Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.
May 2024 Wrap Up
I read some really great books this month! Yayy! I managed to read 18 books, but only 3 of them were from my May TBR intentions. I got very, very sidetracked! I don’t expect to follow my TBR to the letter, of course, but I’d like to try to rein it in just a little so that I’m actually reading towards my challenges and goals!
My May 2024 TBR Intentions
The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelWhat Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTeirnan- The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
- The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Books Read in May 2024
- Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
- What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
- Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
- Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
- Maybe This Time by Cara Bostone
- Mad Love by Wendy Walker
- Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft
- Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Favorite Book(s) This Month
I should probably rethink this section and do a “Notable Books of the Month” rather than a favorite, because I don’t think I could ever just choose one!
The Blade Itself and Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie were amazing! I meant to binge through to the third book and write a collective review for the series in May, but I just only finished reading the final book in the series, Last Argument of Kings, today! So I guess it’ll be a June review.
Funny Story was another favorite, maybe my favorite Emily Henry so far! It was hilarious and made me laugh out loud so many times!
Carrie Soto is Back is also a favorite. I love TJR’s books, and I think Malibu Rising and this book is at the top of my favorite TJR books!
Reading Challenges
- The 52 Book Club 2024 Reading Challenge – 40/52 – Started at 32/52 at the beginning of the month. I have 12 more to go!
- 2024 Nonfiction Reader Challenge – 11/12 – Started at 8/12 at the beginning of the month. Read three nonfiction this month!
- 2024 Series Ender Reading Challenge – 2/5 – Started at 2/5 at the beginning of the month. Did not read a series ender this month.
- 2024 Finishing the Series Challenge – 3/4 – Started at 3/4 at the beginning of the month. Did not finish any series this month.
- 2024 Diversity Reading Challenge – 11/12 – Started at 9/12 at the beginning of the month. Read two diverse books this month!
- 2024 Bookish Books Challenge – 5/10 – Started at 4/10 at the beginning of the month. Only read one bookish book this month.
- 2024 Audiobook Challenge – 40/75 – Started at 25/30 at the beginning of the month, hit my target at 40/30. Now upping my challenge to 75+ audiobooks!
- 2024 Library Love Reading Challenge – 56/60 – Started at 43/36 at the beginning of the month. Only four more to go to hit my target. It’s the highest level of the challenge, so I’ll probably keep going after that but consider the challenge accomplished.
- The Classics Club – 3/10 – Started at 2/10 at the beginning of the month. Read one classic book this month!
June 2024 TBR Intentions
I’m trying to be good and focus on the books I meant to read and/or that count towards my reading challenges and goals, but there are several books listed here that had been scheduled as buddy reads and bookclubs’ BOTM, so I’m just going to do my best!
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
- Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Nina the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
I’m most excited for the Dragonlance Chronicles because I’ve been wanting to reread them for ages, but I’m excited about the other books too!
How was your month in May? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful June with lots of great books!
You’re doing pretty good with your goals! I also read Maybe This Time in May, well, technically I finished it up the beginning of June. 18 books is so good! Hope June is going well for you so far as well!
https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2024/06/01/the-looooong-and-the-short-of-it-may-2024-wrap-up-post-and-looking-forward-to-june/
I have 4 of the Heartsopper books but not read them, nor watched the show….Really ashould. I think I’ve read the Sea of Tranquility but I can’t remember what happened. Off to google
I love making monthly TBR lists even if I don’t stick to them either. There’s just something about making a list that makes me happy XD
You had a good May of books! I have read 2 of these Copperhead and TJR’s novel. I’m sort of curious about the What Happened to Nina book … though it seems scary from what you say. I have read the Vanessa Chan novel … and there’s much hardship in WWII Malaysia and the mother doesn’t make things much easier. See what you think.