Sunday, June 6, 2021

📥TBR In & Out📤 // May 2021

May was quite chaotic in terms of the status of my TBR 😂 Not only was it my birthday month and I wanted to *treat myself* to lots of new books (which I definitely did), but I'm also in a mood where I want to downsize my belongings, so A LOT of unread TBR books got unhauled this month. On top of all of that, I read 8 TBR books which is the most I've read in one month all year. With all the changes to my TBR, I was able to remove a total of 10 books from my TBR, and hit my goal of finally getting under 140! I think for June I'll aim to get under 130. Fingers crossed!

 TBR # ON MAY 1, 2021:
143

BOOKS ACQUIRED:
+16

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wong
How Lucky by Will Leitch
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer
The Way of Zen by Alan Watts

OWNED TBR BOOKS READ:
-8

The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
The Anomaly by Michael Rutger
Meet Cute edited by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

OWNED TBR BOOKS UNHAULED:
-18

Watership Down by Richard Adams 
Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam
The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man by W. Bruce Cameron
The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs
Body Positive Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe
The After Party by Anton DiSclafani
Room by Emma Donoghue
All That She Can See by Carrie Hope Fletcher
A House for Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Mad Cub by Michael McClure
Paradise by Toni Morrison
The Bees by Laline Paull
Want by Cindy Pon
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Tale of Iceland by Stephen Markley
The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
...But I'm Not Racist! by Kathy O'Bear

TBR # ON JUNE 1, 2021
133

Friday, June 4, 2021

Monthly Reading Wrap Up 🎂 May 2021

May has been my best reading month to date this year! I not only read the most amount of books so far this year, but the quality of the books I read was also top notch. I ended up finding two books that will absolutely be on my favorites list of the year, which is not too often that happens within one month! This is definitely the kind of reading month I've been craving to boost my motivation to continue picking up the books on my shelf. I'm feel excited to see how my next month of reading will go!


The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
5/5
 Stars
398 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Publication Year: 2020
Age Group: Other
Format: Physical


We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen
3/5 Stars
330 pages
Genre: Science Fiction
Publication Year: 2021
Age Group: Adult
Format: Physical


The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
3/5 Stars
343 pages
Genre: Contemporary
Publication Year: 2021
Age Group: Adult
Format: Physical


The Anomaly by Michael Rutger
The Anomaly Files #1
4/5 Stars
338 pages
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Publication Year: 2018
Age Group: Adult
Format: Physical


Meet Cute edited by Jennifer L. Armentrout
4/5 Stars
314 pages
Genre: Short Stories
Publication Year: 2018
Age Group: Young Adult
Format: Physical


Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
4/5 Stars
345 pages
Genre: Contemporary
Publication Year: 2021
Age Group: Adult
Format: Physical

 

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
5/5 Stars
440 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publication Year: 2018
Age Group: Adult
Format: Physical


People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
4/5 Stars
384 pages
Genre: Contemporary
Publication Year: 2021
Age Group: Adult
Format: Physical

READING TOTALS

Total Books: 8
Total Pages: 2,892
Owned TBR Books Read: 8
New-to-me reads: 8

GENRE STATS

Contemporary: 3
Fantasy: 1
Historical Fiction: 1
Horror/Thriller: 1
Science Fiction: 1
Short Stories: 1

BOOK FORMAT STATS

Physical: 8

AGE GROUP STATS

Adult: 6
Other: 1
Young Adult: 1

PUBLICATION DATE STATS

2010-2019: 3
2020-2021: 5

RATING STATS

5 Stars: 2
4 Stars: 4
3 Stars: 2
2 Stars: 0
1 Star: 0