What does your Reading Menu look like for April?

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April Line-up - Red Rising (Sci-fi), The Last Unicorn (Any), The Far Away Girl (Read the World), TBD (Quarterly Non-Fiction) Crime and Punishment (Evergreen), The Divine Comedy (Discovery Read), Armadale (Mod Pick), In Cold Blood (Runner-up Read), Birthday (Bonus Book), Dawnshard (Bonus Book), The Prisoner of Heaven (Bonus Book), Anne of Ingleside (Bonus Book), Birthday (Bonus Book) The Monthly Mini & Poetry Corner.

• Find the previous schedules at MARCH Book Menu here

• Find the next schedules at [MAY Book Menu from the 25th of APRIL

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[MONTHLY MINI]

TBA

[POETRY CORNER]

Coming April 15th

[SCI-FI]

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

was nominated by u/NightAngelRogue and will be run by u/NightAngelRogue.

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Caution! Spoilers!)

Discussion Schedule

• April 7th: Check in 1 - Part I: Chapter 1: Helldiver - Part II: Chapter 12: Change

• April 14th: Check in 2 - Part II: Chapter 13: Bad Things - Part III: Chapter 25: Tribal War

• April 21st: Check in 3 - Part III: Chapter 26: Mustang - Part IV: Chapter 34: The Northwoods

• April 28th: Check in 4 - Part IV: Chapter 35:Oathbreakers - Part IV: Chapter 44: The Beginning (End)

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  [ANY]

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  The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

was nominated by u/IraelMrad and will be run by u/Reasonable-Lack-6585, u/IraelMrad and u/fromdusktil.

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here (Take care spoilers!)

Discussion Schedule

• 4th April - Start through Chapter 4
• 11th April - Chapter 5 through Chapter 8
• 18th April - Chapter 9 through Chapter 11
• 25th April - Chapter 12 through End ***** [READ THE WORLD] ***** #The Far Away Girl by Sharon Maas

for Guyana will be run by u/fixtheblue, u/Meia_Ang and u/nicehotcupoftea

[The Schedule]( with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Warning: this post may contain spoilers)

Discussion Schedule

TBA

[QUARTERLY NON-FICTION]

See nomination post April 1.

[Apr-May DISCOVERY READ]

See nomination post April 1.

[MOD PICK]

Armadale by Wilkie Collins

This book was a close second on The Victorian Lady Detective Agency nomination post, and we all know how much u/Amanda39 loves Wilkie. The Victorian Ladies will be running this one; u/DernhelmLaughed, u/Amanda39 and u/thebowedbookshelf.

[The Schedule]( with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Beware spoilers may be here)

Discussion Schedule

• TBA ***** [RUNNER-UP READ] ***** #In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

This book was nominated back in July 2023 by u/fixtheblue for the Non-Fiction option. It will be run by u/Superb_Piano9536, u/Pythias, u/Tripolie and u/sunnydaze7777777.

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Be aware of spoilers)

Discussion Schedule

• April 5: Part 1 ( u/sunnydaze7777777 )
• April 12: Part 2 ( u/Tripolie )
• April 19: Part 3 ( u/Pythias )
• April 26: Part 4 ( u/Superb_Piano9536 ) ***** [BONUS READ] ***** #Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson

Links to The Way of Kings - Stormlight Archives Book #1 discussions can be found in the joint schedule here, links to Words of Radiance - Stormlight Archives Book #2 discussions can be found here, links to Edgedance - Stormlight Archives Book #2.5 can be found here, links to Oathbringer - Stormlight Archives Book #3 can be found here. This book will be run by u/Captain_Skunk

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Marginalia allow reference to the whole book/series. Proceed with caution. Spoilers)

Discussion Schedule

• Sunday, the 7th of April 2024 - Chapters 1 through 9
• Sunday, the 14th of April 2024 - Chapters 10 to the end ***** [BONUS BOOK] ***** #The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

This is book 3 in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. Links to The Shadow of the Wind (book 1) can be found here and Angel's Game (book 2) here. This book will be run by u/bluebelle236, u/nopantstime and u/Vast-Passenger1126.

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts. Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Marginalia allow reference to the whole book/series. Proceed with caution. Spoilers)

Discussion Schedule

• Friday April 5th - Epigraph to pt2, ch8

• Friday April 12th - pt2, ch9 to p3, ch12

• Friday April 19th - p3, ch13 to end

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  [BONUS READ]

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  Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

Links to Anne of Green Gables are here, Anne of Avonlea right here, Anne of the Island right here, Anne of Windy Poplars here, and Anne House of Dreams here. This book will be run by u/Pythias, u/Amanda39 and u/tomesandtea.

[The Schedule]( with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Marginalia allow reference to the whole book/series. Proceed with caution. Spoilers)

Discussion Schedule

• TBA ***** [BONUS READ] ***** #Birthday by Kōji Suzuki

Here are links to Book #1 Ring and book #2 Spiral, and book #3 Loop. This book will be run by u/fixtheblue, u/Reasonable-Lack-6585 and u/Regular-Proof675.

[The Schedule]( with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here closer to the start date. (Marginalia allow reference to the whole book/series. Proceed with caution. Spoilers)

Discussion Schedule

• TBA ***** *****
  CONTINUING READS ***** [Mar-Apr DISCOVERY READ] ***** #The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Is the winner of our Medieval/Middle Ages Discovery Read. This book was nominated by u/Previous_Injury_8664 and will be run by u/Greatingsburg and co.

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here (Beware spoilers may be here)

Discussion Schedule

• 19th March - Discussion 1 - Inferno 1 to 7 (~38 pages)
• 26th March - Discussion 2 - Inferno 8 to 16 (~40 pages)
• 2nd April - Discussion 3 - Inferno 17 to 25 (~41 pages)
• 9th April - Discussion 4 - Inferno 26 to 34 (~43 pages)

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• 16th April - Discussion 5 - Purgatorio 1 to 7 (~35 pages)
• 23rd April - Discussion 6 - Purgatorio 8 to 15 (~37 pages)
• 30 April - Discussion 7 - Purgatorio 16 to 24 (~41 pages)
• 7th May - Discussion 8 - Purgatorio 25 to 33 (~43 pages)

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• 14th May - Discussion 9 - Paradiso 1 to 7 (~36 pages)
• 21st May - Discussion 10 - Paradiso 8 to 15 (~36 pages)
• 28th May - Discussion 11 - Paradiso 16 to 24 (~39 pages)
• 4th June - Discussion 12 - Paradiso 25 to 33 (~40 pages) ***** ***** [BIG SPRING READ] ***** #The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

was nominated by u/bluebelle236 and will be run by u/eeksqueak, u/bluebelle236, u/Blackberry_Weary, u/Vast-Passenger1126, u/Reasonable-Lack-6585 and u/tomesandtea.

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here (Take care spoilers!)

Discussion Schedule

• 3/11: Chapters 1-9
• 3/18: Chapters 10-20
• 3/25: Chapters 21-28 (safe to listen to podcast ep. 2)
• 4/1: Chapters 29-39 (safe to listen to podcast ep. 3)
• 4/8: Chapters 40-48
• 4/15: Chapters 49-58 (safe to listen to podcast ep. 4)
• 4/22: Chapters 59-65
• 4/29: Chapters 66-76 (safe to listen to podcast ep. 5)
• 5/6: Chapters 77-84 (safe to listen to podcast ep. 6) ***** [EVERGREEN] ***** #Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

will be run by u/bluebelle236, u/Reasonable-Lack-6585, u/WanderingAngus206, u/infininme and u/towalktheline because it has been a loooong time since this classic was last read with r/bookclub (Feb 2017) so it's about time we read it again!

The Schedule with direct links to all the discussion posts Marginalia can be found here (Spoilers here)

Discussion Schedule

• 7th March – from p1, c1 to p1, c4

• 14th March – from p1, c5 to p2, ch1

• 21st March – from p2, ch2 to p2, ch5

• 28th March – from p2, ch6 to p3, ch1

• 4th April – from p3, ch2 to p3, ch5

• 11th April – from p3, ch6 to p4, ch3

• 18th April – from p4, ch4 to p5, ch1

• 25th April – from p5, ch2 to p5, ch5

• 2nd May – from p6, ch1 to P6, ch5

• 9th May from p6, ch6 to end

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