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RTW: Best Book in April

May 2, 2013August 25, 2015 Crystal // Dreams, etc. 1 comment
RTW: Best Book in April

Happy May Day!

I read about the holiday today after checking to be sure that May 1st is May Day when I wrote it in an email to someone. It’s always interesting to read the origins of holidays…or special days. Is May day considered a holiday? Do people still leave May Day baskets at neighbors doors? I remember doing that one year during Middle School. My class put together a bunch of May Day baskets and left them at the doorways of people who lived around my school. That was actually a fun outing!

I’m sorry that I haven’t been around much lately. I have been in the writing cave and that has pretty much occupied my attention. Camp NaNo was a bust in April but that’s because I was completely focused on editing and rewriting certain parts of my novel. It was all worth it though because now I have a manuscript that (so far) I am pretty pleased with. I’m reading through it one more time because by the end of the month I was working on a scene here and a scene there so I want to make sure that it still flows well before I send it off to my beta readers.

I also read a lot this month, so it’s the perfect time to answer this week’s Road Trip Wednesday post from YA Highway: What was the best book you read in April?
My favorite book of the month would have to be the first book that I read: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys.
The novel is about Josie, the daughter of a brothel prostitute in New Orleans. Josie dreams of a life outside of New Orleans, where everyone knows who her mother is, and plans her escape. But when a mysterious death takes place, Josie is pulled into the investigation.
Filled with family drama, mystery, romance and intrigue, this was a fun book to read. I read it on a plane so I was able to sit down and read it straight through with no distractions. (I love airplane reading for that reason!) Josie is a strong, female character who knows what she wants in life and is willing to go after it. The supporting characters were just as memorable and the mystery was written in such a way that at one point or another I questioned most of the characters in the book, even my favorites. 
What was your favorite book in April?

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  1. Optimistic Existentialist says:
    May 4, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    I didn't read any in April – except for textbooks for my grad class :/ lol

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I'm Crystal, the storyteller behind Dreams, etc. I'm all about learning how to live slowly & sustainably, while also seeking adventure as we follow our dreams, etc.

May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of new growth on plants.
The other day I realized that there is no Savannah The other day I realized that there is no Savannah on my feed and…well, Savannah is beautiful and needs to be there. These were taken in Lafayette Square on my second day in Georgia.
Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
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