Month in Review: May 2018

May has been an odd month. Stressful at times, but nice at others. Somehow today is June and my birthday is tomorrow and I just can't fathom how another year has gone by. Life is crazy, isn't it?

In bookish news, I had a pretty decent reading month. I read some longer books this month that took up more time than usual, and I read a good handful of five-star books. In fact, almost all of the books I read this month were four stars or more I think, with only about two or three exceptions. I've also started in on reading some TBRindr self-published books and so far they have been amazing (Kingshold was one of them and I cannot recommend it enough!). I know a lot of bloggers can be skeptical of self-published novels (and believe me, I understand why), but I've been reading such incredible ones lately that I'm really looking forward to reading more as well. 

As always, everything that I did over the past month on the blog is posted below. How was your month? Did you read any great books? Bad books? Be sure to let me know!

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Books read: 10

        
  
A Cavern of Black Ice by J.V. Jones ★★★★★
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang ★★★★★
Kingshold by DP Woolliscroft ★★★★★
Furyborn by Claire Legrand ★★★★★
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant ★★★★
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff ★★
 Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman ★★★
Self-Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon ★★★★
A Star-Reckoner's Lot by Darrell Drake ★★★★
Windsworn by Derek Siddoway ★★vv

(this month)


 
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik ★★★★ (review coming in July!)
84K by Claire North ★★★ (review coming soon!)
The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente ★★★★
Torn by Rowenna Miller ★★★★
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas ★★★★

Month in Review: April 2018

Author Guest Post Ft. Jesse Teller (The Manhunters) -- "The Timeless Enemy"

Anticipated June 2018 Releases!

New-To-Me Authors That I'd Like to Continue Reading!

Top Ten Tuesday:
 Books I Wish a Lion Would Hunt Down Early For Me
Beautiful Book Covers Featuring My Favorite Colors
Books I Didn't Really Like, But I'm Still Glad I Read Them

Tell Me Something Tuesday:
Are you more inclined/ less inclined to read books that are compared to other popular books or authors?

First Chapter Tuesday:
The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V.S. Redick

Waiting on Wednesday:


 

The Forbidden City by Deborah A. Wolf & The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
Starless by Jacqueline Carey
The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston & A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman
Summerland by Hannu Ranjaniemi & The Mermaid by Christina Henry
 The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay & The Last Cruise by Kate Christensen

The Friday Face-Off:
Gravestones

Have you read any of these? What books did you read this month? I hope you all have a great month-- comment below!

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