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May Reading Wrap Up & June TBR

I’m currently in a two week spread where I need extra hours in the day because work is hectic and I’m on vacation for the second half of June. So… There’s that. But I’m actually excited to tell you that I read a favorite of the year this month, Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle, which was amazing! Overall I really did have a good month in terms of my reading so let’s just dive into talking about those reads.

May Wrap Up || firewhiskey reader

A Visual Representation of My May Reads by Rating

5 Stars

Burn for ME
Covers of Burn for Me, White Hot, and Wildfire by Ilona Andrews and Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle

4.5 Stars

Covers of Promise Me This by Karla Sorensen, Funny Story by Emily Henry, and Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong

4 Stars

Covers of Dust Storm and Downpour by Maggie C. Gates, We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian, Rope the Moon and Tame the Heart by Ava Hunter, and Runaway Love by Melanie Harlow

3.5 Stars

Covers of Old Flames and New Fortunes by Sarah Hogle, Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang, Fragile Sanctuary by Catherine Cowles, The Best of All by Karla Sorensen, and Lore Olympus Vol. 6 by Rachel Smythe

2.5 – 3 Stars

Covers of A Little Bit of Love by Synithia Williams & Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

General Comments on My Reading in May

Overall, I think I had a really good reading month, except for the fact that my reading was horribly not diverse because I fell down a KU single dad/cowboy romance situation that I couldn’t drag myself out of to save my life. Please rec me any BIPOC authors with single parent romances, I’m begging you. Idk what is wrong with me, but I cannot leave that trope for too long or I get sad. Also, my rating system this month is probably more strict than normal, but it’s because I feel such a difference between my feelings of Hidden Legacy and Just Some Stupid Love Story than I do the books I’ve marked as my 4.5s. So really, I highly recommend all of these books, it’s just that some didn’t hit for me quite as well as others.

Statistics

  • Books Read: 20
  • Pages Read: 7,413
  • Audiobook: 5
  • Ebook: 12
  • Physical: 3
  • Four were books I owned before the beginning of the year

June TBR

First up, we have my June ARCs:

Covers of Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse, Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North, Right Where We Left Us by Jen Devon, The Mistress Experience by Scarlett Peckham, Romancing Miss Stone by M.C. Vaughan, and Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong

Then we have the books I did not get as an ARC, but am extremely eagerly anticipating and think that I will realistically read this month:

Covers of Crossroads by Devney Perry, Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher, and Change of Heart by Kate Canterbary

Otherwise, my goals this month are really just to catch up with my older ARCs, get ahead on some… You know. Read a TON because I’ll be on vacation… It’s unlikely to work out that way, but we’ll see! Let me know what you’ve got on your TBR and/or what your favorite book was in May!

xx

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