Life

May was a weird month, but you can read all about it in my discussion posts if you haven’t already. I did some forward planning, which is kind of a big deal for me right now. And lots of reading again.

I’m actually loving how much reading I’ve been getting done this year. I’m already 2/3 of the way to my goal for the year and halfway to my stretch goal… and we’ve only finished 5 months. I may beat my stretch goal as well. But I don’t want to jinx myself and end up in a huge slump, so I’m not changing any goals.

Going into June, I didn’t put together a specific PRIDE TBR, but I do have some other things planned for PRIDE, including most of my discussion posts. I’m trying to focus on the joy and not the horrors of the world, so there will be lots of rainbows and love next month.

And of course I’ll be streaming ALL of Taylor Swift in June as well, because it’s ALL Taylor’s Version now!

Books

Read:

I finished 26 books this month:

Scandalous Secrets by Synithia Williams ****
Dear Manny by Nic Stone ****
Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson ***
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Ruben (re-read *****)
Leave Me by Gayle Forman ****

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (re-read *****)
Accidentally in Love by Danielle Jackson ****
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella ****
Careless Whispers by Synithia Williams ****
Postscript by Cecelia Ahern *****

To the Nines by Janet Evanovich ****
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff ****
10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston ****
Winter by Marissa Meyer ****
To Swoon and to Spar by Martha Waters ****

Summerlost by Ally Condie ****
The Becoming by Nora Roberts ****
Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera ****
XOXO by Axie Oh ****
Sleeping with the Frenemy by Natalie Cana *****

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly ***
Spectacular by Stephanie Garber ****
Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay Mejia ****
All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord ****
Nightwork by Nora Roberts ****

Stars Above by Marissa Meyer ****

Series:

Completed: 7

Progress: 7

Started: 3

Added to Shelves:

I was approved for 9 eARCs through Net Galley

I’ll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by Kylie Lee Baker
Drive Me Crazy by Lizzy Dent
Something Wicked by Falon Ballard
There’s Always Next Year by Leah Johnson & George M. Johnson
Right Where We Belong by Farrah Penn

Rules for Fake Girlfriends by Raegan Revord
Witchlore by Emma Hinds
Balancing Act by Paula Chase
My Roommate From Hell by Cale Dietrich

And was invited to read 7  eARCs by the publishers

Hopelessly Teavoted by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff (Atria)
Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun (Atria)
My Favorite Holidate by Lauren Blakely (Atria)
How to Break My Heart by Kat T. Masen (Atria)
Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer (St. Martin’s)

The Guest in Room 120 by Sara Ackerman (Harlequin)
Love is an Open Book by Chandra Blumberg (Harlequin)

Blog

Reviews:

Triple Sec
Nine Month Contract
Scandalous Secrets
Dear Manny
Set My Heart to Five
Postscript
Last Twilight in Paris

Spotlights:

Romantic Friction
Heart of the Sun

Discussions:

Books That Break My Heart
Why You Should Support Libraries
A Day in the Life
Do I Read Too Much Dystopia
Dreaming of Escape
It’s OK to Take a Break
Summer Reading Challenge
Series That I’m Loving Now
Banned Book Project
New Favorite Authors
Creating My Own Happiness Project
If I Could Buy Books Today

Uplifting Voices:

Julian Winters
Gloria Chao

Features:

April Wrap Up
April Challenge Update
May Currently Reading
May TBR Stats
Mental Health Check-in~ May
State of the Resistance~ May
Recommended Reading May
June Calendar

I’ll be linking up to The Sunday Post with The Caffeinated Reader and the Monthly Wrap Up Round Up with Feed Your Fiction Addiction

Covers link to Bookshop.org (affiliate*)