APRIL 2021: Post Your TBR & Progress Updates!

[destiny ♡]

Want to participate in ContemporApril? You're in the right place!



When you progress in your TBR, you can update your original comment, add a comment stating your progress, or preferably, BOTH! Whether you've just started a new read, finished a book, or just want to share some thoughts, have at it!

If you'd like to update your original TBR comment as you progress, you can strike through the titles, add (READ) to the line, or whatever else you like. Feel free to add more to your TBR as the month progresses!

[Miss]

Here are the books I finished reading...

Finished:


Others:

[Gretchen]

Hoping this will motivate me to spend a little more time reading this month.

ContemporApril TBR
When We Were Vikings Finished
All Systems Red Finished
Hannibal
The Survivors Finished

[Runell]

TBR

1. Act Your Age, Eve Brown
2. Sweat and Soap, Vol. 1
3. Sweat and Soap, Vol. 2
4. Good Girl, Bad Blood

[Rachel]

My challenge reads will be:

- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes

and my other reads (including library stuff) will be:

- Too Much Is Not Enough by Andrew Rannells
- Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
- Bridge of Souls by V.E. Schwab
- Body Positive Power: How learning to love yourself will save your life by Megan Jayne Crabbe

and maybe:

- The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
- Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
- With You All the Way by Cynthia Hand

[A Darker Shade of Rosie]

Spring contemporaries are my JAM.
I'm planning on reading:

✅ Lucky in Love
✅ 9 Days and 9 Nights
◻️ I Killed Zoe Spanos
◻️ Listen to Your Heart
◻️ Love, Life, and the List
◻️ Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
◻️ Without Merit

[Diya]

This challenge is so cool!
My TBR for now is

- Coffee Boy
- I Love You So Mochi
- Sugar and Spite
- The Infinity Courts
- Foreverland
- Counting Down with You
- Zara Hossain Is Here
- K-pop Confidential
- Make a Scene
- The Clinch
- Just the Two of Us
- The Thirteenth Fairy
- Dating Makes Perfect
- Prom Queen Perfect
- Your letter

[Sophie]

This is probably the genre I read least but I'll try to read some that I have on my TBR. We'll see what I get to!

The Hunting Party
City of the Lost

[Pushkar]

I have finished reading Crime and Punishment just now so I will read some light novels in coming weeks. I have chosen Pride and Prejudice for now.
Next on my this month's list:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Myth of SisyphusM

[Chrissie]

Library reads:
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Books:

Macbeth
Dust Devil
Downhill Love
Der Kruzifix Killer
Love Simon: Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

and mangas:

Circle of Fire - Equilibrium bonus story
Electric Hands
It Smells Like Lust
絶対求愛プリンス
Hybrid Child
歯医者なんてキライだ! Haisha Nante Kirai da!
Only the Ring Finger Knows: Der Ringfinger schweigt

currently reading:


contemporary:


other:

[Nele]

This month, my contemporary reads are:

1/ Finishing: Breathless, by Jennifer Niven (Done)
2/ Finishing: By your side, by Kasie West (Done)

Hoping to read as well:
Other books by Kasie West (love the audiobooks)

[Kelly]

Wow, I'm having to really split this up this month! I'll edit as I go along. Also, it's Mythothon this month, so let's see:

Prompt
- The End of Her
- Tilly and the Lost Fairy Tales

Rest of Main List
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Splinters of Scarlet
- Vulture
- We Are Bound by Stars
- A Vow So Bold and Deadly
- The Dark Archive
- Caraval (reread)
- The Guinevere Deception (reread)

[Krystal]

Really I just want to finally read Allegra in Three Parts

[Icy-Cobwebs-Crossing-SpaceTime]

I guess this excludes Far Future Space. ;)

Tentative TBR:
Hamartia
The Bellhop Only Stalks Once


Read: The Wish Doll: A Horror Short Story
The Keening
Read: Terror in the Shadows Vol. 13: Horror Short Stories Collection with Scary Ghosts, Paranormal & Supernatural Monsters Release 5 April (3 April)
The Keening Release 7 April (3 April)
Hummingbird Salamander: A Novel 6 April Release (3-4 April)
Bathwater Blues: A Novel
Night Terrors Vol. 12: Short Horror Stories Anthology
Dark End
The Neighbor: A terrifying tale of supernatural suspense
Bittersharp: A Southern Gothic Ghost Story
The Bellhop Only Stalks Once
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War
The Space Shuttle: NASA's Space Transportation System: 40th Anniversary
Light Chaser
The Nirvana Effect
Growth
22. HAMARTIA
23. THE TIDES OF DENO'JAR
24. -WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE EDELWEISS ARC 5
25. VIS MAJOR SF OWN 5
26. FROM ABOVE MOUNT TBR OWN 4
27. RAGGED ALICE NG ARC MOUNT TBR 5
28. THE LONELY CHAIR
29. THE EFFORT SF
30. PROJECT HAIL MARY SF
31. FAST ICE ADVENTURE/HORROR
32. THE END OF EVERYTHING NG ARC MOUNT TBR 5 SCIENCE 

[Tari]

ContemporApril 2021

Books/authors linked when read:

Under the Cover of Murder Lauren Elliott 4/6/21
Death at the Salon Louise R. Innes 4/16/21
Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress Traci Wilton 4/12/21
Poppy Harmon and the Pillow Talk Killer Lee Hollis 4/14/21
Fresh Brewed Murder Emmaline Duncan 4/10/21

[T.]

Contemporary isn't my favorite genre, but here's what's currently on my reading list. Maybe something qualifies?

1Q84
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze - FINISHED
The World According to Garp - FINISHED
Knight's Cross - FINISHED
Killer Dreams - FINISHED

[Leslie]

Silence Fallen
Neon Gods
Hairpin Bridge

[Rook]

I don't have a lot of contemporary books lined up right now, but I am currently reading one so!

Honey Girl

King of Scars

Rule of Wolves

Price of Duty

Year One

Of Blood and Bone

Edit: Wow I actually got all the books i set out to read read!!!

[Inge (Inge1990)]

I haven't been joining for a while, which is actually a pity. But I have been busy with the seasonal readathon so I have been reading a lot of books :P

I will try to read
Everything Is Lies

And when I have finished that I will see for another book :)

[Isaiah]

i have some books to finish first, but in terms of contemporary I own:

- Heretics Anonymous
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post
- The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali
- Moxie

[Dana]

I'm tending to read by feel for now... So let's see what this list turns into.

READ:
Namesake
The Kingdoms of Ruin, Vol. 1
5 Centimeters per Second*
Mooncop
Thirsty Mermaids
Ghosted in L.A., Vol. 1 (1&2)
My Riot
Kodi
Aggretsuko: Metal to the Max
The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1 (1&2)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
Act-Age, Vol. 1
ショートケーキケーキ 1 (1-4)*
Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 1 (1-3)
The Book of Dragons
Pride and Premeditation
The Sand Warrior
The Lightning Thief (audiobook)
Unchosen
Rozi in the Labyrinth, Vol. 1
A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow, Vol. 1 (1-6)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1 (1-4)
Tokyo ESP 2-in-1 Omnibus, Volume 1 (1-3)
Star Daughter
The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 1 (1&2)

* - fits theme

[Megan]

My TBR to choose from this month:

- Layla
- The Whole Truth
- The Trespasser
- King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne (non-fiction)
- The Lost Apothecary
- Let the Dead Speak
- The Player Next Door
- The Thursday Murder Club
- A Spark of Light
- The Frame-Up
- The Best Thing
- The Songbook of Benny Lament

[destiny ♡]

T. wrote: "Contemporary isn't my favorite genre, but here's what's currently on my reading list. Maybe something qualifies?

1Q84
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
[book:The World A..."

Killer Dreams could work, it looks like it's set in current times! Enjoy your reading either way, this looks like a super interesting list! :D

[Fran]

My TBR!
Yes No Maybe So
What If It's Us
Alex in Wonderland FINISHED
The Flatshare

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

TO READ LIST
We'll Fly Away
She's Too Pretty to Burn
Breathing Underwater
Summer Love

[Cassie]

TBR

Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Dear Martin
The Princess Diaries Currently Reading
Heartstopper: Volume One Currently Reading
Heartstopper: Volume Two

Finishing Up
The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book

Other Reads
Clara's Soldier: A Retelling of the Nutcracker
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Currently Reading
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane
The Once and Future Witches

[Tari]

Msg. 15 update: actually got done with what I planned for April :)

[Susy]

Tari wrote: "Msg. 15 update: actually got done with what I planned for April :)"

Nice!

[destiny ♡]

Tari wrote: "Msg. 15 update: actually got done with what I planned for April :)"

Way to go!

[destiny ♡]

I didn't make a TBR for this month, but I did read something for the challenge!

💗 The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 4

[Rook]

Ended up reading 6 books this month total!!! I think this is the first month since I joined where I read everything I had originally put on my tbr!!!!!