April has absolutely flown by. After one month filled with work, and one month filled with holidays, it was nice to settle back into a rhythm. At least, a rhythm when it came to blogging. I spent a lot of this month getting various projects and commitments under control, so lets see what fruit these efforts have borne.

Reading Stats

• Books Read: 13
• Pages Read: 5045
• Pages per Day: 168.17
• Average Star Rating: 3.15
• Book of the Month: The Cuckoo, by Leo Carew
• Remaining TBR: 35

Book Haul

I did it. I finally did it. I bought no books this month. And they said I was mad . . .

Reviews

I spent a fair bit of time this month clearing up my backlog of reviews from the postponed WarhamMarch celebrations, and also managed to put together a pair of Halo reviews that have been germinating for a long time. it wasn’t all about tie-in fiction though, as this summary will show you

• Book: The Great SF Stories: Volume 10: 1948, edited by Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg
• Book: Ultima, by Stephen Baxter
• Book: The Forerunner Saga, by Greg Bear
• Book: Victims of the Nova, by John Brunner
• Book: Earth Afire, by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston
• Book: Void King, by Marc Collins
• Book: The Brave and the Bold, by Keith R. A. DeCandido
• Book: Outgunned, by Denny Flowers
• Book: Wrath of the Lost, by Chris Forrester
• Book: The Long Mirage, by David R. George III
• Book: Original Sin, by David R. George III
• Book: The Shattered Stars, by Richard S. McEnroe
• Book: The World Set Free, by H.G. Wells
• Game: Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Articles

I only managed to write one of my planned articles this month, but it was a slight departure for me. My ‘ESSENTIALS’ articles will hopefully be making another appearance next month.

I also crossed the boundary over to OneReadingNurse to make a guest post about a fantasy series I’ve enjoyed recently.

• AT BOUNDARY’S EDGE ESSENTIALS: The SF That Made Me
• Under the Norther Sky: A Hidden Gem of Modern Heroic Fantasy

SPSFC

A lot of this month was spent catching up with my SPSFC duties. Happily, we are now at the end of the semifinals, and there is only a short way to go before the finalists are announced.

• The Last Gifts of the Universe, by Rory August
• Intelligence Block, by Kit Falbo
• The Peacemaker’s Code, by Deepak Malhotra
• Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days, by Drew Melbourne
• Dim Stars, by Brian P. Rubin
• Semifinalist Score Roundup

Updates

Whew, that was a lot of links. I don’t have much to add this month, other than to say thanks for turning up to read all of this. I’ve got a rough sketch planned out for next month, but in general I’m going to continue trimming down my existing TBR before committing to anything else major. See you soon, kids.