Melody’s April 2014 Wrap Up

Book Reviews
* Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
* The 100 by Kass Morgan
* Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine
* Veronica Mars: An Original Mystery by Rob Thomas: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham (Review Written by Sarah)
* Split Second by Kasie West

Book Haul
Storm by DJ MacHale
I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Return to Paradise by Pittacus Lore
Transparent by Natalie Whipple
Warm Up by V.E. Schwab
Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell
One by LeighAnn Kopans
The Diviners by Libba Bray

TV Reviews:
* The 100 Series Premiere
* Being Human Series Finale

April Notes
* I started a new feature, “When I Didn’t Have A DVR, I Watched…” which I’m really excited about! Going down memory lane is so much fun!
* I started a new feature, “Sunday Branch: What I Read & How I Linked YA Lit with the Bible” which I am super pumped about! Stay tuned for my next post from this feature on Sunday!
* Book Expo America (BEA) is nearing, so I made a tips guide here!
* My first successful readathon of the year took place this past Saturday! That was encouraging!
* The “We Need Diverse Books” Campaign is alive and kicking! More on that here.

My Insane Book & Movie Challenge Update #4
My monthly update for my Insane Book & Movie Challenge is below!

Books
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Books I Read That Are In My Bookcase
1. Split Second by Kasie West
2. Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
3. The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War Part 1 by Robert Kirkman & Charlie Adlard (Illustration)

E-books I Read
Read through iBooks App on iPad
1. Icons by Margaret Stohl

Read through Kindle App on iPad
1. Animal Farm by George Orwell
2. Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine
3. Warm Up by V.E. Schwab (Novella)

My favorite read of the month was… Split Second by Kasie West.

* I have quite a few books that I want to read before BEA as well as a ton before the first day of summer which is the halfway mark for my reading goal so I need to you know, catch up. I also just found out about the “Library in a Bag” program my library does which mails library books to your house! So this will be a great help! I may not have read a ton so far but get ready for May and June. It’s going to be a book explosion!

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Movies
Watched in April 2014
Thor: The Dark World (Netflix DVD)
Dallas Buyers Club (Netflix DVD)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Netflix DVD)
Saving Mr. Banks (Netflix DVD)
Delivery Man (Netflix DVD)

My favorite movie this month was The Wolf of Wall Street.
My least movie this month was Saving Mr. Banks.

Until next month, happy reading and viewing!