April in Review and War Through the Generations Challenge Update

Another month just slipped away from me. I can't believe it's already May, but at least the warm weather is moving in. I was a reading machine last month, with 16 books completed! Granted, 4 of them were kids books, but this is a new record for me and I'm going with it. Adding these to the 10 I read in January, 8 in February, and 8 in March, I'm at 42 for the year and well on my way to hitting 100. And I'm amazed that I've kept with my one blog resolution -- reviewing all the books I finish.

Here's my list of April books with links to my reviews:

Coventry by Helen Humphreys [reviewed here]
Rodeo Rocky by Jenny Oldfield [reviewed here]
An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell [reviewed here]
The Spare Wife by Alex Witchel [reviewed here]
Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon [reviewed here]
Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Francesca Simon [reviewed here]
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine by Francesca Simon [reviewed here]
Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb by Francesca Simon [reviewed here]
The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham [reviewed here]
Coraline by Neil Gaiman [reviewed here]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows [reviewed here]
Memory by Philippe Grimbert [reviewed here]
The Lost Hours by Karen White [reviewed here]
That Went Well by Terrell Harris Dougan [reviewed here]
Follow Me by Joanna Scott [reviewed here]
Tender Graces by Kathryn Magendie [reviewed here]

I'm hoping to keep up this pace in May. We'll see how it goes.

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I thought this was a good time to see how I've been doing with the WWII reading challenge I'm co-hosting with Serena at War Through the Generations. Only 5 books are necessary to complete the challenge, but we encouraged participants to read more if they want. I didn't set a numerical goal, simply because I want to read as many as I can during the course of the year. I've completed 8 WWII-related books since January:

10 Days: Anne Frank by David Colbert [reviewed here]
Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas [reviewed here]
The Holocaust: The Nazis Seize Power, 1933-1941 by Stuart A. Kallen [reviewed here]
Keeping Hannah Waiting by Dave Clarke [reviewed here]
An Obsolete Honor by Helena P. Schrader [reviewed here]
Coventry by Helen Humphreys [reviewed here]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows [reviewed here]
Memory by Philippe Grimbert [reviewed here]

I have more than a dozen WWII books on my shelves right now, some I bought ages ago and some I've obtained just for the challenge. I hope to get to them all, or at least the shorter ones. If anyone knows of an absolute must-read WWII book, please let me know.

Happy reading!