{"id":73,"date":"2020-05-03T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/\/?p=73"},"modified":"2020-05-03T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T06:49:00","slug":"april-reads-mindscape-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"April Reads! (Mindscape Reviews)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello Readers! You need to make up your mind now, because all of my posts this year are going to be book posts. For 2020, I had only 2 travel plans anyway, but now obviously it\u2019s not possible. So, just putting it out there\u2026 Books! In April, I read 5 books & re-read 2 books! I have decided to re-read the Harry Potter series. So, those 7 books will be outside of the specific 52 books which are in my 2020 Reading Challenge! Before we head into April, you can check out my March Reads here<\/a>!<\/span><\/div>\n

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As much long as March was, I think April was quite as short. Still, I managed to read 7 BOOKS<\/span><\/b>! I have already done a detailed review for 3 of those, so here goes the review of the other 2! (Rest 2 are Harry Potter books.) Here we go!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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~~SCRAPPY LITTLE NOBODY BY ANNA KENDRICK~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
After I read \u2018A Little Life\u2019, I obviously needed to read something extremely light! This is why I went with Anna Kendrick\u2019s \u2018Scrappy Little Nobody\u2019. I have (and I\u2019m hoping everyone has) found her tweets to be hilarious, so I was pretty sure I would like the autobiographical essays written by her.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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To be honest, I really enjoyed it in the beginning. The first 30% was really good & quite funny. But, later on, it was all about Hollywood. I know she\u2019s an actress so what else was I hoping for? I know. But, those Hollywood parts just weren\u2019t that funny. I still love Anna Kendrick & binge watched Pitch Perfect movies to make up for my guilt of not loving her book. I rated the book at 3\/5 on Goodreads! By reading this book, I have completed the \u2018Autobiography\u2019 category from my 2020 Reading Challenge<\/span><\/b>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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~~YOU\u2019RE NOT YET LIKE ME BY EDAN LEPUCKI~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
One of the categories in my \u201952 Books in 52 Weeks\u2019 Reading Challenge was \u2018A BOOK I CAN FINISH IN A DAY.\u2019<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Obviously, there are a lot of really good books I found when I searched. \u2018You\u2019re Not Yet Like Me\u2019 kept popping in several of the articles, so I decided to give it a try. <\/span> <\/span>\u2018A few pages in & I was hooked. The writing was refreshing. The topic was so entirely generic yet put in a different perspective. But, alas, that love at first sight faded soon enough. The genre was romantic comedy & yet I couldn\u2019t find either of those in the span of the novel. It also ended abruptly & then the next chapter was another bizarre short story which was also disappointing. I ended up rating this book at 2\/5 on Goodreads.<\/span><\/div>\n

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If you are on the hunt of reading a good book to finish in a day or a book with less than 100 pages, I\u2019m sure you can find better options than this. Don\u2019t get swayed like me. I think some good examples (and these are just my opinion as I have not read any of these) would be \u2018The Metamorphosis\u2019 by Franz Kafka, \u2018The Little Prince\u2019 by Antoine de Saint-Exupery & \u2018The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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The good ones which I did read are \u2018We Should All be Feminists\u2019 by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, \u2018Animal Farm\u2019 by George Orwell & \u2018The Great Gatsby\u2019 by F. Scott Fitzgerald.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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~~A LITTLE LIFE BY HANYA YANAGIHARA~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
THIS BOOK! OH, THIS BOOK! I think I decided to write about the \u2018Books I Read in April\u2019 only so that I could boast my love for this gem a little more! Needless to say, I have already written a GIANT<\/span><\/b> <\/span>book review on this! (Check here!<\/a>) & words still fall short. It is also in my Top 5 Favourite Books of All Time<\/a>.\u2019<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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A Little Life is the example of the most wonderful story writing, brilliantly distinct characters & a melancholy of a dance between pain, hope, love, friendship, death & a little life. My heart is always going to be too full whenever I talk about this modern-day classic. I have come to love historical fiction, but Hanya Yanagihara has taken it to a whole another level of reality. Not just the reality of life, but also every-day realities of friendships, over-thinking, self-value, depression, trauma & so much more! I think I should stop now (even though I don\u2019t want to.) Go read it!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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~~WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING BY DELIA OWENS~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
I need a minute to get out of the world of \u2018A Little Life\u2019 to concentrate on this one.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
Okay! So, \u2018Where the Crawdads Sing\u2019 was another novel I enjoyed reading. There wasn\u2019t anything special about it nor was it flawless & yet I liked it, just simply. I rated it at 4\/5 on Goodreads. Check out the full book review here<\/a>!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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~~MIGUEL STREET BY V.S. NAIPAUL~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
I had always wanted to read V.S. Naipaul\u2019s books. Unfortunately, I started with quite a dull one. \u2018Miguel Street\u2019 is a collection of interlinked short stories of the people residing in Miguel Street. I rated it at 2\/5 on Goodreads. You can check the full book review here<\/a>!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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~~HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER\u2019S STONE & HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS BY J.K. ROWLING~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
It was high time to re-read the Harry Potter series. It has been the main factor in keeping my sanity & joy. The thing is, I read multiple books at a time, mostly 2 or 3 these days. And, if I am reading depressing or boring books like \u2018Miguel Street\u2019 or even worse \u2018Lolita\u2019, then I need a SURE-BOOK,<\/span><\/b> <\/span>which will make me happy. Enter Harry Potter! (Insert heart emoji!)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I am enjoying reading. Sometimes it becomes tough to complete god-awful books, but I always do. The first book I completed in May was \u2018Lolita\u2019, which I utterly hated. Now that I have completed something like that, I believe I can complete any book! Currently, I am reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle, Origin by Dan Brown, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling & just sometimes A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. <\/span>Happy Reading!<\/span><\/div>\n

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Hello Readers! You need to make up your mind now, because all of my posts this year are going to be book posts. For 2020, I had only 2 travel plans anyway, but now obviously it\u2019s not possible. So, just putting it out there\u2026 Books! In April, I read 5 books & re-read 2 books! 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