May Wrap Up – Down the Rabbit Hole

May was definitely looking up for me, even with the heatwave at the end of the month. I started a group reading challenge halfway through the month so my reading went all over the place, but I did get a lot of books I own read, and some were even from my physical TBR! This was also the month for Asian readathon so I was busy doing that challenge too.

Books I Read

1. Breaking up with a Fae (Court of Shadows #1)
2. Into the Labyrinth (Mage Errant #1)
3. Her Beasts: Volume One
4. Summer Knights Dream (Knights Dream #1)
5. Tough Guy (Game Changers #3)
6. Labyrinth of Crimson
7. The Red House Mystery
8. The Correspondent
9. With the Law on Our Side
10. Dreams from My Father
11. Famous Once
12. The Replacement
13. Lotus Crystal
14. Researching the Pole (Polar Love Stories #1)
15. Midnight Prince (Fairy Tales #0)
16. Common Goal (Game Changers #3)
17. Daughter From the Dark
18. Spy x Family, Vol 14 (SpyxFamily #14)
19. The Invasion (Animorphs #1)
20. Hotel Exile
21. The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom, Vol. 1 (The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom (Light Novel) #1)
22. Knife
23. The Blonde Identity (The Blonde Identity #1)
24. Cinder House
25. The Crescent Moon Tearoom (The Spellbound Sisters #1)
26. Vanishing World
27. The Phantom of the Opera
28. Hidden Nature
29. The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World
30. Cold Enough for Snow
31. Flashlight
32. The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge #1)
33. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle #1)
34. The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1 (The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Seven Seas Edition) #1)

Favourite Book of the Month

If I was counting rereads, The Empress of Salt and Fortune would definitely be here in this category. But as I try not to do that (if I’m rereading a book it’s very likely it’s already highly rated), I have to go with The Phantom of the Opera. It was a fun historical thriller written in the style of a true crime book and it’s definitely one I would read again.

Least Favourite Book of the Month

This was definitely a difficult choice because there were quite a few books I didn’t particularly enjoy this month. There were some that were boring (Breaking Up with A Fae, The Blonde Identity), some where I obviously wasn’t the target audience (Lotus Crystal) but there was one I found a complete slog and, more than that, it was a disappointing slog. I even had the next book in the series ready to go! Absolutely gutted that The Pillars of the Earth was not for me, I found all the characters fairly unlikeable and/or boring and there wasn’t nearly enough cathedral building parts for me.

Reading Updates

I was actually really good this month, I only bought four books this month (and two were Amazon Free Monthly Picks with Prime) and I read seventeen books I owned. My TBR went down to +57 and hopefully the trend continues! Unfortunately my ARC reading isn’t going nearly so well, and I have been approved for another two, so I definitely need to get on that! I also did Asian Readathon which was very fun, especially with how the prompts were centred around Kpop Demon Hunters songs. How did your May go?