Month in Review: May 2019

These months are just flying by!!! I had a good reading month, but it definitely was a bit slower because I just got back from BookExpo this week and I didn’t get any reading done at all while I was in NYC for the week…but I am 100% OK with that. I had a fantastic time meeting up with some old friends, meeting new friends, seeing the publishers and publicists I work with, meeting some authors and picking up all the books!!! I can’t wait to put together my recap posts to share this amazing experience with you all – be on the lookout for those posts…they should be up soon!!!

 

Reading Stats: 

• Read this month: 13
• Year to date: 82
  

Books Read:  

1. The Way of All Flesh — Ambrose Parry
2. Death on the River — Diane Fanning
3. Lost Roses — Martha Hall Kelly (print/audio book)
4. Only Ever Her — Marybeth Mayhew Whalen (audio book)
5. You, Me and the Sea — Meg Donohue
6. Resistance Women — Jennifer Chiaverini
7. The Royal Secret — Lucinda Riley (e-book)
8. Out East — John Glynn
9. The Night Before — Wendy Walker
10. The Island — Ragnar Jonasson
11. Hostage — Kristina Ohlsson
12. The Favorite Daughter — Kaira Rouda
13. The Last Time I Saw You — Liv Constantine

  
Favorite Books of April:   

• Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
• Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

Challenges:

I am participating in 2 challenges/projects this year and I will be keeping be giving updates in these posts.

#UnReadShelfProject2019:

*These
numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a
while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review
books.

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of May: 191
• Books read in May (that count): 2
• Books bought/received as gift in May: 3
• Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of May: 192

 

 YTD Stats:  

• Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 186
• Total Books read from shelves (that count): 13
• Total Books bought/received as gift: 19
• Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 0
• Total unread books on shelf at end of May: 192



 

#ThrillerThursdayChallenge:

• January’s challenge: a thriller from a debut author
•  Book read: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
• February’s challenge: a thriller with a one word title
• Book read: Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson
• March’s challenge: a thriller with the word “Woman” in the title
• Book read: The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage
• April’s challenge: a thriller written in a language other than English
• Book read: The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson (Icelandic)
• May’s challenge: a historical thriller
• Book read: The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry 
• June’s challenge: a thriller that’s been made into a movie
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• July’s challenge: a new-release thriller/released in 2019
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• August’s challenge: a thriller with the word “Girl” in the title
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• September’s challenge: a thriller published before the year you were born
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• October’s challenge: a thriller from a series that’s new to you
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• November’s challenge: a thriller with more than 10k reviews on Goodreads
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• December’s challenge: a thriller with “Murder” “Kill” “Killing” or “Death” in the title 
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