The end of April is upon us, and…it’s gonna be May, lol! This month seemed longer than usual, but it was a good one! Katie and I hope you enjoyed all the twists and turns this month brought with our fun theme, April Fool’s Day!
April Calendar Girls Participants:
| Katie @ Never Not Reading – Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card | Clarissa @ Clarissa Reads It All – Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan |
| Ashley @ Inside My Minds – Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab | Teri Polen @ Books and Such – The Empress by S.J. Kincaid |
| Deanna @ Deanna Writes About It – We Were Liars by E. Lockhart | Lucinda @ Lucinda Is Reading – Behind Her Eyes by Sara Pinborough |
| Sam @ Modern Witch’s Bookshelf – Behind Her Eyes by Sara Pinborough | Sophie @ Beware the Reader – Father Figure by James J. Cudney and Nerve Damage by J.L. Myers |
| Dani @ Mousai Books – Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff | Flavia @ Flavia the Bibliophile – The Wicked Deep by Shea Earnshaw |
| Lindsey @ Lindsey Reads – The Cruel Prince by Holly Black | Adrienne @ Darque Dreamer Reads – Odd & True by Cat Winters |
Please let us know if for some reason we missed your post from this month!
The votes came in, and the Popular Choice for Favorite Book With a Surprise Ending or Twist:
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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
This is supposed to be a book that comes off as predictable but completely knocks your socks off, so it’s no surprise that it won this month! I am looking forward to reading it!
Twitter Chat:
This month’s chat was fun as always! We hope you enjoyed discussing why you like or don’t like books with twists and surprise endings.
May Theme:
May is coming quickly, and with it a very special day:
Mother’s Day: Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship
We are really looking forward to seeing the choices for this theme! Katie is an amazing mother, and my mother is my best friend, so this theme really won us over!
Reminders:
Don’t forget to join us for our new Twitter chat schedule. Instead of chatting for an hour one day of the month, we decided to spread it out over 5 days to allow more of you to be able to participate! Starting the 3rd Monday of the month (May 20th), each week day will have a new question under the hashtag #CGBChat, and you will have the whole week to join in on the fun!
Adrienne Katie
We hope this helps with those who have never been able to attend the chats before. ❤
And, don’t forget to vote for June’s theme! Voting will close Sunday, May 12th at midnight EST.
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For those who are new to Calendar Girls, it is a monthly blog event that was inspired by the Neil Sedaka song, Calendar Girl. Just like the song, each month has a specific theme, voted on by the participants, where we get to talk about a particular book we love or think fits the theme the best. The blog event was created to incite fun bookish discussions and to spread the blogger love by introducing us to new bloggers and/or books that we have not come across before.
If this sounds like something you would enjoy, make sure to head to my Calendar Girls info page! Drop a comment and let me know if you are interested in joining us.
(Images found on google and pinterest. Theme image made by Katie)
Darque Dreamer
Blogger/ Punk Rocker / Quirky Housewife
The Mermaid Behind the Books 
I’m not sure about May’s theme – from the time it was announced, nothing has come to mind. I’ll take another look and see if I can come up with something.
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I hope you find something! If not, you could always choose something from your tbr that others have said has a good mother/daughter relationship.
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Sooooo cool! I didn’t know about the April theme but I’m definitely going to join for the May Theme. How do I join though?
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All you have to do is put up your post for the month’s theme on the first Monday of each month and link it back to Katie and I. We always make sure our posts are up at midnight EST so everyone can find them. You can visit my info page here: https://darquedreamerreads.wordpress.com/calendar-girls/
And, let me know if you have any questions. I can also add you to the Twitter DM group if you would like.
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