New month, new book thread! My first book for April was Sentenced to Troll by S.L. Rowland (narrated by Eric Jason Martin).
After Chad’s online trolling goes too far, he’s sentenced to spend 30 days as an actual troll in a video game.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8b7bf2db-2655-4835-a86b-d562c27563de?redirect=true
Book 2 was Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James (narrated by Iggy Toma & Alexander Cendese).
NHL star Ezra is a one-and-done kind of guy. When he’s out on the town after losing a game, local fans attack him. Hometown hero Anton comes to his rescue.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ebe984b5-9e2e-4459-a9aa-ebe843d953b6
Book 3 was The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman (narrated by Angus Freathy).
Parts of this book are very dated. But there’s a lot of baby in that bath water. There’s a lot of really good stuff in here about tightening up your writing – especially on a sentence level.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0c521221-db02-46a6-aeea-43fc1c1bc061?redirect=true
Book 4 was Red Heir by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey (narrated by Nick J. Russo).
After picking the wrong pocket, Loth winds up in prison. He tries striking up conversation with his grumpy cell mate, Grump – but then there’s a break-in.
A great fun read.
Available in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/red-heir
Book 5 was George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett (narrated by Samuel Barnett).
The cover and blurb both say quirky queer time travel romance. But the book is historical lit-fic about the meaningless of modern life.
Libro.fm has it on sale: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063424715-george-falls-through-time
Book 6 was Marshmallow Mountain by A.J. Truman & M.A. Wardell (narrated by Kirt Graves & Ryan H. Reid).
Six months ago, Marsh unceremoniously dumped Marshall. Now, he wants him to join him for one final weekend, clearing out their cottage.
Available in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/marshmallow-mountain
Oops, missed one. This was actually earlier in the month, but now it’s going in as book 7. Ravaging Phantom by S.T. Arsheep.
After losing someone he loves, Zaven drinks his way through every the bar on the planet. And defending the locals.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2c99c43f-b189-4417-b483-13c3a09bb204
Book 8 was Create Story Conflict by Eileen Cook (narrated by Joëlle Anthony).
Excellent resource on what conflict is, why your story needs more of it, and how to integrate it into your story.
Get it in #KoboPlus: https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/create-story-conflict-1
Book 9 was How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager by D. N. Bryn (narrated by Simon Dornet).
Vincent is a vampire. He’s also poor, homeless, and starving. Wes is a grieving human, determined to avenge his mother.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/44834bd2-83da-4545-912a-f92201dc0572
Book 10 was Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown (narrated by Kristen DiMercurio & Jamal Roque).
On Jaylen’s last night in Seattle, he meets Lucy. A one-night fling might be just what she needs. Except then everything changes.
Libro-fm has it on sale: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781488233715-shoot-your-shot
Book 11 was Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon (narrated by Kevin R. Free).
Christopher’s agent tells him to attend a writers’ retreat to persuade his publishers not to drop him. Then people start dying.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/30a58f5d-fb4a-4e27-a5c2-355943653b66
Book 12 was Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish (narrated by Greg Boudreaux).
After an extended period of sofa-surfing, Rye inherits a house. He packs up and moves across the country … only to discover the house is falling down. Then he meets Charlie.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4a76d4d0-c3d6-428c-be92-282e6ae60df9?redirect=true
Book 13 was Super Simple Story Structure by L.M. Lilly.
Does this book give good, solid advice relating to story structure? Yes, actually. But it’s got to be possible to do that without using racist examples.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/19656035-41e2-4707-bdaf-9d48abae0d5c
Book 14 was Wyngraf Romance Special 2025 by S. C. Mills, Kaitlin Schmidt, AM Croll, and Luana Saitta.
Three short works, all fantasy romance and all with trans main characters.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6fb5a419-c404-445f-a815-896105a607aa?redirect=true
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