May Wrap Up

May was a very hectic month for me, to put it nicely. If I wasn’t putting it nicely, I would say that it was one of the worst months I’ve had in a while 😂.

Thankfully, though, while my personal life may have been a mess, it was a great blogging and reading month! I was able to complete 1 of the 2 books on my May TBR (The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater, which was glorious), and kept up with posting by being very diligent about planning and scheduling my posts. 

I also created a separate Twitter account for all book-related activities, and got to do a lot more interacting with some fellow book bloggers (special mention to Lauren @ Wonderless Reviews, Liam @ Hey Ashers!, and Fatima @ Noteable Pad for just being amazing). Being a part of this community just becomes more and more gratifying every month, and I’m so glad that I returned to become more active in this community. 

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Books I Read

Compared to the 1 book I read in April, May was a pretty good reading month for me! In total, I read 11 books this month. I actually enjoyed most of the books I read, and absolutely adored a few, but I did have to give my first ever DNF – I DNF’d The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan. It was really difficult for me to do, because I never DNF books, and I especially would have never expected myself to DNF a Rick Riordan book. But honestly, The Hidden Oracle just confirmed what I’ve been suspecting since finishing off the Heroes of Olympus series – I’ve outgrown Rick Riordan.

Anyway, onto the actual books I read! I’ll be linking my reviews to all these books down below. 

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer – ★★★½☆☆
• I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – ★★★★☆
• Summer Days and Summer Nights, edited by Stephanie Perkins – ★★★½☆☆
• The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder – ★★★★☆ (review will be posted 6/2/16)

• Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black – ★★★☆☆
• The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #4) – ★★★★★
• Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers – ★★★½☆☆
• Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #4) – ★★★★★

• We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson – ★★★★½☆
• The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (The Trials of Apollo #1) – DNF
• The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson –★★★★½☆ (review to come!)

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Books I Obtained

I actually posted a book haul yesterday, if you guys want to check that out, but I obtained 13 physical books and 2 e-books this month! 

E-books

• Summer Days and Summer Nights by Stephanie Perkins
• The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse

I received both these books in exchange for an honest review, and while I’ve already read Summer Days and Summer Nights (as you could probably tell from earlier on in this post), I have yet to read The Neverland Wars.

Physical Books For Review

• The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #4)
• We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
• The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder
• Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood 
• Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers
• Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black
• The Midnight Sea by Kat Ross (The Fourth Element #1) 
• Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalo

Physical Books I Bought

• Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #4)
• I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
• The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
• The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (The Trials of Apollo #1) 
• The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski (The Winner’s Trilogy #1)

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Posts In May

Reviews

• Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (Passenger #1)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer 
• I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
• Summer Days and Summer Nights, edited by Stephanie Perkins
• Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black
• The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #4)
• Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers
• Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #4)
• We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

Fictional Favorites Series

• My Favorite Fictional Foods
• My Favorite Fictional Schools

Book Tags and Awards

• The Liebster Award
• The Blogger Recognition Award
• The Versatile Blogger Award
• Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award
• The Miranda Sings Award
• The Birthstone Book Tag
• Intimidating TBR Tag
• New York By the Book Tag
• Summertime Madness Book Tag

Top Ten Tuesday/Top Five Wednesday

• Top Ten Websites I Love That Aren’t About Books
• Top Ten Books I Feel Differently About After Time Has Passed
• Top Five Authors You’d Want To Meet At Book Expo America & Bookcon
• Top Five Summer Reads
• Top Five Characters You Are Most Like

Miscellaneous

• Goodreads TBR Unhaul
• May 2016 Book Haul

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Well, that was basically my May in a nutshell! There’s something so satisfying about being able to look back at everything I did on this blog in the past month, HAHAH. I hope you all had a great May, and that June does you all good. Link me to your May Wrap Up posts so that I can check them out 🙂