It’s time for a look at my May reading life!

It’s time for another wrap-up/haul post — and some fun stats!

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The month at a glance: books completed: 18 books DNFed: 2 average rating: 4.1 best book: The Salt Grows Heavy worst book: Hidden Pictures

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What I read:

(each title link will direct you to my review for more thoughts!)

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✨ review copy → 💞 buddy/group read → 🔁 re-read → 🎧 audiobook → 🍰 graphic novel/manga
🤷‍♀️ TBR jar → 🗓️ 2023 TBR → 🌻 seasonal TBR → 😻 Devour Your TBR

• Heart and Brain: Onward to Good Things! // Nick Seluk ✨🍰
• Hannah-Beast // Jennifer McMahon 🤷‍♀️😻
• Kingdom of Ash // Sarah J. Maas 💞😻
• Swordheart // T. Kingfisher 🎧😻
• The Salt Grows Heavy // Cassandra Khaw ✨💞🌻😻
• City of Ghosts // V.E. Schwab 🔁🎧😻
• The Ruins // Scott Smith 💞🔁🎧😻

• Coraline // Neil Gaiman 🎧😻
• Our Own Unique Affliction // Scott J. Moses 🤷‍♀️😻
• Shutter // Courtney Alameda 🎧😻
• Looking Glass Sound // Catriona Ward ✨💞😻
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue // V.E. Schwab ✨💞😻
• Don’t Kiss the Bride // Carian Cole 🤷‍♀️😻

• Nothing!

• The Last Tale of the Flower Bride // Roshani Chokshi ✨💞😻
• Sacred Lamb // Tim Seeley ✨🍰😻

• Hidden Pictures // Jason Rekulak 💞😻

• Howl’s Moving Castle // Diana Wynne Jones 🎧😻
• The Asylum Confessions // Jack Steen 🤷‍♀️😻

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And now, for some of my favorite recent hauls:

I miiiight have gone a little wild between Mother’s Day and the Memorial Day weekend sale at Barnes & Noble…

• Fourth Wing // Rebecca Yarros (print pre-order)
• The Luminaries // Susan Dennard (print)
• Nettle & Bone // T. Kingfisher (print)
• The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black // E.B. Hudspeth (print)
• The God of Endings // Jacqueline Holland (print)
• A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon // Sarah Hawley (print)
• The Midnight Library // Matt Haig (print)
• An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good // Helene Tursten (print)
• FantasticLand // Mike Bockoven (print)
• Obsolescence // edited by Alan Lastufka & Kristina Horner (print pre-order)
• Let’s Go Play at the Adams‘ // Mendal W. Johnson (print)
• Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 // Koogi (print)
• Creepy Cat, Vol. 1 // Cotton Valent (print)
• Every Summer After // Carley Fortune (print)
• Our Love Will Devour Us // R.L. Meza (print)

• Mother: Tales of Love and Terror // edited by Willow Becker (paperback)
• The Daughters of Block Island // Christa Carmen (print ARC)
• Schrader’s Chord // Scott Leeds (print ARC)
• The Last Bloodcarver // Vanessa Le (eARC)
• The Sun and the Void // Gabriela Romero-Lacruz (print ARC)

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How was your month? What was your favorite book you read or hauled, or what was something nice that happened in your life?

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— destiny ♥

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