May Wrap Up & June TBR

Hey my lovelies, welcome to my May monthly wrap up and my June tbr! This month I seemed to have quite a bit of difficulty getting into books, as I started reading a few and then put them down. However, I did go on a short holiday at the end of  the month, so I got to do quite a bit of reading whilst travelling. And because of this I ended up reading a grand total of 9 books.

 

The first book I read this month was The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey, I really enjoyed this book, a lot more than I expected to. Which is why I rated this a strong 5 stars, recently I have gotten a bit overwhelmed with my reviews, and I felt like every book I read I had to review, so I have now scrapped that idea and am only reviewing the books that I want too and ones that I've been requested to read. Anyway, back to the Fifth Wave, if you haven't already heard about the fifth wave, how have you not? The film came out earlier this year and the book is probably one of the most talked about in the ya book blog/booktube community. And it is worth the hype.

The second book I read this month was Verge by Rebecca Bradford, I received this for free in exchange for a honest review. This book was not what I expected it to be, as it went down a different paranormal route than i originally thought it would go down. In order to fully understand what I mean, you can check out my full review of Verge here.

The third book I read this month was Out of Order by Casey Lawrence, I received this as an arc for free in exchange for a honest review, I really enjoyed this book and whilst reading I had tears in my eyes and I honestly felt for the main character Corey so much, which is why I rated it a strong 4.5 stars. To find more information about Out of Order you can read my full review of it here.

After reading three books that were supposedly first books in a series (Two of which the sequels have yet to be released), I decided I wanted reminisce a bit and read one of my favourite book series when I was younger and decided to pick up the Missing/1-800-where-are-you series by Meg Cabot. The first time I read this series I was in Year 4, which is probably slightly too young for the books, but I have always enjoyed her writing and when I realised I had not read anything of hers for awhile. I picked them up and ended up reading When Lightning Strikes, the first book in the series, Code Name Cassandra (book two), Safehouse, Sanctuary and Missing You.

The ninth book I read this month was The Wedding Trap by Adrienne Bell , this was one of them books that I saw was free on kindle, and decided to give it ago, however it wasn't for me and didn't really suit my reading needs, as I am not a fan of insta-love at the moment.

I also began reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor and got 87% through it, before finishing it on June 1st, a full review of this shall be posted on June 3rd.

The first book on my June tbr is Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor, due to me finishing Daughter of Smoke and Bone and wanting to find out why the second book in the series is so amazing. And then to find out how the series is going to end, which is why the second book on my June tbr is Dreams of Gods and Monsters, the third and final book in the series. 

The third book I plan to read is Half Lost by Sally Green, which is bought forward from last months tbr, as I didn't manage to get the chance to read it due to having to read other books in exchange for a review. 

That is it for this months tbr and wrap up my lovelies, I have decided on a small tbr this month, as hopefully it will allow me to actually finish this months and to get through the above mentioned books. 

Thank you for reading, To keep more up to date with what I am reading, you can check out my Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram. 

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