Monday, June 3, 2019

May 2019 Reading Wrap Up! (Featuring BOTM Month, #BorrowAThon, & Bookémon Badgethon 🌊🔥⚡)


May has been quite the busy month for reading! I've been loving getting back into the swing of reading on a more regular basis. It's been a struggle over the last few months but it's been great making it a priority again and having fun participating in the book community a bit more actively than I've been able to. I'm hopeful that this is a sign of things returning back to normal!

This month I had three different bookish type projects that I worked on. First off, I wanted to focus on reading some of my Book of the Month books, as I have quite a few that have gone unread, so all of my owned physical TBR books that I picked up this month were from my Book of the Month collection. You will be able to see which books are BOTM books below as I've marked them with a little "*".

I also participated in two readathons this month! This first was Bookémon Badgethon, a month-long readathon created by Megan from Tome Infinity, which centered around earning badges Pokémon trainer style! Each page you read and badge you earned allowed you to collect points for your team (I was obviously Team Mystic 💙). I think in the future they're planning on hosting a round where you catch different Pokémon and the type of badges you have will dictate which kinds of Pokémon you can catch, so I'm obviously SO PUMPED for that! I collected a total of 3,332 points for Team Mystic and I am so excited for when this readathon makes its return.





BOOKÉMON BADGEATHON READS

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Library book (audio), 3/5
Badge earned: The Know-It-All Badge (Non-fiction)
383 pages

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman*
Physical copy, 5/5
Badge earned: The Fantastical Badge (Fantasy)
369 pages
Challenge completed: A book with magic in it


All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Library book (audio), 4/5
Badge earned: The Archival Badge (Historical Fiction)
531 pages

Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant
Physical copy, 5/5
Badge earned: The Pictorial Badge (Book with pictures)
40 pages
Challenge completed: A book you will read within 24 hours

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan*
Physical copy, 4/5
Badge earned: The Diversity Badge (Main character or author who is a POC)
462 pages
Challenge completed: A bestseller from 2018

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy*
Physical copy, 3/5
Badge earned: The Chiller Badge (Crime/Thriller/Mystery/Suspense)
317 pages
Challenge completed: A book that was published in your birth month

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
Library book (audio), 3/5
Badge earned: The Jester Badge (Humor/Comedy)
288 pages
Challenge completed: A book written by an actor

When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri*
Physical copy, 3/5
Badge earned: The Rainbow Badge (LGBTQIIA+ representation)
272 pages

No Exit by Taylor Adams*
Physical copy, 5/5
Badge earned: The Panic! Badge (Horror)
336 pages

And then, of course, I participated in Round 6 of #BorrowAThon! I honestly can't believe we've had 6 rounds of this readathon already, but here we are. Every time BorrowAThon comes around again I'm reminded of all of the reasons why I'm part of this bookish community. The folks who participate in this readathon are so kind and silly and fun and just always brings such joy into my life. If you watched my May Wrap Up vlog you know I've been struggling with my mental health lately, but the folks that I interact with each round of BorrowAThon make me feel so comforted and at ease in this community. UGH I love it so much. 💖


#BORROWATHON READS

9 Days & 9 Nights by Katie Cotugno
Library copy, 4/5
263 pages

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Library book (audio), 4/5
329 pages

The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell
Library copy, 3/5
393 pages

By Your Side by Kasie West
Library copy, 3/5
342 pages


OTHER READS

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Library book (audio), 4/5
415 pages
Challenge completed: A book set in Australia

Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Kindle eBook, 1/5
624 pages
Challenge completed: A book with a time of day in the title

TOTALS FOR MAY

Books completed: 15
Pages read: 5,380
2019 challenges completed: 7
10 Book TBR #3 books completed: 0 (7/10 total)

TOTALS FOR 2019

Books completed: 42/150
Pages read: 15,528
2019 challenges completed: 32/52

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