 i think i brought this book upon myself it is an addictive escapist novel that sparkles with wit if you need something done give it to a busy person maybe even buy a bonnet i don't have a bonnet at this time somehow april is upon us well almost i'm filming this a little bit early luckily or at least for me happily my april tbr is not too monstrous which is really exciting for me because there's so many tbr projects like secret tbr projects vlog projects whatever i call them that i'm in the midst of and then i'm really behind on i'd like i'd like to have time to read books i'd like to have time to write i'd like to have time to mood read so anyway i am delighted with how few books have my tbr but of course not being busy means i probably won't do anything extra because they say if you need something done give it to a busy person well anyway uh yeah april tbr i have eight books that i'm for sure for sure i'm gonna read first book i actually ordered at the beginning of the month like march 10th or 11th and i only just today i mean i know you don't know what today is but today is almost the end of march i just got a shipping notification so i am holding a placeholder for it right now and that is the book that my patrons have chosen for me to read and vlog for them and that is do androids dream of electric sheep by philip k dick i believe i've only read one philip k dick book before and that was man in the high castle i think i brought this book upon myself because um i was like wearing my patrons ears off talking about blade runner 2049 and also the original blade runner but mostly 2049 so they're like great you're so into blade runner read androids dream of electric sheep so yeah i've only myself to blame for this one i don't know i don't think it's terribly long but i also i don't have the physical book because they haven't sent it to me yet but i don't think it's like super long so at least if i hate it it's not a terribly long book but i am interested to read it if for no other reason than curiosity because it did inspire blade runner and blade runner 2049 um from reading man in the high castle i don't know that philip k dick is like the author for me but that is only one book um and i had seen the show or the first season of the show man in the high castle before reading it so i was quite surprised by how different it was and i'm pretty sure androids is also quite different from the movie blade runner so i'm prepared for that but we'll see which i don't really like the original blade runner movie so i won't be very like i won't necessarily be upset that it's different from that it could always be worse though so we'll see next up blades and bodice repers is back and if you miss the memo we're dressing up for all of our book club buddy read live shows um and so on in april we will it is amanda's pick so the live show will be on amanda's channel and we will be dressed up for it as um women of the regency for splendid by julia quinn um this year we're kind of doing what we've pseudo named og 2023 where we're trying to pick kind of like genre progenitors genre classics uh that's kind of what i always do when i pick mine but the ladies are also doing that so this is an older romance novel so as i say we'll be dressed as as a regency well gentlemen as well i suppose i don't actually know what the what my co-host will be wearing i can tell you that i will be dressed as a regency lady and i fully intend to like do an updo and curl and and do the things maybe even buy a bonnet i don't have a bonnet at this time but i might get a bonnet might be difficult to wear a bonnet during a live show i don't know we'll see but we will be reading splendid and hopefully i don't hate it but it's a romance novel so we'll see next we are tugging along on the book of the new sun read along that i'm doing on my patreon and we are at the fourth and final book for the like book of the new sun although we are reading the fifth book which is earth of the new sun which is kind of like an extra also part of it or like the book of the new sun is like these four so we will pseudo be done when we finish a citadel of the autark in april and i'm so looking forward to it it has been such a blast chatting about these books with my patrons there's just so much to talk about so i'll be kind of i don't know what i'm gonna do with myself when we're done well we've got citadel of the autark in april and then in may earth of the new sun and then and then our lives will be changed forever but i am excited next is one of my two book of the month club books um this i did as my add-on and full disclosure i literally just bought this for the cover because i just really really like this cover and then after i ordered it i started to see a bunch of buzz about this book and i was like oh i guess i chose well or at least maybe not well because i often don't like popular books but i didn't know i hadn't heard any buzz about it never heard of this before in my life when i picked it so i was like oh i guess it's like a happening book anyway the book in question is pineapple street by jenny jackson my understanding is that it is a darkly humorous take on kind of like the upper crust of new york um that's kind of all i know about it but that's my understanding is that it's kind of just like a people story but it's kind of like it's not like a comedy but it's kind of poking fun a bit at the like more wealthy of like brooklyn uh old money stockton family uh brooklyn heights it is an addictive escapist novel that sparkles with wit the miles between the haves and the have knots the insanity of first love we'll see about we'll see about that but anyway it's not very long people are talking about it i really like the cover so for that reason i really hope you like it but i always hope i'm gonna like the books that i pick up and it's like 50 50 we'll find out next is my other book of the month club book which was my book of the month but also this is the book that my patrons and i are going to buddy read like as our official buddy read book of the new sin is just extra so our official like that we all voted on or they all voted on her was voted on to read together and discuss on my patreon is the adventures of amina el surafi by shannon chakraborty i am one of those rare people that didn't like city of brass i didn't hate city of brass at all i just thought it was pretty mid like and i didn't continue in the series but people love chakraborty i believe this is the first thing that she's written since finishing that uh davibot i think the city of brass trilogy is called this is fantasy again just like city of brass was um i believe it's like a high seas adventure i don't really know too much about it except that it's fantasy i believe it has a female protagonist and that it's written by the author of the davibot trilogy and it's getting a lot of buzz for that reason so i'm certainly curious to read it we'll see how i do with it um i didn't like i said i didn't hate city of brass and if she's like progressed as a writer perhaps this will be more my cup of tea but but we shall see next we are continuing the witcher read along on chapter three podcast um so the last tuesday of april will will be chatting live on chapter three podcast about blood of elves which is like the first book in like the witcher saga we read the first two like short story bind up prequel type things this is like officially like book one of like the witcher story where it starts properly so we're not skipping months we're reading this straight through until lady of the lake then we'll take a break and then we'll read season of storms but yeah i i've only read this once and i remember really liking the first few books in the witcher series it's kind of fizzled for me towards the end but this was a star strong start i recall so i'm very much looking forward to rereading it and to discussing it with bethanie and you all when you come and join us for the chat which you will of course likewise we are continuing the red rising read along myself alexand angela and we will be reading morning star in april which is the third and final book in the red rising trilogy and then we begin the rest of the red rising saga and i yeah this will be my third time reading it i think third time i've been loving rereading this books i'm a huge fan of red rising so that's not surprising and it's been a ton of fun chatting about it with alexand angela and with everybody who comes to our live chats to chat with us we will have another giveaway for this book as well so if you're interested in free stuff you know come and join us for that reason alone and yeah i'm super super pumped we haven't how do we have the date yet for the live show but it will be towards the end of april possibly beginning of may if need be and like i said it will be on angela's channel and yeah come and join us and if you're behind just just catch up read red rising golden sun and morning star and then you can come join us last but not least i'm continuing my year of gayman with american gods which i did actually read last year almost around the same time no i think it was in january is it january i think about it in january anyway it's been just over a year since i last read american gods and yeah i'm looking forward to rereading it also i don't know if it existed before and i didn't know about it or if it's new but there is a new different audiobook version with a full cast so i will almost 100% be reading it that way um i didn't really like the original audiobook that we had for it's one of the few that neil gayman does not read um and the narrator was like fine i don't really like it so like i mean we just like read it physically when i've read it so i don't like the audio but this new audio i'm quite excited about we'll see maybe maybe i won't like it either but i've got it so we'll give it a go um i haven't decided what type of video i'll do for this um i haven't posted it yet because i've not done yet but uh for smoke and mirrors i'm doing a vlog so we'll see how you guys like that and maybe we'll do a vlog for american gods or not i don't know i haven't decided do let me know what you want and those are all the books that i'm for sure for sure gonna read in april hopefully i'll read others as well but that is all tbd but anyway let me know your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below by the books that i'm reading are you reading them as well will you never ever read the books that i'm reading have you already read them whatever you let me know i post videos on saturdays other random times as well but only saturdays so like and subscribe join my patreon if you feel so inclined and i'll see you when i see you