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A Record Reading Month -- April Wrap Up

I read so much in April! I'm pretty sure it was a record month both in how many titles read and how many pages read. I just couldn't help myself. I just couldn't put my books down. Two weeks ago I started a marathon re-read of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. I read all 9 of them in 10 days. I was lost in the world of the late 1800s as the West was settled and Laura roamed the prairies with Mary, Carrie and Almanzo. And I have to admit that I did fall in love all over again with Almanzo. It was just like when I was little and first watched the shows with my mom in the mornings before schoolwork had to be done. It was a wonderful 10 days of marathon reading. 

Everything I read this month was fantastic, with the exception of The Great Gatsby. I wasn't real impressed with that one, but at least I can say I have it read now. And with that said... here are my record-breaking stats for the month of April!  

Books read: 

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain 
The Kissing Sailor: The Mystery Behind the Photo that Ended World War II by Lawrence Verria & George Galdorisi 
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 
Becoming Human by Jean Vanier
Aesop's Fables
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)  
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (re-read)  
Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan 
The Tudor Throne by Brandy Purdy 
Tales of the Not Forgotten by Beth Guckenberger 
  
Favorite book read: 
A tie between Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens &
 These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Least favorite book read: 
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Number of pages read this month: 
5,173
Number of pages read this year: 
9,954

Numbers of books read this year: 
45
Number of Classics read so far: 
14 of 76

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