Milwaukee Christenings and Too Many Readathons // APRIL 2019 WRAP-UP

Wow, I haven’t done one of these wrap-ups in awhile! I thought that since so much had happened in my personal life this month, I thought I would like to bring this little gem back on my blog. 

Earlier in April, I visited Milwaukee, WI to witness my youngest niece’s christening, along with my mother, older sister, her fiance, and my oldest niece. Additionally, I got to meet my brother-in-law-to-be’s huge family. And I thought my family was huge! They were the funniest, loving, kind, tight-knit group of people, which made my sister emotional because while our family is close at heart, we’re not close geographically. Most of our family is spread out between NJ/NY, Texas, California, Atlanta and Florida, so it’s hard to get everyone together aside from formal events like weddings, birthdays, funerals, graduations and such. So seeing my brother-in-law’s family all in one spot, still keeping in touch with each other, was really beautiful.

Here are some pictures of my baby niece and our family!

This was a month full of the 2019 Bookending Spring event, hosted by Sam @ FictionallySam and Clo @ BookDragons. I participated in this event last year, and it was so much fun, and I was so glad it came back for the spring session. Here were some of my favorite posts:

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I also wrote a post about why I don’t have a review policy, and why I have considered getting one. 
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• O.W.L.S Magical Readathon 2019 with a Librarian career
•  Alphabet-A-Thon 2019 Round 8: H Books
• Audiobook A Thon
• Tome Topple Readathon Round 8

I stopped doing weekly memes because I didn’t feel like doing them, to be very honest. It became more of a chore to do them every week, so I just…stopped. But I tend to miss them after a long while, so I’ll be sure to bring back Top 5 Wednesday, Top 5 Tuesday, IHeartCharactersMeme, and Book Blogger Hop! 

How was your April 2019? Comment below!