{"id":394,"date":"2013-03-25T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2020-07-11T07:23:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T12:23:43","slug":"aprils-atoz-blog-challenge-reflective-26-letters-26-new-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"April&#8217;s AtoZ Blog Challenge (reflective) &#8211; 26 letters, 26 new book recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_395\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" data-attachment-id=\"395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=395\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mouse-w-umbrella-Dover.gif?fit=650%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,605\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Mouse w umbrella Dover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mouse-w-umbrella-Dover.gif?fit=650%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mouse-w-umbrella-Dover.gif?resize=201%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"drawing of mouse walking with umbrella by Dover\" width=\"201\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April showers bring&#8230; books!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Twenty-six letters.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six new book recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>April showers &#8211; of books!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard the expression, &#8220;If you want something done, ask a busy person.&#8221; That must be the reason that I&#8217;m taking on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-to-zchallenge.com\/p\/2012-to-z-challenge-sign-up-list.html\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">Blogging from A to Z Challenge<\/a>\u00a0 (I&#8217;m #257 of over 1,100 bloggers!) again this April (especially after my so-so experience with it last year). Mainly, I&#8217;m using the A through Z theme to help clear more off my To Be Reviewed shelf of last year&#8217;s titles, so that will get me further along on the <a href=\"http:\/\/evie-bookish.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/2013-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-sign-ups.html\">TBR2012 Challenge<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p>Most are fiction books (over half with pre-2013 copyright dates), with a couple of brand-new nonfiction titles to keep it interesting.<\/p>\n<p>AND my new website is nearly done, so all BooksYALove posts (old and new) will be there very soon. I&#8217;ll let y&#8217;all know when it goes live and will leave a notice at this site to make sure folks find it if they come to the party later.<\/p>\n<p>**kmm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-six letters. Twenty-six blog posts. Twenty-six new book recommendations. April showers &#8211; of books! 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