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The original theme for this week was Books You’d be a Fool Not to Read. It was creative, but struggled with it because taste in books in so subjective.
Even if a story is well edited and has excellent character and plot development, you and I might still have wildly different reactions to it depending on everything from genre to tropes to writing style to who wrote it. I mean, there are certain authors who are must-reads for me no matter what they write!
Therefore, today I’m going to be sharing a list of books about April Fool’s Day instead.
1. Addison the April Fool’s Day Fairy by Daisy Meadows
2. Fools Rush In: An April Fools Day Anthology by Celia Kennedy
3. April Fool’s Day (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #19) by Carolyn Keene
4. Tsunami: The True Story of an April Fools’ Day Disaster by Gail Langer Karwoski
5. Look Out, It’s April Fools’ Day by Frank Modell
6. April Fool’s Day by Kathleen Hanna
7. The April Fool’s Day Mystery by Marion M. Markham
Have you read any of them? Are you aware of other books set on April 1?
How fun! I think I’ve read one book that centers on April Fools Day, but it was a self-published kind of rom-com… and I cannot remember its title! I always wonder if there are other books centering on kind of “obscure” days like this so lists like this are fun. 🙂
Thanks. I’d bet there are, but finding them may be a little tricky!
Great twist on this prompt, Lydia. I haven’t read any of these, but will see which ones my library has and keep them in my back pocket to read next year for April Fools.
Thank you!
I’m surprised there are that many, to be honest! I spotlit books I tagged humor.
Cool. 🙂
Fun! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a book featuring April Fool’s Day, so I’m impressed you found so many!
Thanks. 🙂
Wow, I didn’t know there were many books set on April Fool’s Day! I can’t think of a single one. (If I *have* read any books set on April Fools Day, obviously the “holiday” wasn’t a memorable part of the book.)
It took some digging to find this many. But, yeah, it’s kind of cool. 🙂
Who knew you could find 10! 🙌 I haven’t heard of or read one!
🙂
Wow! I had no idea there were so many and I’m sure more. Great topic!
Thanks. 🙂
Fun post! I don’t think I’ve read any books set on April Fool’s Day yet.
There aren’t that many of them out there. 🙂
I love your take on this week’s theme. Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.
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Who knew? I had no idea there were so many books about this 1st day in April! Fun list. Thank you.
You’re welcome. 🙂
Nice list, Lydia. I haven’t read any of these but many sound wonderful. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.
You’re welcome!
Oh my gosh…I LOOOOOOVE Nancy Drew! I collected all of those books when I was a teenager, and I could kick myself for giving them away. Happy Tuesday, Lydia!
I liked those books, too! Happy Tuesday.
Fun take on the prompt! I have not read any of these. Actually I don’t think I can remember reading a book about April Fool’s Day but I probably read at least one at some stage when I was a child.
Thank you. I hope you did get to read an April Fool’s Day picture book as a kid!
I love seeing those Nancy Drew and The Clue Crew mysteries 🙂
Thanks!
I didn’t realize there would be so many books about April Fool’s Day XD
There were more than I thought there would be!
I thought about going this route, but I didn’t know of any books set around April Fools day. Thanks for introducing us to some.
You’re welcome. 🙂
Amazing! I don’t think I could have come up with a single book about April Fool’s Day!
It took some digging for sure. 🙂
I thought of such a post as well first, like i do with many such quirky holidays, but then the a-z and poetry fever struck me.. And I realized I haven’t read any of these books (maybe the Nancy Drew one ages ago, but can’t be sure)
You made a good choice! 🙂
Oooh I love how took today’s topic!
Thank you!
This is fun! I have actually never read a book about April Fool’s specifically.
Thanks. It’s not a common setting for sure.
I love where you went with this week’s topic. I agree that reading is so subjective and everyone’s tastes are different. I’ve never looked at books about April Fool’s so these are great! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome.
What a great idea to change to subject to the real April Fool. I would not have thought there are so many books about it. I only know the title “Fools Rush In” but from the movie with Matthew Perry.
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That’s a good pick!
I didn’t know there were so many books about April Fool’s Day. Who knew it was such a popular holiday?
I know, right? 🙂
This is a fantastic list – I had no idea there were so many books about April Fool’s Day. I did get a nice jolt of nostalgia when I saw the Nancy Drew book, though!
Fun!