May 2018 wrap-up
Wow, thank God there was Bout of Books in May, with one great week of reading, to redeem the whole, as the rest was quite pathetic. And 3 days with another crazy bout, this one of allergy, left me with NO energy, not even enough to read, which is really a bad sign…
Hence another low average month…
So here are the few books I read in May, BUT 2 were amazingly good!:
5 books:
4 in print
= with 1,278 pages, an average of 41 pages/day
1 in audio
= with 7H32, an average of 14mn/day
4 in mystery
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Resurrection Bay, by Emma Viskic – ebook, for review (to be posted on 6/4)
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Un peu plus loin sur la droite, by Fred Vargas – audio in French
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Something in the Water, by Catherine Steadman – ebook, for review (coming soon)
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The Word is Murder, by Anthony Horowitz – ebook, for review (coming soon)
1 in literary fiction:
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The Face of Another, by Kobo Abe – for Classic Club
My favorites in May
Blog recap for May
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I participated in Bout of Books 22, and got a lot of reading done that week!
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I hosted 4 spotlights with giveaway – be sure you enter the June book of the month giveaway at France Book Tours
Reading Challenges recap
Classics Club: 23/50 (until end of 2020) or 34/62!
The 2018 TBR Pile Challenge: 1/12!!
Where Are You Reading?: 21/50 – to be finished in ??
Total of books read in 2018= 27/100
Number of books added to my TBR in May= 19
Most popular book review in May
click on the cover to access my review.
Most popular post last month
– non book review –
Born a Crime:
chapters 9-14 read-along at
Book Bloggers International
Book blog that brought me
most traffic this past month
Books are my favourite and best
Top commenters of the month
Kristyn at Reading to Unwind
Karen at Booker Talk
Freda @Fredalicious
Blog milestones
1,803 posts
over 4,490 subscribers
over 155,100 hits
Plans for June
No real plan this month, and I know that unfortunately, I won’t have much time to read during 2 weeks and a half…
Come back tomorrow
to see the books I plan to read in June!
How was YOUR month of May?
Kathryn at The Book Date
has created a Month In Review meme
I’ll now be linking my monthly recap posts
Thanks Kathryn, great idea!
Words And Peace 
Sorry to hear you had a hard month, health-wise. Hope you’re feeling better now! Happy June!
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thanks! This thing is not over yet, but my energy is back
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I enjoyed reading about your experience with the Bout of Books. I look forward to your review of the Kobo Abe book. I posted a comment on your review of The Tree of Man but I will copy that here so you don’t have to look it up: I have read The Tree of Man for a Nobel Prize author challenge. I loved it! The pace was just right for the story and the characters so true to life. My review is here: http://keepthewisdom.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-tree-of-man.html
Happy reading in June!
My May reading list is here: http://keepthewisdom.blogspot.com/2018/06/books-read-in-may.html
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thanks for stopping by, on my way to your review right now. I really enjoyed a lot The Tree of Man
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Sometimes life happens and our reading doesn’t go as hoped. I hope that the time you do get in June to read its enjoyable time and you find a book or books you love.
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yes. I just finished some really great books
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