Hey all, Sam here.
Well, as we reach the end of another month, it makes sense to start looking forward to what I’m hoping to read in the upcoming month. Now, this year has been a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to actually following through with the TBR, because I often get distracted by other books, or there’s other stuff going on and I don’t have as much free time to dedicate to reading as I would like.
Still, I’m hopeful that May will be a great month for reading, and I know there are some books that sound really interesting on my list (as there are every month), so we’ll see what happens. And I’ll have my April reading wrap-up coming probably May 2nd, so we’ll see how April’s reading went. As of writing this post, I still have like a week left to get more books from in-progress to completed.
Let’s get started. First up, my NetGalley reads.
The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood (May 14), Queen of None by Natania Barron (May 21), Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth (May 28), The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond (May 28)
Starting in mid-May and going towards the end of the month, I have five releases not already completed (because yes, I do have a May release or two I finished a couple months ago–so those reviews are coming very soon). I think all of these books sound really good, and I’m looking forward to reading them. Hopefully I’m able to complete them before or around their respective release dates.
I’ve been wanting to read more physical books lately, so it’s been harder for me to pick up these digital ARCs, which is pushing back my NetGalley progress…especially since I keep requesting and getting approved for more and more upcoming releases. I keep telling myself I should slow down on requests so I can catch up, but I don’t want to miss out on really cool books so I just keep requesting book after book. It’s a delightful problem to have.
Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis (May 28), The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim (June 4), Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope (June 4), Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire (June 4)
And then I’m also looking towards the first week of June, because if I can get a few of those reads done this month, then it makes me feel productive ahead of time. I’d really like to get to a point where I can read and review most of my NetGalley books before their release dates, but I still think it’s going to be a little while before I can catch up to that. My backlist is ridiculous.
I’m probably most looking forward to Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth, Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis, and Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire in this month’s NetGalley reads, although I am still extremely excited about the rest of the books too.
Bound by Ravens by Jesikah Sundin, Raven Born by Bree Moore, The Raven and the Rush by Sarah M Cradit, Blackwing Volume 1 by C.M. Alongi
To round out this TBR, I have a small selection of some of my owned physical books. I have been buying up a lot of indie books lately, and I’m trying to have a nice focus on reading and then reviewing them, but I also know that the physical reads I choose this month are also going to be at least partly decided by my mood. Sometimes I can be a planned reader and stick to a reading schedule, but sometimes I’m just in the mood for something that has nothing to do with the TBR I’ve selected.
But for right now at least, all of these books are calling out to me (as well as a few others, but I don’t want to overwhelm my TBR). I think 12 books is a pretty solid TBR for a month, so we’ll see if I can stick to it or not.
All right, well that is all from me for today. Tell me in the comments about the books you’re hoping to read in May, because I’d love to hear all about them. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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