Hello friends!

I hope you’re doing well as always! Today I’m bringing you my Wrap Up for the month of May. 

This month was a good reading month and I was able to read a good amount of fun and interesting books! A lot of the books I read were in the 3 star tier, but I found a few gems this month! And surprisingly, I’m currently more inclined into reading fiction, but I still ended up reading a few non-fiction books in May.

Still, it was definitely a positive reading month for me, and I can’t wait to show what I read! So without further ado, let’s take a look at the books I read this past month:

1. Lore by Alexandra Bracken: 3/5⭐
2. Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club #1) by Holly Bourne: 4.5/5⭐
3. Me by Elton John: 3/5⭐
4. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben: 4/5⭐
5. You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao: 4.5/5⭐
6. I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee: 4/5⭐
7. Tudo o Que Somos Juntos / Todo Lo Que Somos Juntos (Deja Que Ocurra #2) by Alice Kellen: 3/5⭐
8. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia: 4.5/5⭐

As you can see, May was a month with a lot of 3 and 4 star reads. I read so many amazing books this month, and I want to share with you my reading experiences!

“Lore” and “Me” by Elton John were both 3 star reads, but for different reasons. I found “Lore” to be a little underwhelming and confusing and the first half of “Me” was a little too boring – it got better afterwards though!

One of the books I read this month was “Am I Normal Yet?” by Holly Bourne. The good thing is that I really enjoyed it, but the bad thing is that I didn’t know this was the first book of a series. I don’t know why, but I really dislike leaving book series unfinished! And to make matters worse, only the first two books were translated in my country. So now I have started a series that is not even fully available in paperback, in the language I started reading it. I’ll probably just read the series in an ebook format and in English, but I’m a little annoyed because I like to keep the format throughout the series I’m reading. I know, first world problems haha!

The only non-fiction book I read this month was the great “The Hidden Life of Trees”. I liked it, but I definitely don’t care about trees like the author does! His enthusiasm talking about trees was inspiring and I ended up learning a lot. I admit I was a little bored at times, but I believe this book has very valuable information!

“You’ve Reached Sam” was the book that broke my heart this month. It’s a very sad book, and it talks about very serious topics – but mainly grief. I just couldn’t stop crying during the last chapters and I believe this is a book that is going to be hard to forget.

Another great book I read was the Korean novel “I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki”. This was a very interesting non-fiction book! It was really cool to see the author’s therapy sessions with her psychiatrist and how she started to overcome her mental illness issues. It’s a very intimate and raw book, and very different from everything I have ever read.

The conclusion to the “Deja Que Ocurra” duology was really disappointing. I loved the first book, but after reading “Todo Lo Que Somos Juntos” this month (the second book), I’m finishing this duology with mixed emotions. I expected more than (mostly) lust for this book. Oh well, you win some you lose some!

I wasn’t planning on reading “Of Women and Salt” this month, but I picked it because it kept calling me! I truly loved this book and I will definitely recommend this to everyone. I would describe this as more of a feminist book, and the story is unbelievable and inspiring.

As usual, I’ll be posting the reviews for these books soon!

What about you guys? How was your reading month? Let me know in the comments! Thank you for reading friends, I’ll catch you guys later!