May Wrap Up and June TBR

Hello and welcome to my giant May wrap up / June to be read post! A lot of bookish things happened this month, so lets get started.

At the end of April I decided this would be my May tbr...

 Not overly ambitious, but I will admit, I didn't complete it. Moranifesto was (is - I haven't finished it yet!) a lot denser than I thought it would be, so I haven't plowed through it as quickly as I anticipated. Additionally, I haven't even started Fangirl yet. This book has become really overhyped in my mind, and I'm not an enthusiastic contemporary reader at the best of times, so I couldn;t make myself pick it up. However, I also read two Novellas on my Kindle, and they are in the list of successful reads below...

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
5/5 Stars on GoodReads
2015 - a book that made me cry


The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey (reread)

5/5 Stars on GoodReads

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
4/5 Stars on GoodReads

Dystopian

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

5/5 on GoodReads (4 stars for plot, 1 extra star for layout)
Science fiction

Room 13 by Robert Swindells

4/5 on GoodReads
(I read this with my class at school)

For I Have Sinned (a Charley Davidson novella) by Darynda Jones

3/5 stars on GoodReads

Brighter than the Sun (a Charley Davidson novella) by Darynda Jones

5/5 Stars on GoodReads

Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran
5/5 stars on GoodReads
(I will have finished this book by midnight!!)

In May I recieved two book subscription boxes, that I loved...

Owlcrate arrived earlier in the month, and had a steampunk/ fantasy theme. 

Fairyloot arrived later in the month and had a high fantasy theme. I've reorderd both boxes for June and I can't wait!

I bought/ recieved quite a few books in May, so here is a photo of my May 'haul'

June To Be Read

In June I hope to read:

• Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan
• Ruined by Amy Tintera
• Flawed by Cecilia Ahern
• Everland by Wendy Spinale
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

GoodReads Update: 40/100 read

2016 Reading Challenge:

A book and it's prequel - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas (January) Assassin's Blade tbr soon!

A Book Written by a Celebrity - Gangsta Granny by David Walliams (January)

A Graphic Novel - River's of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch (January)

A Book Set in Europe - My Sword Hand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick (February)

A Book Set in the Summer - Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour (February)

A Book Based on a Fairytale - The October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire (February)
A Political Memoir - I am Malala (I think this counts!) by Malala Yousafzai (March)
A Book With a Blue Cover - Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (March)
A Book Set on an Island - Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning (March)
A Book Published in 2016 - Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (March)
An Autobiography - How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (April)
A Book Under 150 pages - Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell (April)
A Book Finished in the Day - Into the Woods by Kim Harrison (April)
A Book With an Unfamiliar Culture - Ms Marvel by G Willow Wilson (April)
A Book You Haven't Read Since High School - The Crysalids by John Wyndham (April)
A YA Best seller - The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (April)
A Science-Fiction Novel - Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (May)
A Dystopian Novel - The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancy (May)

2015 challenge continuation...

A Book I was Supposed to Read in School (I read all the books I was supposed to when I was a student in school - I've now read this as a teacher) - Gangsta Granny by David Walliams (January)

A Book Based on a True Story - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (March)

A Book that made me cry - The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (May)

January Wrap Up!

Books read:

The Undead Pool (The Hollows book 12) by Kim Harrison

5/5 Stars

The Witch With No Name (The Hollows book 13) by Kim Harrison

5/5 Stars

Gangsta Granny by David Walliams

4/5 Stars

River's of London: Body Work (Rivers of London graphic novel) by Ben Aaronovitch

4/5 Stars

The Dirt on Ninth Grave (Charley Davidson series) by Darynda Jones

4.5/5 Stars

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass book 4) by Sarah J Maas

3/5 Stars
Yes, unpopular opinion. I gave a book with a 4.6 star rating on GoodReads 3 stars. I just, meh. My biggest problem was the personality change of Celaena/ Aelin, her insane hatred of Chaol (who has already paid for and apologise for the errors he has made - errors which I always thought were mostly out of his control in the first place) and C/A's obsessions with Rowan. I just thought it was very out of character. Not only that, but a large chunk of the book was insanely boring.Many other people gave better reviews than me on GoodReads - check out another 3 star review there so get the gist. I will not give up on the series, because there has always been a lot of potential, but I am sad this was not enjoyable and I won't be rushing out to buy the next book.

Books bought:

River's of London: Body Work (Rivers of London graphic novel) by Ben Aaronovitch - Kindle
The Dirt on Ninth Grave (Charley Davidson series) by Darynda Jones
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Random Riggs
Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate series) by Gail Carriger (already read, wanted to own the full set)
The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Infographic Guide to Literature by Joanna Eliot
Cursed (The Thorne Trilogy) by R K Ryals - Kindle
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Lean in 15 by Joe Wicks (Yep, a healthy cookbook which is AWESOME)
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (already read, somehow do not own this one)
Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning
Lonely Planet Guide to Budapest (WOOOOOO)
World After and End of Days by Susan Ee (to complete the set as I have already read them)



Reading Challenge:

A YA Bestseller - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas (January)

A Book Written by a Celebrity - Gangsta Granny by David Walliams (January)

A Graphic Novel - River's of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch (January)

2015 challenge continuation...

A Book I was Supposed to Read in School (I read all the books I was supposed to when I was a student in school - I've now read this as a teacher) - Gangsta Granny by David Walliams (January)

Books from 2015 that I didn't read:

• A classic Romance
• A book that became a movie
• A Pullitzer prize winner
• A book based on a true story
• Antonyms
• Published in the year I was born
• A book that made me cry
• Originally in a different language
• A book that was once a play
• A banned book