May 31, 2018

May Wrap-Up & June TBR

I did really well this month! I had originally put 15 books on my May TBR and I read 12 books total. A few weren't on my original TBR and some I've had to put off until June because I couldn't get them this month, but I still think I did awesome with reading this month!

What I Read In April (Reviews Linked):

• After The End (After The End #1) by Amy Plum (4/5 Stars)
• Until The Beginning (After The End #2) by Amy Plum (4/5 Stars)
• Fracture Me (Shatter Me #2.5) by Tahereh Mafi (3/5 Stars)
• Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) by Tahereh Mafi (5/5 Stars)

• Restore Me (Shatter Me #4) by Tahereh Mafi (4/5 Stars)
• Glass Sword (Red Queen #2) by Victoria Aveyard (3/5 Stars)
• Caraval (Caraval #1) by Stephanie Garber (2.5/5 Stars)
• Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber (3.5/5 Stars)

• The Art of French Kissing by Brianna R. Shrum (4/5 Stars)
• Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad #1) by Scott Reintgen (4.5/5 Stars)
• Nyxia Unleashed (The Nyxia Triad #2) by Scott Reintgen (5/5 Stars)
• An Ember In The Ashes (An Ember In The Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir (5/5 Stars)

So I got a lot read! The only review not linked is Nyxia Unleashed. I have that scheduled to go up at the beginning of July (as Nyxia Unleashed comes out on July 17). But I'm incredibly happy with my reading this month! I got 3 of my NetGalley books read! Nyxia Unleashed, The Art of French Kissing and Legendary were all advanced copies from NetGalley. And I've got my ratio at almost 50% now! I'm doing good work! It started at 30% in January. I also got a number of backlisted books off my TBR this month! At least 4 that had been sitting on my shelf for over 2 years! 

Happenings This Month On My Blog: 

• I announced my June Read-Along books! We will be reading The Young Elites Trilogy by Marie Lu! If you have any of these books on your TBR, come join me! Whether you need to read the whole trilogy or just the last book, come read with me! :)
• In relation to Read-Alongs, I posted a discussion talking about Read-Alongs and Re-Reads! Come chat with me about them!
• I also participated in Bout of Books from May 14-20th. I got 4 1/2 books read! Check out my Updates and Wrap-Up for it!

Post I Enjoyed Around The Blogosphere In May:

• AJ @ Read All The Things! talked about the Accuracy of Amazon Recommendations. - I thought this was a great read since me and James were looking at our kindle book recommendations and while mine were generally accurate, his were 100% dead wrong. Lol. 
• Dani @ Perspective of a Writer talked about the Cold, Hard Facts About Commenting Back - I loved this because I think we all can relate to the stresses of commenting back! 
• Evelina @ Avalinah's Books shared her incredibly awesome and useful TBR Spreadsheet and talked a bit about it! 
• Chelcie @ Cornerfolds talks about ARCs and The Pressure They Come With - I thought this was another great post because I think a lot of us can relate to this as well. 

• The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) by Marie Lu
• The Rose Society (The Young Elites #2) by Mari Lu
• The Midnight Star (The Young Elites #3) by Marie Lu
• Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

As I mentioned above, I'm hosting a Read-Along of The Young Elites series in June! If you'd like to read these books with me come sign-up! :)

• A Torch Against The Night (An Ember In The Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir
• A Reaper At The Gates (An Ember In The Ashes #3) by Sabaa Tahir
• King's Cage (Red Queen #3) by Victoria Aveyard
• War Storm (Red Queen #4) by Victoria Aveyard

I only got to Ember in May, so I'll be reading Torch in June. I also didn't have a chance to get a copy of King's Cage and War Storm in May so hopefully I will in June. 

• Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
• The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass #0.1-0.5) by Sarah J. Maas
• Olympian Challenger by Astrid Arditi

I'm also going to be starting a Read-Along hosted by Jessica @ Reading With Jessica for the entire Throne of Glass series. It spans from the end of June up until Kingdom of Ash releases. Since I haven't had a chance to read the series yet I thought it was a good opportunity! Check it out if you haven't read it either! 

• Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare
• City of Bone (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare

So I need to reread all my Shadowhunter books. I still need to read book 3 in The Infernal Devices and books 5 & 6 in The Mortal Instruments. So in order to refresh myself on them I'm going to reread them both from the beginning. I'll only be picking one thus far. I'm not sure which yet.