Here are

The top 6 books

I plan to read in June!

Click on the covers to know more

CURRENTLY READING

Elder Sebastian of Optina
= I really enjoy the Fathers of Optina,
and a friend lent me this volume of the series
Conan Doyle for The Defense
= fabulous nonfiction on how Conan Doyle
used Sherlock Holmes’ gift
to investigate a famous case in real life!

READING NEXT

The Romanov Empress
= I should finally be able to read it this month,
always looking forward to a new novel by CW Gortner
Le voyage d’Octavio
= French novel on my TBR

CURRENT AND NEXT AUDIOBOOKS

Sans feu ni lieu
= the last of this short series by Fred Vargas, almost done
Whose Body?
= finally time to discover this author!

HAVE YOU READ
OR ARE YOU PLANNING TO READ
ANY OF THESE?
WHAT ARE YOUR READING PLANS FOR JUNE?

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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

1. Resurrection Bay, by Emma Viskic – ebook, for review (to be posted on 6/4)
   

2. Un peu plus loin sur la droite, by Fred Vargas – audio in French

3. Something in the Water, by Catherine Steadman – ebook, for review (coming soon)

4. The Word is Murder, by Anthony Horowitz – ebook, for review (coming soon)

1 in literary fiction:

1. The Face of Another, by Kobo Abe – for Classic Club

My favorites in May

Blog recap for May

• I participated in Bout of Books 22, and got a lot of reading done that week!

• 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

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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!

#boutofbooks

Click on the logo to join the fun!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized
by Amanda @ On a Book Bender
and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.
It is a week long read-a-thon that begins
12:01am Monday, May 14 and runs through Sunday, May 20
in whatever time zone you are in.
Bout of Books is low-pressure.
There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize,
but all of these are completely optional.
For all Bout of Books 22 information and updates,
be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
From the Bout of Books team

Bout of Books 22:

Day 5 Challenge

Space Scavenger Hunt

You all like a scavenger hunt, right? This one is space themed.
Use the guidelines below. Participate as much as you can.
This is a challenge, so you don’t have to get them all to win. If you have fun, you win.

Mercury – Favourite short story/novella
Venus – Favourite book with female protagonist
Earth – Favourite book about nature/nature word in the title
Mars – Favourite book with a red cover
Jupiter – Favourite tome over 500 pages
Saturn – Favourite book with circle/ring on the cover/in the title
Uranus – Favourite book set in winter
Neptune – Favourite book set at sea, on a boat, or under water
Pluto – Favourite books featuring a dog/with a dog on the cover
Moon – Favourite book set anywhere other than Earth
Sun – Favourite book set in summer
Space – Favourite book set in space

Thanks to Liz (@LizHannah25) for today’s challenge.

Here is a fun challenge. I have to admit the book I chose is not necessarily my favorite of all times in that category, but at least, that’s the one that came first to mind. So here we go. Click on the book covers to access my review/book on Goodreads

	Mercury Favorite short story/novella
	Venus Favorite book with female protagonist
	Earth Favorite book about nature/ nature word in the title
	Mars Favorite book with a red cover
	Jupiter Favorite tome over 500 pages
	Saturn Favorite book with circle/ring on the cover/in the title
	Uranus Favorite book set in winter
	Neptune Favorite book set at sea, on a boat, or under water
	Pluto Favorite books featuring a dog/ with a dog on the cover
	Moon Favorite book set anywhere other than Earth
	Sun Favorite book set in summer
	Space Favorite book set in space

WHAT’S THE RESULT OF

YOUR SPACE SCAVENGER HUNT?