Sunday, May 1, 2016

#ARCApril 2016 Wrap Up

Well friends.... #ARCApril is officially over for the year.  I am sad to see it go.  This is a really great challenge that I enjoy participating in.  Thankfully #ARCAugust is only just around the corner.

So how did I do?  Personally, I think I did pretty darn great!  ReadSleepRepeat set levels for us to try and achieve, and I reached the top level (only just barely)!  The Diamond Level!  I read 16 ARCs in the month of April!

Yeah. I know a good handful of them were picture books, but I do review those, and they needed to get read.  So I read them :)

I have got to say that there were some ARCs that I got through this month that I really enjoyed, and that there were some others that I didn't care for quite so much.  Also, I have quite a few reviews to write up now!

I have already started up on my next book, which is a book that I have owned for quite awhile and haven't gotten to yet.  I figured it was only fair to give some of the books I own some love since I only read ARCs last month.  Though the visit away from ARCs will only last for so long.  I need to get 2 read for blog tours later in the month of May!  Oh and I need to get the ones for June done too! 

I like to try to be a bit ahead of the game on ARCs that I have promised dates for so that I can read whatever my heart pleases when they are done!

Ok, I think I am just rambling now.  You can find a list of all the various ARCs I read below.  They aren't posted in order or my how much I liked or did not like them.  If you wan't to know what I thought about each various book, you will need to be on the look out for my reviews!

If you participated, tell me how you did!




Title: Scrap City
Author: D. S. Thornton
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
Publication Date: October 1, 2015
Source: Publisher



Title: The Neverland Wars
Author: Audrey Greathouse
Series: The Neverland Wars #1
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing
Publication Date; May 9, 2016
Source: Author



Title: Free Verse
Author: Sarah Dooley
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: March 15, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: Froggy Goes to the Library
Author: Jonathan London
Illustrator: Frank Remkiewicz
Series: Froggy
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: March 15, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: Illuminae
Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Series: The Illuminae Files #1
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: October 20, 2015
Source: First in Line


Title: The Best Days Are Dog Days
Author: Aaron Meshon
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Dial Books
Publication Date: April 12, 2016
Source: Publisher



Title: Once Upon a Dream
Author: Liz Braswell
Series: A Twisted Tale #2
Publisher: Disney Press
Publication Date: April 5, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: Balthazar Fabuloso in the Lair of the Humbugs
Author: I. J. Brindle
Series: Stand Alone (I hope there will be more though!)
Publisher: Holiday House
Publication Date: April 26, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: Coral Reefs - Cities of the Ocean
Author: Maris Wicks
Series: Science Comics
Publisher: First Second
Publication Date: March 29, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: I Wanna be a Great Big Dinosaur
Author: Heath McKenzie
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Publication Date: May 17, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: The Most Magnificent Thing
Author: Ashley Spires
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Publication Date: April 1, 2014
Source: Publisher


Title: Chimpanzees for Tea
Author: Jo Empson
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Philomel Books
Publication Date: April 26, 2014
Source: Publisher


Title: Captain Jack and the Pirates
Author: Peter Bently & Helen Oxenbury
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Dial Books
Publication Date: March 29, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: Fluffy Strikes Back
Author: Ashley Spires
Series: A P.U.R.S.T Adventure
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Publication Date: April 5, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: Girl in the Blue Coat
Author: Monica Hesse
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: April 5, 2016
Source: Publisher


Title: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Author: Katrina Bivald
Series: Stand Alone
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Publication Date: January 19, 2016
Source: Publisher

3 comments:

  1. Congrats on making Diamond level! 16 books is quite a feat :) I've been trying to get through my growing TBR tower so I didn't participate this time around but maybe in August

    Great list!

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  2. Woo! Way to go!!! You did it :) That is so awesome! I have Illuminae at home here but I haven't read it yet. Soon. Happy Reading!

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  3. Yay! I'm so glad you made it to the top! Congrats! Also, you read a lot of really great books this month!

    Jamie @ Books and Ladders

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