April has been a quick month, which is such a relief when I think about how the previous months have dragged by.
Aside from working and reading, I’ve been spending a lot of time playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. I’ve had it since 2020 and played it off and on since then, and I’ve finally made it to 4 stars.
In my spare time I’ve been working my way through my Philippa Gregory backlist, with The Lady Of The Rivers and The White Queen. I’ve enjoyed both of these, and am loving learning more about the Wars of the Roses, even if it is highly fictionalised.
Currently reading:
There’s an unintentional them here…
Finished reads:
Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens – a Netgalley arc which had me guessing all the way to the end.
The Lady of Rivers by Philipa Gregory- I loved The Other Boleyn Girl when I read it a couple of years ago as part of a buddy read, so I bought some more books by the author. Then abandoned them on my shelf until now.
All this talk of a new series of Wolf Hall has put me in the mood for more royal court drama, and being introduced to a new historical figure in Jaquetta has fanned the flames of my obsession with this time period.
The book itself is packed with plenty of detail and action, and Jaquetta herself is a strong, determined woman who knows how to play her cards in order to fit in at the English court.
New buys
Netgalley approvals:
As if my TBR pile isn’t towering enough, I discovered that Netgalley has an “available now” section and proceeded to request a lot of books.
TBR tackle progress – hosted by Books Are 42.
Completed:
- Royalty – The Lady Of The Rivers
- Young Adult – Last Girl Breathing
- Female author
- Starts with C or P
- Time jump
- Red on the cover
- Gold on the cover
- First book in a series
Still to finish:
- Plants on the cover
- Fantasy
- Book by a Black Author
- Novella
- Starts with A or T
- STEM themes
- Fairytale or folklore inspired
- Green on the cover
- Starts with G or N
- Borrowed book
- Yellow on the cover
We finally got a Thursday Murder Club cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adaptations tend to make book lovers anxious because our favourite characters are forever going to be associated with the actor’s performance of them, while the script will be 100% true to the source material or wildly dramatic and nothing like our beloved stories.
April brought me some of this panic when Richard Osman teased an upcoming announcement of the cast of the Thursday Murder Club adaptation, before finally dropping some names towards the end of the month.
Thankfully, I can say I am both relieved and impatiently waiting for the film to be made and ready to watch, as the cast so far is pretty spot on to what I had been hoping for and the speculation I’ve read online.
My absolute favourite casting decision is none other than Helen Mirren for Elizabeth. The legend herself suits this role in a way I can’t describe, and I’m so happy she has been given it.
For the parts of Ibrahim and Ron, I had nobody specific in mind, so the roles going to Ben Kinglsey and Pierce Brosnan didn’t cause much of a reaction either way.
Ben Kingsley’s name had come up a few times during my deep dive into who the internet would cast, and although I haven’t see much of his work, I think he will be good in the role of Ibrahim.
I have to admit to not expecting Pierce Brosnan for Ron, but I’m trying to reserve judgement because for all I know, he could be perfect in the part.
Avoiding reality with books 
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