May 2020 Wrap-Up

Hello everyone! I am back today with my wrap-up for the month of May! I can't believe it's already June and that I'm about to start an online summer course next week. Time has been simultaneously flying and going by at a snail's pace.

May was a pretty alright month. I finished up my junior year of university (I'm now officially a senior and the pressure is setting in) and have worked a lot on my mental and physical wellbeing these past few weeks I've been stuck at home. This included watching a lot of Netflix...oops. That being said, I had a pretty intense reading goal for this month and I didn't even come close to achieving it but I'm happy with that. I never want to force myself to read if I'm not in the mood.

That being said, I read 8 books in May, with some of them being long, and enjoyed all of them. Some I absolutely loved and others I simply liked. There was not a single book that I didn't enjoy which signifies a successful reading month to me! That being said, let's go ahead and dive right in!

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BOOKS READ

1.
Title: The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly 
Author: Jamie Pacton
Rating: 4 // 5 stars
Review/Blog Tour

2.
Title: The Henna Wars
Author: Adiba Jaigirdar
Rating: 5 // 5 stars
Review/Blog Tour

3.
Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Rating: 5 // 5 stars
Review
-reread-

4.
Title: The City of Brass
Author: S.A. Chakraborty
Rating: 4.5 // 5 stars
Review
-reread-

This was a fun reread for me. I read this book the first time over a year ago and knew that I definitely needed a refresher before finishing the trilogy. It was so nice to be back with familiar characters in a familiar world. I did struggle a bit at times because I'm so unmotivated because of quarantine and there aren't a lot of high-action scenes, but overall it was an enjoyable reread that I finished in just a few sittings. I loved getting to see these characters again and reorient myself in this world as there were a lot of things I had forgotten.

5.
Title: Thomas Wildus and the Wizard of Sumeria
Author: J.M. Bergen
Rating: 4 // 5 stars
Review

6.
Title: The Tiger at Midnight
Author: Swati Teerdhala
Rating: 3.75 // 5 stars
Review

7.
Title: The Kingdom of Copper
Author: S.A. Chakraborty
Rating: 5 // 5 stars
Review
-reread-

I decided to reread the first two books in this trilogy before going onto the third and final one and I'm so glad I did! I forgot how much I loved this book. I knew I loved it but I forgot how much and why. It was honestly such a fun (aka stressful) ride rereading this book and I am so scared for what is going to happen in the third and final book that I'm so blessed to have an early copy of. 

8.
Title: The Empire of Gold
Author: S.A. Chakraborty
Rating: 5 // 5 stars
Review

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MAY BLOG POSTS

April 2020 Wrap-Up
April 2020 Book Haul
Blog Tour: "The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly" by Jamie Pacton + GIVEAWAY
Blog Tour: "The Henna Wars" by Adiba Jaigirdar + GIVEAWAY
Book Review: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Spring Cleaning Book Tag
Book Review: "Thomas Wildus and the Wizard of Sumeria" by J.M. Bergen
Book Review: "The Tiger at Midnight" by Swati Teerdhala
How I Get Free Books

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Thanks for reading!

xoxo

Lauren

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