Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Which books were your favorite in May?

White Hot was my favorite this month. Followed by The Spider's War (not a buddy read) and Grey Sister.

At the top:

Loved it, highly recommended.


My first dive into the Hellboy universe, and definitely worth the time.


Kicked off my current fad of reading old-fashioned styled fairy tales

Books I DEVOURED! Sleep be damned.





Highly anticipated books that DELIVERED!


so far... I'm still reading.

No 5 stars this month for me. However, the following books were really good:

- I met Chrisjen Avasarala. I want her as my bbf.
- great read for fans of Greek Mythology
- I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one.

I just noticed all three books have strong female characters.

I only read three books this month, but I liked all of them.

My top book for May was actually a short story.
Fat Farm

I also really enjoyed these two books.
Something in the Water
Dark Run

1) The Count of Monte Cristo
2) Dissolution
3) The Great Hunt

1. NOS4A2
2. 11/22/63
3. Creep

1. The Handmaid's Tale - amazing, shocking, thought-provoking!
2. A Closed and Common Orbit - not as good as the first one in my opinion, but still amazing
3. Circe - I really need to delve into greek mythology more, it's so fascinating

For the sake of simplicity let us assume that this year each month the first place goes to the Malazan novel. May is sponsored by letter M like Memories of Ice.

Honourable mentions:

1. White Hot - restored my balance after Malazan

2. Theft of Swords was also light, smart and funny.

Last, but not least, while I am continuing with The Fox into June (I cannot stop reading after the last plot twist!), I can see already that it is going to be as good if not better than its predecessor which was one of the best hidden gems on Goodreads that I discovered thanks to FBR. :)

Emperor of Thorns - Wasn't as crazy about it as the previous books in the series, but was still fun.

Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction - Still reading, but these stories have been pretty intriguing.

The Monster at the End of this Book - I got this for my grandson and read it to him. Loved it as a kid and thought he would too (he's 4). He did, enough to make me read it to him several times and he even "read" it back to me.

Chris wrote: "Emperor of Thorns - Wasn't as crazy about it as the previous books in the series, but was still fun.

Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction - Still..."

The Monster at the End of this Book was my absolute favorite growing up. I seriously need to buy that for my kids.

Yes, I remember being caught up in the story when I was little. Kale though, could see where it was going immediately. (view spoiler)[ As soon as I opened it and read the title to him, he pointed at Grover and said "He is a monster." Doh! (hide spoiler)]

He still loved it though.

I read 10 books in May!

Two received a 4.5 stars (rounded up): City of Stairs and No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished. Both are in my favorite shelves!

All Systems Red - 5/5 stars
Artificial Condition - 4.5/5 stars
White Hot - 4/5 stars

Everything else I read was just meh. :)

Chris wrote: "Yes, I remember being caught up in the story when I was little. Kale though, could see where it was going immediately. [spoilers removed]

He still loved it though."

1) Smart kid
2) I like that you put that in spoilers, as if the people on this thread would be upset that a Sesame Street book was "spoiled" for them. That seriously made me laugh too hard.

I would be upset. I haven't read that one yet. ;P

Well hey, when he did it, everyone looked at me funny because I was calling out "SPOILER!"

Lol :-)

My top reads are all in different format:
Wrath of Empire - a novel
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One - a graphic novel
Fandom for Robots - a short story

Nevernight
The Dragonbone Chair
Green Rider

Memories of Ice for me.

I started Kushiel's Mercy with two days left in May so it bled over into June but that was a five star read for me too.

Two, back-to-back five star reads for me...I don't think that's ever happened to me since I joined GR and started tracking this stuff.

Honorable mention goes to Force of Nature.

Night of Cake & Puppets
Dreams of Gods and monsters
The Bellmaker