So it is a new year, it's 2021,
but we are still in lockdown which means more months of staying inside and
staying away from others which also means more time to read.
As I managed 152 books in 2020, I
thought would up the ante and go for 155 in 2021. Between January and March, I was
able to read 50 and now April has ended I am up to 62 as I managed to read 12
books this month. So only another 93 books til I reach my target.
So what are the 12 books I read
in April?
Biography
My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay
Greenlights by Matthew McConaghy
Running by Ronnie O’Sullivan
Unashamed by Lecrae Moore
Fiction
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
Christian
An Ocean of Grace by Tim Chester
1 Kings: The Wisdom and the Folly
by Dale Ralph Davis
2 Kings: The Power and the Fury
by Dale Ralph Davis
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
Children’s
Paddington Abroad by Michael Bond
Non-Fiction
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
Difficult Books
I had to read My Dark Vanessa for my book group his month and boy was it
a difficult read. It made me feel so uncomfortable because the storyline revolved
around Vanessa, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who is manipulated into having a sexual
relationship with her English teacher. What made it so uncomfortable is that Vanessa
still kept in touch with him after leaving the school and still believed that her
teacher did nothing wrong and that he truly cared for her, despite the fact he
was brought up on charges of having done the same thing to some of his other
pupils. I just wanted to shout at Vanessa and tell her to stop being so naïve and
to leave her teacher behind.
