Hi Everyone!
Happy first day of June! I hope you are making the most out of your time. I know I am. I have been home full-time since the second week of April and have been able to read and review more books. I love this opportunity. I am now nearly 8 months pregnant and the baby will come out soon so I am taking advantage of all the time I have to read and review more. I read 7 books in April and 11 books in May = a total whopping 18 books in 2 months. That’s my highest record ever!
I also have had the opportunity to watch all 5 seasons of The 100 on Netflix. The season I loved the most was with Lexa because she’s pretty hehe.. and the last season because they go back into space. I can’t wait for season 6. Some seasons were too brutal for me with all the bloodshed and lack of lighting that I didn’t enjoyed too much. I also enjoyed a documentary on Minimalists. I hoard too much of everything and this documentary inspired me to think twice before buying more. So far, it helped, I have only buy for my son to prepare for next school year instead of buying for myself.
- My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing. I rated it 4.5 stars!
2. Campaign Widows by Aimee Agresti. I rated it 3 stars!
3. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa. I rated it 5 stars!
4. Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly. I rated it 5 stars!
5. All of Us With Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil. I rated it 3.5 stars!
6. Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh. I rated it 5 stars!
7. Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan. I rated it 4 stars!
8. The Night Before by Wendy Walker. I rated it 5 stars!
9. A Stranger on the Beach by Michelle Campbell. I rated it 5 stars!
10. Again, but Better by Christine Riccio. I rated it 3 stars! (Though I DNF)
11. Birthday by Meredith Russo. I rated it 5 stars!
12. How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper. I rated it 5 stars!
13. Naturally Tan by Tan France. I rated it 5 stars!
14. All the Wrong Places by Joy Fielding. I rated it 4.5 stars!
15. The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg. I rated it 5 stars!
16. The Story Web by Megan Frazer Blakemore. I rated it 5 stars!
17. The Girl in Red by Christine Henry. I rated it 5 stars!
18. A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton. I rated it 5 stars!
Definitely feels great to have read and reviewed many books in two months 🙂 I have since cancelled my Netflix subscription so that I can have more time to read. I really want to read Game of Thrones and start watching the shows. Maybe I could plan on it toward the end of this year.
I hope you all have a good reading month in June! How was your previous month’s wrap-up?
xoxo,
Jasmine
What a terrific month, Jasmine! I feel like you’ve read all the hyped up books now and it makes me happy to see they are almost all worth it 🙂
I hope you enjoy GOT – both the books and the show – but have to warn you they are extremely brutal and extremely well done all at the same time. I’m currently listening to the audiobook for book 1 and it’s taking me a while to finish it just because of how dense it is…
Anyway, wonderful post, and good luck! ❤
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Brutal? Yikes.. I guess I should wait on it then.. I thought The 100 TV shows were brutal with all the deaths.. I can’t handle brutality.. thanks for the warning Sophie 😊
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Oh no, The 100 is way soft compared to GOT – seriously, just check some clips on YouTube and you’ll see what I mean 🙈
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Oh my goodness.. I didn’t watch the clips because I didn’t want to ruin the experience but thanks for the heads up Sophie!
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That’s a great list of books read and reviewed, with a lot of 4 to 5 stars too. Some that I have on my wish list already, others I need to check out. 😀
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Thanks 😊 I hope you will enjoy reading those books Alexandra!
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That’s quite a stack of books! Good for you for reading so much. And there were so many five stars! I loved Naturally Tan, too. I hope you continue to feel well as you wait for Baby to arrive!
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Thanks Lorilin. My to-read shelf is overflowing and I’m just trying to get it to a manageable size haha At this stage in pregnancy, I definitely feel way better than the first trimester 😊
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Wow! That’s amazing how much you read! I love that you cancelled your Netflix subscription so that you can read, that’s dedication! I love it! 😀
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Haha.. I will start up the Netflix subscription again when season 6 of The 100 is ready 🙂 and I realized, watching Netflix really lose a lot of time. Time that could be used for doing something active 🙂
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I’m responding to this as I wait for Netflix to load… the irony 😛
But that sounds like a good idea! I do watch a lot of Netflix, but I like to have something playing as I blog!
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I’m opposite. I need peace and quiet to blog 😂
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Congratulations on your reading record! That is an amazing number of books.
I hope you’re doing well x
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Thanks Lydia 😊
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well pretty lady, i hope you are feeling well with this pregnancy.
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Thanks 😊
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You had a great reading month! I was surprised to love The Kingdom as much as I did, but your 3.5 stars for All of Us With Wings makes me nervous because I have that ARC and need to read it before it’s published.
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All of Us With Wings is just not my kind of book to read. I guess I like happy go lucky kind or mystery or magic. I’ll look forward to your thoughts on it.
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I’m going to pick it up before June 11th, so I’ll let you know!
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