{"id":12594,"date":"2022-05-02T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12594"},"modified":"2022-05-02T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:02:08","slug":"aprila2zchallenge-complete-for-the-11th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12594","title":{"rendered":"#AprilA2ZChallenge complete &#8211; for the 11th year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\" data-attachment-id=\"12937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=12937\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ATZ-badge-2022-alt.jpg?fit=251%2C251&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"251,251\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ATZ-badge-2022-alt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ATZ-badge-2022-alt.jpg?fit=201%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ATZ-badge-2022-alt.jpg?fit=251%2C251&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ATZ-badge-2022-alt.jpg?resize=251%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"April A-to-Z Blog Challenge logo. Blogging from A to Z\" class=\"wp-image-12937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ATZ-badge-2022-alt.jpg?w=251&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ATZ-badge-2022-alt.jpg?resize=201%2C201&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ATZ-badge-2022-alt.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, I wonder if I&#8217;ve bitten off more than I can chew with the A2Z Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, I do recommend a double-handful of new middle grade and young adult books in April that might not be on your radar if you rely on bestseller lists for recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, a few more folks stop by and comment on the titles I&#8217;ve highlighted &#8211; welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks again to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-to-zchallenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#AprilA2Z organizers<\/a> for providing great graphics, inspiration, and a hub for us bloggers to congregate around as we keep on working to communicate our particular passions to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now &#8211; back to my regular 2-3 times weekly posting schedule, even though there are SO many great new books to recommend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was your #AprilA2Z favorite? (Check the tag A2Z for all my April recommendations)<br>**kmm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, I wonder if I&#8217;ve bitten off more than I can chew with the A2Z Challenge. Every year, I do recommend a double-handful of new middle grade and young adult books in April that might not be on your radar if you rely on bestseller lists for recommendations. 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