Looking Back at April 2020

spent working from home, rarely leaving the house, only visiting friends and family by Zoom…

But I managed to keep up my audiobook listening and we shared our 3rd list of comfort listens plus a post of great opening lines. Here are the reviews and articles we shared with you in April, 2020, while the coronavirus pandemic circled the globe.

Reviews – April 2020

• Circe by Madeline Miller

  April 6, 2020

  Narrator: Perdita Weeks
  Narration: A+
  Story: A
  Reviewer: Em
  Publisher: Hachette Audio
  

• Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian

  April 20, 2020

  Narrator: Joel Leslie
  Narration: A
  Story: B+
  Reviewer: Caz
  Publisher: Cat Sebastian
  

• Irresistible by Mary Balogh

  April 7, 2020

  Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
  Narration: A
  Story: B+
  Reviewer: Caz
  Publisher: Tantor Audio
  

• Must Love Otters by Eliza Gordon

  April 21, 2020

  Narrator: Caitlin Davies
  Narration: B
  Story: D+
  Reviewer: Kaetrin
  Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  

• Pansies by Alexis Hall

  April 22, 2020

  Narrator: Cornell Collins
  Narration: B+
  Story: A
  Reviewer: Caz
  Publisher: Tantor Audio
  

• Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

  April 8, 2020

  Narrator: Lorelei King
  Narration: A
  Story: A-
  Reviewer: Kaetrin
  Publisher: Penguin Audio
  

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

  April 28, 2020

  Narrator: Frazer Douglas
  Narration: B+
  Story: A+
  Reviewer: Em
  Publisher: Harper Audio
  

• The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

  April 27, 2020

  Narrator: Kirsten Potter and Brittany Pressley
  Narration: B+
  Story: B+
  Reviewer: Caz
  Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
  

• Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

  April 14, 2020

  Narrator: Andrew Eiden
  Narration: A
  Story: B-
  Reviewer: Caz
  Publisher: Penguin Audio
  

Articles and Features – April 2020

• Looking Back at April 2020

  This has to be the oddest month of my many-decades-long lifetime to date – spent working ...
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• Currently Playing for the Gals, 24th April 2020

  Hey y’all! Another week, another bunch of books we’re listening to – some comfort reads, some ...
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• Currently Playing for the Gals, 17th April 2020

    It’s the end of another week of weirdness – how is everyone out there in ...
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• Our April 2020 Picks

  It’s time for our monthly look at the new and upcoming releases the Gals are ...
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• Audiobooks in the Time of Coronavirus – part 3

  We’re bringing out some more of our “comfort listens” – those books and series that ...
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• Currently Playing for the Gals, 10th April 2020

  Another week of crazysauce… here’s what the Gals are listening to to help us stay ...
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• Currently Playing for the Gals, 3rd April 2020

  So March is done, and I think most of us would say “good riddance – ...
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• Great Opening Lines in Romance Audiobooks

  We scoured our libraries for first lines that really set the tone of the story. Melinda’s ...
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