April Activity Calendar Reads

There's a random holiday for every day of the year. Mark the occasion with a book!

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Book cover for "Banana cream pie murder"
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3.3 stars
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APRIL 19 IS NATIONAL BANANA DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO BANANA-RELATED FICTION
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New York Times Bestseller: After a glorious honeymoon, baker Hannah Swensen must deal with a ghastly homicide...

A romantic seven-day cruise is the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage. However, with a murder mystery heating up back in Minnesota, it seems the newlywed's homecoming won't be as sweet as anticipated.

Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams...
Book cover for "Before we were yours"
Star rating for Before we were yours
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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APRIL 10 IS NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO SIBLINGS FICTION
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"Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. South Carolina, Present Day. Avery Stafford has lived...
Book cover for "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time"
Star rating for The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Average Rating:
4 stars
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APRIL 18 IS ADULT AUTISM AWARENESS DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO FEATURES A CHARACTER ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM
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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
Book cover for "Dance away with me"
Star rating for Dance away with me
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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APRIL 29 IS NATIONAL DANCE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO DANCE FICTION
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At long last, the legendary New York Times bestselling author returns with a heartfelt novel of womanhood, a wild heart, and the healing power of love.
Run, run, as fast as you can!

When life throws her one setback too many, midwife and young widow Tess Hartsong takes off for Runaway Mountain. In this small town high in the Tennessee mountains, surrounded by nature, she hopes to outrun her heartbreak and find the solace

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Book cover for "Easter bonnet murder"
Star rating for Easter bonnet murder
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Average Rating:
3 stars
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APRIL 20, 2025 IS EASTER
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"Part-time reporter Lucy Stone isn't about to put all her eggs in one basket during a frantic Easter in Tinker's Cove--especially when it comes to cracking a deadly mystery ... Known for its cheerful staff and elaborate annual Easter Bonnet Contest, the Heritage House senior center regularly attracts new residents and positive press. But once the town's retired librarian, Miss Julia Tilley, checks in to recover from an illness, Lucy sees a side of...
Book cover for "The memory library"
Star rating for The memory library
Average Rating:
4 stars
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APRIL 6 IS NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY
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"For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter's birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves--with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella--Sally's only child--fled to Australia twenty-one years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back. And though Sally still dutifully adds a new paperback to the shelves every time the clock strikes midnight on July 11th, her hopes of...
Book cover for "The night we lost him"
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3.4 stars
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APRIL 10 IS NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY
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"When the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was. From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Reeses Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me comes a riveting mystery wrapped in an epic love story"--
Book cover for "Shakespeare for squirrels"
Star rating for Shakespeare for squirrels
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Fool novels volume 3.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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APRIL 23 IS TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO SHAKESPEARE-RELATED NONFICTION
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Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging--last seen in The Serpent of Venice--washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of...
Book cover for "To sleep in a sea of stars"
Star rating for To sleep in a sea of stars
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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APRIL 26 IS ALIEN DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO SCIFI
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A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.