Hey everyone and welcome or welcome back to my
channel. So in today's video I'm going to be sharing all the books that I am planning to read
in April if you haven't watched any of my TBR videos before I'll leave a link to the playlist
down below for you to check out but basically this is my monthly TBR game that I use to pick
books to read. And it's very very loosely based on the game cluedo, or, loosely inspired
by the game cluedo is what I like to say. I basically pick 5 books every month
based on a genre and a prompt. It's really easy to follow so don't worry if you
haven't seen any of these videos before. Last month I actually added 6 books to my TBR
because I had to take punishment and I'm happy to say that I think I'm going to finish them
all. I've got one book left that I have started and I think I've got just over half of it left
so I should finish it in time. I'm filming this a little early, there's about 5 days to go until the
end of the month, so I should finish it in time. So yeah, I won't be taking a punishment
this month but there are a few other books that I want to get around to outside of my
cluder TBR so I will cover those at the end. And I guess, without further
rambling, let's pick the first prompt! [Voiceover] Ok so here we go with roll
number one which is a 6, which is romance. And the prompt is a short book. So for my first role I need to pick a short
romance book and for this I've decided to go for The Bride Test by Helen Hoang which is I believe
around 320 pages so I'm pretty sure that that counts as a short book. This is a companion novel
to The Kiss Quotient which is one of my favorite romance books. I read it last year and it's one of
the steamiest romance books that I think I've ever read but I really really enjoyed it, I'm pretty
sure that I read it in one sitting. From what I understand the bride test follows Khai, who is a
character that was mentioned in The Kiss Quotient. So Khai is Michael's cousin. Michael was the
main male character, like the love interest, in The Kiss Quotient. And Khai is autistic and
he actively avoids relationships, like, romantic relationships. But his mom decides to take things
into her own hands and she travels to Vietnam to find him a wife and the woman that she chooses
for him is called Esme - or Esmé? I'm not actually sure how to pronounce that. But she brings Esme
back to America and it's all about Esme trying to seduce Khai and I'm assuming that because this
is a romance they actually end up falling for each other, like, genuinely. Like I said, I really
really enjoyed The Kiss Quotient and I'm pretty sure that there's another book in this series
that's coming now later this year. I think it was meant to come out last year but it was pushed back
so I really want to try and catch up before then. [Voiceover] Ok so roll number two is a 3 which is
my choice, and the prompt is “recently bought”. So my next role gave me My Choice which means
I can pick any genre. And the prompt to go with it was “recently bought.” So the book
I've decided to go for is Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout. This is
the sequel to From Blood and Ash which was probably my favorite book that I read in March
and I have been dying to pick up this next book because of the way that the last book ended.
I need to know what's going to happen next! For anyone who doesn't know, this is a fantasy
romance series that follows a girl called Poppy who is something called a maiden. Which
means that she's not allowed to be touched and she's not allowed to experience any kind of
pleasure, no one's allowed to even look at her and she is waiting for her ascension. But she's
starting to rebel against the constraints that have been placed on her because her life has never
really been her own and then she's assigned a new guard called Hawke and the story kind of goes from
there, it's really really hard to talk about this book - or this series - without spoilers. One of
my main criticisms for From Blood and Ash was that I found it very predictable but I think the reason
that I found it predictable was because I'd seen so many reviews beforehand and actually some
of the reviews that I saw didn't have outright spoilers but it was quite easy once I knew enough
about this book - or the first book. It was quite easy to work out what was going on. I did actually
see one major spoiler on Twitter which I'm still really annoyed at. But yeah, so far I have
managed to avoid all spoilers for this second book and I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna love it,
like. I'm gonna say it, like, I think this is gonna be 5 stars, like, it's definitely a 5
star prediction, I can't see me not liking this. [Voiceover] Roll number three is a 6 which
is romance and the prompt is a new release. As you would have seen, for my next role I got
romance and the prompt to go with it was to read a new release. And so for this I've decided to
go for The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary which I have an ARC of this through Netgalley, it comes out I
think at the end of April. So I need to read and review it before then. Beth O'Leary is the same
author that wrote The Flatshare and The Switch, which I've read both of her books and really
really enjoyed them. I believe this follows a main character called Addie who is going on a
road trip with her sister to attend a wedding in Scotland. And not long after they set off, another
car goes into the back of them and it turns out that it's Addie's ex-boyfriend Dylan who, like,
she hasn't really seen or spoken to since they broke up two years ago. But Dylan and his friend
are also going to this wedding and because their car is now out of action, Addie has no choice but
to give them a lift and, like, share the journey. Really excited for this one, like I think I said,
I've read both of Beth O'Leary's other books and really enjoyed them. I think I gave them
both 4-stars - or, did I give one of them 5 stars? I can't really remember but I'm pretty sure
that I'm going to enjoy this too, it sounds very light-hearted and funny and I don't think I've
read any second chance romance books. I know that that's a trope that you sometimes see in romance
books so interested to see what I think of it. [Voiceover] Ok so roll number four is a 3 which is
“My Choice” again. And the prompt is a dark cover. My next role gave me “my choice” and the prompt to
go with it was to read a book with a dark cover. So for this I've decided to go for With the Fire
and High by Elizabeth Acevedo which is one of my 5 star predictions. I made a video last year where
I talked about some of my 5 star predictions and I've been trying to work my way through them
all, I've still got quite a few left but this was on that list. So this follows a girl called
Emoni who’s a teenage mom and she really wants to be a chef, like, that is her dream. And I believe
that this is about her journey and it's about her balancing caring for her daughter while also
trying to achieve her dream. I have read two other books by this author but those were both written
in verse which is poetry. I actually have this on audiobook because i listened to The Poet X as an
audiobook and really enjoyed it and so I'm hoping that I will enjoy this as well in that format.
[Voiceover] Ok so roll number 5 which is the final roll is a 2 which is thriller.
And the prompt is Twitter poll. So as you will have seen for my final roll
I got the genre thriller and the prompt to go with it was Twitter poll. So I made a
poll on my Twitter and I asked people to vote for the book that they would like to see me
read and I picked four thrillers that I've been meaning to read for a really really long time.
And the winner was The Passengers by John Marrs which I am actually really really excited
for because I read The One by John Marrs last year and it's one of my favorite thrillers, I
can't remember if I gave it 5 stars or 4 stars but if I gave it 4 stars I really should have given
it 5 stars because it was amazing and it's one of those books that has stuck around in my head and
that I keep thinking about. Especially because they recently turned it into a Netflix show,
although I watched the first episode and it is very very different to the book. So I believe
The Passengers is about self-driving cars and I believe that someone hacks into 8 separate
individual self-driving cars and they broadcast it as a TV show and ask people to vote for who
they want to live or die. It sounds very “black mirror”-ish which I felt the same about The One
and I really like stuff like that. Like, books and TV shows that deal with morality and that are very
dark and twisty, so. I haven't seen many people talk about this on BookTube but I have seen a few
people mention it on Instagram and the reviews that I've seen have been really positive, like,
the reviews that I've seen have been from people that have also read The One and they enjoyed both.
So yeah, really excited to get around to this. So those are all the books I'm adding
to my official TBR cluedo but there are a couple of other books that I
do need to get round to in April, starting with Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
which is the next book in the Grishaverse. I am currently reading King of Scars and I'm
really enjoying it, but I love this series, it's one of my favorite fantasy series and
so I would like to read them quite close together. I've pre-ordered Rule of Wolves from
Waterstones so it should arrive within the next few days I want to say. Um. But yeah, I'm pretty
sure... I don't know if this is actually going to be the last book in the Grishaverse? So yeah
it would be nice to finish off that series. I also have an ARC for The Bone Shard Daughter by
Andrea Stewart which I believe has been out for a while in hardback but it's now being released
in paperback which is why it's now available as an ARC again. I have heard a few people talking
about this and I believe it's set in this world where you have bone shard magic, which I believe
is where people create Frankenstein monster type creatures, I don't know if that's right,
like I said, I haven't read this book yet, but I think that I need to read and review it
before the start of April. I think I've also heard that there's really good LGBTQ+ rep in this
book so I'm really excited to get around to it. Ok so those are the 7 books that I am definitely
planning to read in April. I am also planning to take part in Eurovisionathon this year which
starts in April. I think it starts towards the end of April though. And this is a readathon
that's hosted by Helen from Helen's Book Haven so I'll leave a link to her channel and the
announcement video down below if you wanted to find out more. But basically the idea
behind this readathon is that you read books for each of the countries, or
as many countries as you can, to represent the countries that are taking part
in The Eurovision Song contest. And then when it gets to the actual night of Eurovision,
however those countries perform, like, however they score, you get points based on
the books that you've read for those countries. But yeah, like I said, I will leave a link
to Helen's announcement video down below if you wanted to find out more because she does
a much better job of explaining it than I just did. I think I might do a separate TBR video
for Eurovisionathon because the readathon is happening over the course of a month so there's
a lot of time and there's a lot of books that I do wanna try and read and get around to. So yeah
I've started putting together a list already but one book that I know I definitely want to
read is A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman because I've had this on my kindle for I think
nearly a year and it's about time it's about time that I finally get around to reading it and
because Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author and I'm pretty sure that his books are set in Sweden
because they were originally published in Swedish, this definitely counts for Sweden, so
that's one ticked off my list already. Ok so the only other thing I need to do is make a
prediction of what book I think I'm going to rate the highest this month, because this is TBR Cluedo
and in Cluedo you make predictions about stuff. But I think the book I'm going to go for
is Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout, which makes sense because From
Blood and Ash was my favorite book that I read in March so I don't feel like it's
that much of a leap to think that this is going to be my favorite book
of April but we'll see how it goes! But yeah, I think that does bring me to the end
of the video so thanks for watching if you've made it this far. Let me know in the comments
what books you're planning to read in April, especially if you're planning to read any
of the same books that I'm planning to read and don't forget to give this video
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