May and June Wrap-Up

When I was preparing to write my June Wrap-Up post, I realized that I was in NYC for BEA/BookCon when I would have needed to do my May Wrap-Up! So, I’m doing a 2-month wrap up post. Because I can. 🙂

In May, I read a whopping 32 books! Here’s a picture of the toppling tower!

1. The Doll’s House by M.J. Arlidge
2. The Death Cure by James Dashner
3. The Kill Order by James Dashner
4. The Fever Code by James Dashner*
5. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (re-read)
6. Spill Zone Volume 1 by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland
7. P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han (re-read)
8. Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han
9. Liar Liar by M.J. Arlidge
10. Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
11. The Best Man by Richard Peck
12. Little Boy Blue by M.J. Arlidge
13. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (re-read)
14. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (re-read)
15. Antisocial by Jillian Blake*
16. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
17. No Way Back by M.J. Arlidge*
18. The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
19. Running Blind by M.J. Arlidge*
20. Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
21. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
22. The Party by Robyn Harding*
23. Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
24. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (re-read)
25. Specials by Scott Westerfeld (re-read)
26. Life of the Party by Bert Kreischer*
27. The Many Worlds of Albie Bright by Christopher Edge*
28. Salt by Nayyirah Waheed*
29. Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra
30. The Shift by Theresa Brown*
31. The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

(Plus 1 book read for work that doesn’t fit in the scope of this blog.)

Starred items are not pictured because I read them via ebook, audiobook, or library book.

And now on to June! I was a really slow reader comparatively this month. Only 13! I’m currently sitting at 132/200 for my Goodreads 2017 Challenge! Here’s the tiny tiny tower from June.

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (re-read)
2. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
3. A Game of Thrones Graphic Novel Volume 1 by George R.R. Martin
4. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
5. The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder
6. It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny Purmort*
7. The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
8. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
9. This Raging Light by Estelle Laure*
10. But Then I Came Back by Estelle Laure*
11. I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin
12. Extras by Scott Westerfeld (re-read)
13. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar

(Plus 1 book read for work that doesn’t fit in the scope of this blog.)

Starred items are not pictured because I read them via ebook, audiobook, or library book.

Have you read any of these? Which are on your TBR?

April Wrap-Up!

It’s time for the April wrap-up! I read 23 books in April! That makes 87 towards my goal of 200 for this year!

1. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
2. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
3. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
4. Leave Me by Gayle Forman
5. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan*
6. Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer
7. Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
8. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (reread)
9. Saga Vol. 7 by Brian K. Vaughan
10. This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
11. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
12. Sisters One, Two, Three by Nancy Star*
13. Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
14. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
15. Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust*
16. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (reread)
17. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (reread)
18. Good-bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson
19. Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge
20. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
21. Pop Goes the Weasel by M.J. Arlidge

*Indicates a book not pictured because I read it via library book, ebook, or audiobook.
Does not include 2 books read for work that do not fall in the scope of this blog.

What did you read this month? What are you looking forward to reading in May?

March 2017 Wrap-Up

March was a little bit better for reading, but I made it through some BIG books. So, March was made of 20 books for me. As of the end of March, I am at 64 of my goal of 200 — 33% of the way there!

Here’s what I read:

1. My Secret: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren*
2. A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
3. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
4. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
7. Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones*
8. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
10. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
11. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
12. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
13. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
14. Legend by Marie Lu
15. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
16. Prodigy by Marie Lu
17. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
18. Champion by Marie Lu

*Indicates a book not pictured because I read it via library book, ebook, or audiobook.
Does not include 2 books read for work that do not fall in the scope of this blog.

What did you read in March? What are you looking forward to in April?

2016 in Review

Goodbye 2016! Good riddance! ¡Adiós! It was a rough year to be alive. But I read some awesome books! I wanted to do a year-long wrap-up! I originally set a goal of 80 books, but I met that in about half a year. I upped my goal to 200 then, which would be the most books I’ve read in a year, ever. Here’s the stats of my year!

Total books read: 214

ARCs read: 54
Listened to over 39 days worth of audiobooks!

(I didn’t rate any books at 1 star this year, but I abandoned quite a few.)

I keep a shelf every year that has every book I’ve read that year in the order I’ve read them. This of course doesn’t include books that I don’t own a physical copy (ebooks, audiobooks, library books). It always looks so pretty and I love it!

How did your 2016 reading goals go? I will be posting a top 20 of 2016 and a 2017 goals post soon, so keep an eye out for that! Thanks for a great year!

December Wrap-Up

Well everyone, 2016 is officially over! I’ll be doing another post about the  year in review, plus a bonus top 20 of 2016 post!

December was a somewhat slower month — I read some larger books that I’d been meaning to get to. I read 22 books in December, giving me a grand total of 214 books in 2016!

Here’s what I read!

1. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
2. Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston (review)
3. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
4. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens*
5. All Fall Down by Ally Carter
6. Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw
7. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
8. See How They Run by Ally Carter*
9. Blankets by Craig Thompson
10. Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
11. Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia*
12. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
13. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
14. The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace
15. Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
16. You by Caroline Kepnes
17. The River at Night by Erica Ferencik*
18. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
19. My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
20. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
21. None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio*
22. Caraval by Stephanie Garber

*Not pictured — read as audiobook, library book, or ebook.

What did you read in December? What are you looking forward to reading in January?

November Wrap-Up

November was a great month for reading. I had a four-day weekend thanks to Thanksgiving, in which I read like the world was ending. I managed to get through 31 books! Some of them were graphic novels, which I just started reading for the first time. They still count in my eyes!

2016 challenge update: As of the end of November, I am at 192 books read for my goal of 200. I’m on track to win!

Here’s what I read this month:

1. Defending Jacob by William Landay*
2. Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
3. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
4. Ex Machina Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, et al.
5. Can I Sit on Your Lap While You’re Pooping? by Matthew Carroll
6. The Homecoming by Stacie Ramey* (review)
7. Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
8. Saga Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan*
9. Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
10. Saga Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan*
11. Saga Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan*
12. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
13. Saga Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan
14. Unite Me by Tahereh Mafi
15. iZombie Vol. 1 by Chris Roberson*
16. Heartless by Marissa Meyer
17. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
18. iZombie Vol. 2 by Chris Roberson*
19. Panic by Lauren Oliver*
20. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
21. iZombie Vol. 3 by Chris Roberson*
22. Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver*
23. One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
24. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
25. Saga Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan
26. Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk*
27. Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid*
28. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
29. Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham*

*Not pictured — read as audiobook, library book, or ebook. Not included are 2 books read for work that are outside the scope of this blog.

Man, I really need to catch up on reviews this month! What did you read last month? What are you looking forward to reading in December?

August Wrap-Up!

So last month, I thought I’d outdone myself by reading 20 books. In August, I read 22 books!

That’s 1 book for every 1.4 days. I’m currently standing at 113 books read in 2016. (That’s a full 33 books over my goal!)

1. Labyrinth Lost  by Zoraida Córdova
2. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (Review)
4. The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach (Review)
5. 100 Days by Nicole McInnes (Review)*
6. The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner (Review)*
7. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer*
8. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
9. The Assassin Game by Kirsty McKay*
10. The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (Review)
11. A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (Review)
12. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer*
13. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
14. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
15. The Graces by Laure Eve* (Review)
16. Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty*
17. And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich*
18. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie*
19. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin*
20. Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow (Review)
21. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel* (Review)

*Audiobook or eARC, not pictured
(Plus 1 book proofread for my work, not pictured and not within my blog’s scope of genre)

Some of these books have yet to be reviewed on my blog, but I will add the links as I add the reviews! September is going to rock! So many good books are coming out!

Have you read any of these books? Which ones are you looking forward to reading?

July Wrap-Up

It’s time to wrap-up my July reads. I read 20 books! Wow! That is by far the most books I’ve read in a month. It’s 1 book for every 1.55 days. I also completed my Goodreads Challenge this month, and now stand at 91 books total for the year!

Books read in July 2016!

1. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
2. You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein (Review)
3. Jackaby by William Ritter
4. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
5. Shrill by Lindy West
6. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
7. All is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker (Review)*
8. If I Stay by Gayle Forman*
9. Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke*
10. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (Review)
11. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
12. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Review)
13. The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel (Review)*
14. Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
15. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover*
16. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
17. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany (Review)

*Audiobook or eARC, not pictured
(Plus 3 books proofread for my work, not pictured and not within my blog’s scope of genre)

Some of these books have yet to be reviewed on my blog, but I will add the links as I add the reviews! I look forward to August being a very successful month as well.

Have you read any of these books? Which ones are you looking forward to reading?