April Wrap Up + May TBR

Somehow April is over? I’m very bewildered by this. First of all, I somehow decided there were 31 days in April and, well, there are not. Secondly, I am still not ready to move on from Tortured Poets so I’m just not going to and will have it on repeat for the rest of forever. But that’s not why you’re here, so let’s go ahead and talk about the books I read, shall we?

April Wrap Up || firewhiskey reader

A Visual Representation of the Books I Read in April by Rating

5 Stars

Covers of Words of Radiance and Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson, Lady of Darkness by Melissa K. Roehrich, Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage, Wild Loveby Elsie Silver, Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez, Swift and Saddled by Lyla Sage, and Savor It by Tarah DeWitt

4.5 Stars

Covers of The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn, Archangel’s Lineage by Nalini Singh, and If Only You by Chloe Liese

4 Stars

Covers of Marry Me by Midnight by Felicia Grossman, Ashes of You by Catherine Cowles, and Head Over Heels by Karla Sorensen

3.5 Stars

Covers of A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, Exes & O’s by Amy Lea, Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole, What is Love? by Jen Comfort, and Learn Your Lesson by Kandi Steiner

3 Stars

Covers of Blood & Steel by Helen Scheuerer and Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

1.5 Stars

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May TBR

May To Be Read

I remain woefully behind in my ARCs because of a multitude of reasons. For one thing, I’m really in a fantasy romance mood, which you may be able to tell. But for another thing, April especially was a month full of my most anticipated releases and I didn’t have ARCs of… well, any of the actual April releases. So that always makes things a little more challenging. That said, here are the May releases that I’m extremely optimistic I’ll get to because I DO have an ARC and I desperately want to not be so behind.

Covers of Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau, You Should be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian, One Last Shot by Betty Cayouette, Waiting for Friday Night by Synithia Williams, Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang, Second Night Stand by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters, A Little Bit of Love by Synithia Williams, A Liason with Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James, and Pointe of Pride by Chloe Angyal

So, yeah, nothing like having nine ARCs to read. I really need to stop requesting without paying attention to the release date. And I need to RAPIDLY get in the mood to devour a LOT of contemporary romances. Oops. Anyway, I am so excited for all of these books though. So here’s hoping you get lots of reviews in May.

Otherwise, here are a couple of other releases that I’m hoping to get to as well:

Covers of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren, Summer Nights and Meteorites by Hannah Reynolds, and Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe

Are there any books I’m missing? I mean, most likely. But here’s hoping there aren’t many! Let me know what you’re looking forward to in May.

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