April's Books, Posts & Headlines

True to form I finished 9 books in April which is about average for me these days.

4.3, BLACKOUT, Lisa Unger (29 April)
4.9, ECHOES FROM THE DEAD, Johan Theorin, (26 April)
4.7, THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE, Agatha Christie (19 April)
4.0, TEA TIME for the TRADITIONALLY BUILT, Alexander McCall Smith (16 April)
4.2, THE WHOLE TRUTH, David Baldacci (14 April)
4.5, THE IRON HEART, Marshall Browne (13 April)
4.2, MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT, Kerry Greenwood (7 April)
5.0, PLAY DEAD, Richard Montanari (4 April)
4.2 PANDORA'S DAUGHTER, Iris Johansen (1 April)

I posted 51 times which is a bit more than I should have. (1.7 a day, my year's averga eis 1.5 a day)
I won't list them but if you've missed any blog postings, this link will unpack the full the April archive for you.

Breaking News/Headlines for April 2009

• Who poisoned George Frederick Handel?
• First Tuesday Book Club - April 7 - The Private Patient
• New Stephen Booth title available: THE KILL CALL
• Crime fiction dominates the 2009 Galaxy British Book Awards
• Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Short List
• Various Irish book award shortlists
• 2009 Thriller Award Nominees Announced
• Mornington Peninsula in crime
• Easter Crime Novels
• 3 Acts of Murder coming to ABC TV
• Win a book at Euro Crime
• CrimeFest shortlists for Last Laugh and Sounds of Crime
• Take a Book Bloggers survey for Crimefic reader
• Paradise Lost - The Martin Beck series
• The man and his city - Peter Corris
• The less orderly world underneath Agatha Christie
• My 600th post!
• PD Martin, guest blogger on KillZone
• Obama wins British book prize
• SD Harvey Ned Kelly Award for short stories
• Author serialising book on Twitter - 140 characters a time
• Index of Traditional Cozies
• Aravind Atiga (White Tiger) answers questions
• Win a copy of THE IRON HEART
• Mystery of the body parts trail
• Twitter with me
• Write a story with us - Collaborations in Paradise
• BLOOD MOON, Garry Disher
• Finalists for the Arthur Ellis Awards 2009 announced
• Edgar Awards to be announced Thursday 30 April 2009
• Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in London
• Angelina Jolie as Dr. Kay Scarpetta??
• Edgar Winners Announced
• Nordic Glass Key Nominees
• Alexander McCall Smith on light hearted mysteries
• 16th Book Review Blog Carnival
• The Moral Riddle of AJ Raffles
• Writer's Rooms: Kirsty Brooks
• Brian McGilloway's top 10 modern Irish crime novels
• Branagh+ Wallander = BAFTA
• 2009 Nebula Awards
• Venice Panoramas for those who read Donna Leon's books
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners

I didn't realise there was so much news!