Month in Review: May 2020

This month was a little harder than the past two months only in that I would have just gotten back from BookExpo had we not been in the middle of this pandemic. While I am still getting books from publishers – some print copies, but mostly e-galleys – I was just sad to not be able to see everyone and be able to hear about all the upcoming new books coming out. This has always been something I look forward to each year and I not only look forward to seeing all the publishers/publicists and authors, but also all my book friends from near and far that I really only get to see in person at this event. Hopefully next year this event will happen and I was excited that they did do some things online, but it was just not the same as being together in person.

Reading-wise, I managed to have another great month, but then again, when you aren’t doing much else, reading is definitely a saving grace! The weather has finally turned nice and we ordered our deck furniture so that should be here in the next week or so, so I will be out on my deck as much as possible!

 

 

Reading Stats:

• Read this month: 28
• Year to date: 124
  

Books Read:   

1. Where the Lost Wander — Amy Harmon (audio book)
2. Take Me Apart — Sara Sligar
3. The Murder List — Hank Phillippi Ryan (e-book)
4. The German Heiress — Anika Scott
5. The Getaway — Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (audio book)
6. The Secrets of Love Story Bridge — Phaedra Patrick (e-book/audio book)
7. My Kind of People — Lisa Duffy
8. The Girl Beneath the Sea — Andrew Mayne
9. The Sun Sister — Lucinda Riley (audio book)
10. The 19th Christmas — James Patterson
11. This Is How I Lied — Heather Gudenkauf (e-book)
12. Ali Cross — James Patterson
13. Daughter of the Reich –Louise Fein
14. A Good Marriage — Kimberly McCreight
15. The Echo Killing — Christi Daugherty
16. The Ingredients of You and Me — Nina Bocci (e-book)
17. Humankind — Brad Aronson
18. The Sunday Girl — Pip Drysdale (e-book)
19. The Jane Austen Society — Natalie Jenner (audio book)
20. The Summer Set –Aimee Agresti (e-book)
21. The Silence — Susan Allott
22. The Liar’s Room — Simon Lelic (e-book)
23. Tough Love — Lori Foster (e-book/audio book)
24. The Wife Stalker — Liv Constantine
25. Buried Angels — Patricia Gibney (e-book)
26. The Paris Hours — Alex George
27. Summer Longing — Jamie Brenner (audio book) 
28. The Queen’s Secret — Karen Harper

  
Favorite Books of May:    

• Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar
• The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley

 

Challenges:

Once
again I am participating in #TheUnreadShelfProject2020, hosted by
@theunreadshelf. I will be posting monthly updates both here and over on
Instagram.

#TheUnReadShelfProject2020:

*These
numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a
while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review
books.

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of May: 169
• Books read this month (that count): 5
• Books bought/received as gift this month: 8
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of May: 172

 

 YTD Stats:   

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 158
• Total Books read from shelves (that count): 16
• Total Books bought/received as gift: 30
• Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of May: 172