stars)
9.   Eona (Sequel to Eon) by Alison Goodman (5/5 stars)
10. Yume No Hum: The Book of Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente (5/5 stars)
11. The Neon Graveyard (Signs of the Zodiac, Book 6) by Vicki Pettersson (4/5 stars)
12. Unshapely Things (Connor Grey, Book 1) by Mark Del Franco (4/5 stars)
13. Hard Day’s Knight by John G. Hartness (4/5 stars)
14. Divergent by Veronica Roth (5/5 stars)
15. The Devil You Know (Felix Castor, Book 1) by Mike Carey (4/5 stars)
16. A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine (2.5/5 stars)
17. The Black Book Of Secrets (Tales for the Sinister City, Book 1) by F.E. Higgins (5/5 stars)
18. The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley (4.5/5 stars)
19. Red Glove (The Curse Workers, Book 2) by Holly Black (3.5/5 stars)
20. Magic on the Hunt (Allie Beckstrom, Book 6) by Devon Monk (4/5 stars)
21. Head Games (Locke and Key, Book 2) by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (5/5 stars)
22. Hellsing, Vol 10 by Kohta Hirano (5/5 stars)
23. Luminous by Dawn Metcalf (4/5 stars)
24. Wolfsbane (The Witches War, Book 2) by Andrea Cremer (4.5/5 stars)
25. WWW: Wonder (WWW Trilogy, Book 3) by Robert J. Sawyer (4/5 stars)
26. I Am Number Four (The Lorien Legacies, Book 1) by Pittacus Lore (2/5 stars)