May 2020 Round Up – Happy Birthday to Me

Hello readers,

May is now over, and despite still being in lockdown, it has been a good month. We have to think positively. Not only was it my birthday month, but pretty much all of May was bathed in glorious sunshine here in the UK. I am still working from home which makes my life so much easier and this is saving me a fortune in petrol.

May has also been a very good month for reading, I have read 11 books (which is a little more than usual – 8 last month) and I have purchased 12 (see image above). This does not include my Kindle purchases, there are way too many to list as I tend to go a bit mad with all the offers and deals on Amazon, and of course the freebies. I have just one 5 star rating this month (The Flat Share), but I also really enjoyed reading Daisy Jones and the Six and The Winner’s Curse. As you can see a few contemporary romance novels have crept in there this time. I’m really enjoying reading them at the moment, whether it’s because it’s summer, who knows, but I suspect a few more may find there way into my read list next month.

Books Read in May:
The Staycation (eArc) by Michele Gorman ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Red Rising by Pierce Brown ⭐️ ⭐️
Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Fallen for You (ARC) by Sylver Michaela ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Beach Read (eARC) by Emily Henry ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Blood Heir by Amélie Wen Zhao ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

May Book Haul (physical copies – pictured above):
Sherwood by Meagan Spooner
Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Thorn by Intisar Khanani
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
The Lies of Locke Lahore by Scott Lynch
Fallen for You (ARC) by Sylver Michaela
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout
The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski
The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary

Please feel free to let me know your recommendations or thoughts on any of my May book haul in the comments below. It’s always a dilemma which one to start next.

I will be back very soon with some more book reviews, in the meantime stay safe.
Karen ~