May Wrap-Up & June TBR

Hello my beautiful doves! I have decided to combine my wrap-up and tbr into one post moving forward. It is just easier that way. I had a decent reading month but I wish I could have gotten through more. Luckily we are starting with a fresh slate in June and I am taking part in multiple readathons! They always tend to motivate me to read more. Let’s get to it!

May Wrap-Up

ARCs

• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid – ★★★★
• From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn – ★★★★
• To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-young – ★★★★
• Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur – ★★★★★
• You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry – ★★★★★
• A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson – ★★★★★
• In the Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland – ★★★.75

Audiobooks

• Know My Name by Chanel Miller – ★★★★★

Stats

• Total books read: 8
• Total pages read: 2.7k
• Average rating: 4.53

The books I read were of quality, but I was hoping to read at least 10 books in May. As always, I don’t beat myself up too much about it. I am happy with my month for the most part. I only regret I wasn’t able to complete the #AsianReadathon. I read 3/5 of the books, so at least I read more than half. I do plan to read the other two as soon as I can!

Did you read any of these books? What was your favourite May read?

June Readathons

I plan to just mood read for these three readathons. I have so many books to choose from that I am able to do that. So I will just share the different announcements and let you know in the wrap-up what book went towards which readathon.

Translated Fiction June Readathon

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Whatever-You-Want-A-Thon

Sapphic Pride Read-Along

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June TBR

I have SO MANY books I want to and need to get to this month. It is the last month where I have so many publisher commitments and arcs releasing. Luckily, there are a lot of readathons to help keep me motivated!

Blog Tours

• Last Girls by Demetra Brodsky — 7/6
• Unbreak Your Heart by Katie Marsh — 8/6
• Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon — 11/6
• Imperfect Alchemist by Naomi Miller — 23/6

ARCs

• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
• Fracture by Andres Neuman
• Ace of Spades by Àbíké-Íyímídé
• Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
• The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas
• Love and Fury by Samantha Silva
• Darling by K. Ancrum
• Violeta Among the Stars by Dulce Maria Cardoso
• The Mismatch by Sara Jafari
• The Bone Way by Holly J. Underhill

Book Clubs/Buddy Reads

• The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia — Wilted Rose Book Club
• Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi — Wellness Book Club
• Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco — Buddy Read w/Lauren

Hopefuls

• Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal
• How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right? by Pandora Sykes
• All Men Want to Know by Nina Bouraoui
• The Marks Left on Her by Di Lebowitz
• Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
• Pop Song by Larissa Pham
• Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone

I’m sure you can see what I mean now about being able to mood read from my tbr. Obviously I will not get to all of these. I will be happy if I reach 10! That was my goal last month. I hope to reach and possibly surpass it this month. As I am writing this, I already read one of them and halfway through another. So this is a promising start! What book are you looking forward to this month? Do you see any books here you are interested in? Let me know!

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