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April 5: Do You Ever Dream About Books?

Prompts: Do you ever dream about books? Which fictional characters have appeared in your dreams? Have you ever had book-related nightmares? Or do you have happier bookish dreams?

Welcome to the first LTB of April, everyone! Today’s topic is certainly interesting, all about dreaming. I have a feeling many will say they simply don’t dream or don’t remember their dreams, but perhaps there are more dreamers in the bookish community than I know.

I don’t personally dream about books. I think in the past I have had a nightmare or two over books like the Goosebumps series, but that was when I was much younger. I don’t think it’s too often that I dream about anything that happens in a book. That being said, I think that reading books does sometimes put me in certain moods that might tend to trigger dreams (not book-related). But I think it has something to do with me thinking and contemplating a book’s message or plot.

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Anticipated Books Coming April 2024

April 4, 2024 Fives @ Down The Rabbit Hole

Welcome to April, everyone! It has not quite warmed up where I am, but hopefully you all are enjoying the spring sunshine. Nevertheless, each month brings new anticipated books and that’s always exciting! I definitely see some covers this month that I’m already excited for. As usual, I have linked the goodreads links for your convenience. without further ado, let’s see that line-up!

April 2

The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
Darker by Four by June C.L. Tan
Draw Down the Moon by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

April 9

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Teenage Dirtbags by James Acker
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

April 16

To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang
The Kill Factor by Ben Oliver

April 23

Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin
Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
Dark Parts of the Universe by Samuel Miller

And that’s a wrap! I can never get over those Judy I. Lin covers, I’m such a sucker for that kind of art—definitely picking that one up when I can. Any that you all are looking forward to, or any that we missed? Let us know in the comments below!

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Review: Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena

March 27, 2024 Fives @ Down The Rabbit Hole

Welcome to Stanhope – a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.

William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter Ella unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper.

Hours later, Ella’s family declare her missing.

Suddenly Stanhope doesn’t feel so safe. And William isn’t the only one on his street who’s hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Ella’s neighbours become increasingly unhinged.

Who took Ella Wooler?

I’m not entirely sure why the synopsis on goodreads says the daughter’s name is Ella when in the book, it’s Avery. But nevertheless, this was the latest book from Shari Lapena in 2023, and I really enjoyed it! There were a couple of things that threw me off, but overall it was such an exciting page-turner I finished reading it in about 2 hours. That’s a win in my books.

Everyone Here is Lying is about a safe neighbourhood in which a 9-year-old girl suddenly goes missing. The book takes place over more and more POVs as we follow two detectives trying to solve the mystery of this small town. The missing girl’s father was a respected doctor in the town, who was having an affair with a woman in their neighbourhood. More and more characters from the neighbourhood are introduced, but all seem to have a secret agenda. The book really lives up to the title—just who is telling the truth in this town?