My Month Is Booked: April 2026 Edition

 

Thank you so much to Farrah for hosting this link-up every month!

Here are the books I read in April:

The Housemaid -Freida McFadden

My Rating: 4 stars 

This novel was so great. It was a really great thriller with lots of twists and turns. This is the first Freida McFadden novel I've read and I definitely want to read more of her novels in the future.

The Housemaid's Secret -Freida McFadden

My Rating: 4 stars

This is the second novel in the Housemaid series and I loved it just as much as I loved the first novel. I really like this author's style of writing.

Heartstopper: Volume 5 -Alice Oseman

My Rating: 3 stars

I was in Barnes & Noble and decided to sit in the café and read this novel. I don't like to buy graphic novels because I read them in one day and I don't find myself wanting to re-read them. Unfortunately, there's a lot of graphic novels I want to read but my library doesn't have a lot of them. I need to make a list of the ones I want to read and the next time I'm at the bookstore and have time on my hands, I can see if they have them and sit in the café for a while and read them. I did read the graphic novel Pumpkinheads a few years ago and I would like to buy that one because I would re-read that one and I think it would be a fun one to re-read every fall/Halloween time.

The Housemaid is Watching -Freida McFadden

My Rating: 4 stars

This is the third and final novel in the Housemaid series. I loved this one as much as I loved the other two. I really loved this series and I also loved the movie based on the first book.

We're a Bad Idea, Right? -K.L. Walther

My Rating: 5 stars

K.L. Walther is one of my favorite young adult authors. This is her latest release and she is also coming out with a new book tomorrow and I'm so excited. I have it pre-ordered and it recently shipped out to me. I loved this novel so much. K.L. Walther's writing is so good and if you haven't read her novels yet and YA is a genre you love, I highly recommend reading her books.

Just a Busy Season: Essays on Motherhood, an Unexpected Comedy -Taylor Wolfe

My Rating: 5 stars

This is the second book from Taylor Wolfe. I've followed Taylor on IG and was an avid reader of her blog when she had it. I loved her first book and rated it 5 stars. One of the subjects it talked about is the passing of her beloved dog. When this subject was talked about, I could barely see the pages through my tears but I'm very glad I pushed through those parts because it was an amazing book and I would highly recommend it. This book, which Taylor very kindly sent to me after she posted on IG about wanting to send it out to some supporters/followers, was so good! There were so many funny moments in this book as well as such unique and touching stories. I will definitely buy and read any novel that Taylor writes. I don't know how to describe it, but her writing just feels so light-hearted and like you're reading a book that a good friend of yours' wrote.