Hey there, everyone! My goodness, why does it seem like this year is going by so fast? I just can’t believe it is already June. I feel like if I blink it will be July. Honestly, it feels like the year is going by so fast. I beat my own personal best by reading 11 books last month! Okay, to be fair, two of them were DNFs, but I tried, I tried so hard with those two books so they still count.

Anyway, how did everyone else do this past month? Meet any personal goals?

All the Dead Lie Down

I love Kyrie McCauley. She has blown me away yet again. Everything I’ve read before has been contemporary fiction with magical realism. This was horror and it was masterful. I need McCauley to do more outside of her typical genre because she’s amazing.

The Whispering Dark

Ugh. I feel like I’m being really generous with 2 stars here. I’m only giving it two stars because I was able to finish it. But honestly, I wish I had put it on the DNF pile. It was lackluster.

Drawing Outside the Lines

Really good books for young ladies, especially those who want to enter STEM fields. It highlighted the life of a real woman who went on to become an amazing and well-known architect who broke boundaries and gender blocks. Quick and easy read.

Fall of the School for Good and Evil

I knew how this book was going to end, but actually seeing it, broke my heart. Chainani once again proves he is a master storyteller and it is honestly such an amazing series. I’ve said this before and I will say it again, this is a series for all audiences, not just children.

The Chamber

I really wanted to like this book. This was actually a gift from the author, who I know personally. Super sweet guy, but unfortunately, I could not get into this book. I tried twice, figured after the first time I was just tired, and gave myself the weekend to take a break. Restarted it, and boy, did I struggle to pay attention. I got to about halfway through, and I just had to put it in the DNF pile.

Woman of Light

This is another book I struggled with. I figured I’m part Sioux and I’m Mexican, I thought I would really connect to this one at least on a cultural level. It’s not that it was poorly written, the writing was well done, but the story failed to hold my attention. This was another book I started twice and I could not connect.

One for the Road

This was another gift from an author I know. A really sweet novel dealing with death and life. It was a quick and easy read. Absolutely blew through.

King of Fools

Can I just say the characterization here was amazing. I love that Jack’s perspective was added to the storytelling, I think it added a lot to the plot and gave a different view of Enne and Levi. That ending though, gutted me. I can’t wait to see how it all ends.

Marcus’ Misadventure

Yo, this was such a cute novel. I loved the characterization, I love Purloin the cat. And the puns! I am a sucker for a well-used pun. Super clever, the first in a series, can’t wait to see where it takes me.

Sadie

This book devastated me. It deals with a bunch of tough topics that just grated against my skin. It was an emotionally exhausting book to read, but I loved it because of that.

The Three-Body Problem

I thought this was going to be a tough book to read. But honestly, I flew through it. It was such a well-done book, and even with all the science mumbo jumbo, as I like to call it, I was not lost. The writing is clear, and even when there is a lot of exposition, it still holds my interest. So happy I made the time to read this book. Highly recommend.

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