鐵梅花傳

Five books read in March and six in April. I know I said in an earlier entry I wanted to read a little more slowly and more thoughtfully this year, and it started well, with me only reading five books each in January and February but having actual thoughts about them. But for the last couple months reading has been frustrating, and the slowness is not due to reading thoughtfully but because I'm bored and not reading at all for long stretches. I've been reluctant to DNF anything because none of the books have been bad (although April ended with a splat, see reviews below), and I think the problem is me. I can blame working long hours, but even when I have free time I rarely use that time to read. I'm hoping I can get past this slump soon. I probably just need to be more aggressive about DNFing stuff I'm not having fun reading.

Previous books posts:
Books 1-7 (January)
Books 8-14 (February)

( 15. No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull - 2 stars )

( 16. An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi - 3.5 stars )

( 17. The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ote Utomi - 4.5 stars )

( 18. The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin - 3.5 stars )

( 19. The Monster by Seth Dickinson - 3 stars )

( 20. Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin - 3 stars )

( 21. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - 5 stars )

( 22. J is for Justice by Sue Grafton - 4 stars )

( 23. The Curator by Owen King - 2.5 stars )

( 24. Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland - 2 stars )

( 25. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan - 2 stars (Spoilers for pretty much all of it) )