May 2020 Reading Wrap-Up

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
(Six of Crows, book 1)
Rating:  ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  December 28 – May 2
Read Count:  <1 (DNF)
Favorite Thing:  None
Least Favorite Thing:  Boring

I tried so hard to finish this book, but I only got 67% of the way through. Whatever I got more than half so I’m counting this towards my goal of 75 books for the year.

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The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
(Rizzoli & Isles, book 2)
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  No
Format:  eBook
Reading Dates:  May 5 – 9
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Rizzoli got hers lol
Least Favorite Thing:  “The Dominator”? Really?

Why did I read this book when I didn’t even like the first one? Why will I probably read the next one?

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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Rating:  ★★★★★ – it was amazing
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  May 12 – 20
Read Count:  4
Favorite Thing:  Eleanor
Least Favorite Thing:  Planchette lol

New theory – The house is not simply “evil” but lonely.

I can’t believe I read this book again. It was probably too soon to reread a book that I already read three times in 2019, but I couldn’t stop myself.

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A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
(A Song of Ice and Fire, book 4)
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  No
Format:  Audiobook
Reading Dates:  May 7 – 25
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Alayne and Arya’s parts
Least Favorite Thing:  He fucking ATE HER FACE that is NASTY god…

I feel nauseated just remembering that scene that was so unnecessary Mr. Martin.

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On Fortune’s Wheel by Cynthia Voigt
(Tales of the Kingdom, book 2)
Rating:  ★★★★★ – it was amazing
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  May 1 – 28
Read Count:  6-ish
Favorite Thing:  The beautiful ending
Least Favorite Thing:  I can’t have a least favorite thing, I love this series too much

I swear rereading these books never gets old, I just love Voigt’s writing voice so much!

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One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Audiobook
Reading Dates:  May 27 – 29
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  How she spoke so openly about her anxiety
Least Favorite Thing:  She calls her boyfriend “Ham Hock” in the whole book and that’s all I could picture whenever she brought him up, a ham hock lol

I borrowed this audiobook from my library, but I’m thinking I may add the physical copy to my list to buy so I can reread and annotate at a later date.

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Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O’Brien
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  May 21 – 29
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  The retellings of myths I already knew
Least Favorite Thing:  Occasionally felt like he was trying too hard…

Woo this means I have read two non-fiction books in one month and also that my Video Wrap-Up is accurate! Hurray!

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