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Mmm, I already have a TBR for May, including a couple of chunksters, so we’ll just have to see if I can squeeze in some “mood reads” lolMay TBR
Wolves of the Calla —> currently reading
Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower
Hangman —> finished
May Mood Reads
Humankind: A Hopeful History —> audio, should DNF
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Planned reads:Wolf Hall
The Golem and the Djinni
The Cruel Prince
North Star Guide Me Home
Saint X
Beauty in Thorns
The Club
Angel Mage
Crossings
Seven Cleopatra Hill
Currently reading:
The Cruel Prince
So I'm starting on track, hooray! Definitely in the mood for fantasy atm although the weather is turning dreary and cold so I feel horrors and thrillers coming on XD
I am kicking off the month with short, very steamy novellas... 
May Moody Accomplishments:)Short Horror Stories Vol. 19: Scary Ghosts, Monsters, Demons, and Hauntings
House of Shadows
House of Secrets
Nightmare Asylum & Other Deadly Delights
The Stalking
Castle Skull
Something is Killing the Children #1
A House Full of Llamas: Funny Book for Children to Spark Imagination
Ice Cave
Scary Stories: Supernatural Horror with Scary Ghosts & Haunted Houses
You Will Never Leave: A psychological suspense thriller
Belle Vue
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One
A Death at [book:A Death at Eastwick
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two
Certain Danger
This Is How I Lied
Sacrifice at St. Nick's
The Unseen
The Scent of Murder
THE LOSS OF A GRANDPARENT TO COVID-19: Gramps
Metal Chest
Serial Cortex
The Secrets of Bones
Crime Scene
Dying Breath
. Until Summer Comes Around
Tomb of Gods
The City Among the Stars
Sherlock Holmes & the Ripper of Whitechapel
Home Sweet Home
Hush, Hush: A Ronnie Lake Mystery
The Main Line Is Murder
Sacred Evil
A Call for Kelp
Killer Chardonnay
Seeing Darkness
The Cursed
The Hexed
The Betrayed
Tomes and Terriers
Folly at the Fair
There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed
Oak Avenue
Miao Dao
The Talking Drum
Echoes of Evil
Pawsitively Poisonous
⫸ Into the Gray - done: this was probably my most spontaneous read ever and so worth it!⫸ Gods of Jade and Shadow - done: i was nosy the moment I got declined for it on netgalley but in hindsight it wasn't that great. not bad either, but ... I dunno.
⫸ Finale - done: i was so ready for this book but only because I knew the series would be finally over. definitely not something I'd recommend.
⫸ The Big Book of Cidermaking: Expert Techniques for Fermenting and Flavoring Your Favorite Hard Cider, from Sweet, Bubbly, Botanical, or Hopped to Barrel-Aged Apple Brandy and Pommeau - done: i needed this nostalgia like fish need water. please let me be right one day so i can make my own cider
⫸ What You Wish For - done: lame from beginning to end
⫸ More Than Maybe - done: I'm pretty sure this is a severe case of 'it's me'.
⫸ Ocean Light - done: no. just no. This month ain't my month.
⫸ The Institute - done: underwhelming from beginning to end.
⫸ The Anti-Virginity Pact - done: heck yes.
⫸ The Glass Scepter - done: the best one in the series yet.
⫸ Bonded in Blood - done: surprisingly, i found a lot of value in this one.
⫸ Ravaged - done: all the stereotypes were there and I fucking liked it. go sue me.
⫸ 100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More - done: i want to bake them all instantly.
⫸ Artemis - done: loved the science but didn't care for the plot.
⫸ The Man Behind the Monster - done: boring.
DNF.
⫸ Women Who Kill - done: not the content i was hoping for, highly outdated und ommitting the nasty parts of the justice system (racial discrimination).
⫸ By Design - done: shows how disgusting christianity can be.
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I love this story! <3
I actually saw your review and was so intrigued by it that I checked it out myself so this is totally on you ❤️❤️❤️
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Awww, yay! I'm so glad you liked it!!
Finished Shadow and Bone yesterday and it was pretty standard. Very tropey in the beginning, easy writing that wasn't as flowery as other fantasy books. Alina got so much on my nerves because of "I'm not pretty like the other girls" talk, none of the love interests were interesting, the middle with the whole magic-training setting dragged the pacing, the villain was underdeveloped (which the identity of said villain isn't revealed until 3/4 of the book but people say who they are when describing the book? isn't the whole point of the revelation to be a "plot twist"??)It was a very standard book, but it was Leigh Bardugo's debut so I will give her a pass. I don't know if I should continue with the series or jump straight into Six of Crows because I heard mixed things on the second book.
Also, hot/unpopular take, but I was shipping Alina and Genya throughout the whole book and I wish they were a couple
3/5
Fefe wrote: "Finished Shadow and Bone yesterday and it was pretty standard. Very tropey in the beginning, easy writing that wasn't as flowery as other fantasy books. Alina got so much on my nerv..."The whole trilogy pales in comparison to the six of crows duology. I read SoC first and was annoyed I didn't get some of the references but it wasn't a deal breaker for me. That being said, I was lucky to go into S&B blind so the villain took me by surprise. Would definitely have been ruined to know beforehand!
Meanwhile I finished my first, The Cruel Prince, and was also pretty underwhelmed. It was all over the place and dark in all the wrong places. My full review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished this 
reading:
Currently reading the Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Haven't finished anything yet, but I hopefully will soon :)
Planned reads:Wolf Hall
The Golem and the Djinni
North Star Guide Me Home
Saint X
Beauty in Thorns
The Club
Angel Mage
Crossings
Seven Cleopatra Hill
Currently reading:
Seven Cleopatra Hill
Force of Nature
Mao's Last Dancer
Still on track reading book 2 off the list, but have also veered a little. I dropped some books off to a little library yesterday and happened to find Force of Nature which I've been keen to read! So I brought it home and started it last night.
I also decided for some reason that now was a good time to make a concentrated effort to finish Mao's Last Dancer.
My TBR:1) Once upon an Eid: Finished
2) A song below water: Finished
3) Crowning soul: Finished
4) Heroine complex: Finished
5) Heroine worship: Finished
6) Magnificent Ms. Marvel: Stormranger: Finished
read:
Planned reads:Wolf Hall
The Golem and the Djinni
North Star Guide Me Home
Saint X
Beauty in Thorns
The Club
Angel Mage
Crossings
Read Instead:
Force of Nature Review Here
Currently reading:
Angel Mage
Mao's Last Dancer
Finished another off the list! And so far have only strayed once, although I'm probably gonna be re-reading Aurora Rising this month to prepare for the sequel. But I feel like I'm doing pretty well so far. :)
Read :bookcover:A Place Of Safety|256937]
DNF
Well, perfectly in the vein of mood reading, I've thrown out all of my reading plans to impulsively re-read LOTR.I just finished The Fellowship of the Ring last night and am already straight on to The Two Towers. Goodbye all my plans XD
Review for the first one here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read:
The Cruel Prince (Review Here)
Seven Cleopatra Hill (Review Here)
Read Instead:
Force of Nature (Review Here)
The Fellowship of the Ring (Review Here)
Half read:
Angel Mage
Mao's Last Dancer
Sooo…. I just finished Every Heart a Doorway and have to wait for the next audiobook to come into my possession from my library on Libby. I started Caraval and I'm like 8% in and it's so boring to me. Here are some books I'm thinking about picking up:
Or does anybody have any fantasy recommendations?
Miss wrote: "Sooo…. I just finished Every Heart a Doorway and have to wait for the next audiobook to come into my possession from my library on Libby. I started Caraval and I'm l..."I relly enjoyed The Unspoken Name and if you haven't read Akarnae yet I highly recommend it!
Ouuu both sounds interesting... Thank you!
Okay, here's my progress so far <3I read the Nightingale and Anne of Green Gables, and I'm currently working on both Aurora Rising as well as Yes, No, Maybe So! My goal is to finish those two, then do the read-a-thon this weekend and tackle Dear Sweet Pea & It Sounded Better in My Head! I *mayyy* be able to squeeze in another book after that, but I most likely will just start another and finish in June. We'll see, though!
I got one of my two books done that I listed, Pit Perfect Murder Renee George 5/7/20. It was a good mystery and had a crazy sweet dog in it. I feel like it was a real accomplishment because it was a longtime freebie I'd been trying to get around to reading. And everyone knows how those freebies multiply especially with authors being so super generous the last couple of months. :) And yep, I did review it here and Amazon.
Successful Planned Reads:The Cruel Prince
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Seven Cleopatra Hill
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Failed to read:
Wolf Hall
The Golem and the Djinni
North Star Guide Me Home
Saint X
Beauty in Thorns
The Club
Crossings
Read Instead:
Force of Nature
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Fellowship of the Ring
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Two Towers
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Return of the King
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading:
Angel Mage (on the list)
Mao's Last Dancer (not on the list)
Super glad this was a mood-reading month XD Good old LOTR fever!
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