The time it was a monthly recap {33}

You guys. It’s officially May.  <insert something witty about time flying because I’ve got nothing.>

are you ready for the monthly recap? Settle in.

Last month, I read a total of 30 books. {Click on the covers for my review on GR}

• Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake — 2.5 stars?
• A Scandalous Deal by Joanna Shupe — 4 stars
• Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett — 5 stars
• The Kiss Quotient by helen hoang — all of the stars
• the bride takes a groom by lisa berne — 1.5 stars?
• a duke like no other by valerie bowman — 3 stars
• golden hour by chantel guertin — 3 stars
• emergency contact by mary h.k. choi — all of the stars
• royals by rachel hawkins — 3.5 stars
• out of left field by kris hui lee — 2 stars
• the way you make me feel by maurene goo — 4 stars
• too wilde to wed by eloisa james — 5 stars
• blue lily, lily blue by maggie stiefvater — 5 stars {reread}
• puddin’ by julie murphy — 3.5 stars
• three day fiancee by marissa clarke — 4 stars
• the plastic magician by charlie holmberg — 3 stars
• escaping from houdini by kerri maniscalco — 5 stars
• leah on the offbeat by becky albertalli — 5 stars
• throne of glass by sarah j maas — 3 stars {reread}
• herding cats by sarah andersen — 5 stars
• adulthood is a myth by sarah andersen — 5 stars
• big happy mushy lump by sarah andersen — 5 stars
• i flipping love you by helena hunting — 4 stars
• nowhere else but here by rachel cotton — 2 stars
• undead girl gang by lily anderson — 5 stars
• i’ll be gone in the dark: one woman’s obsessive search for the golden state killer by michelle mcnamara — 5 stars
• girl made of stars by ashley herring blake — 5 stars
• the first time at firelight falls by julie anne long — 3.5 stars
• aftermath by kelley armstrong — 5 stars

i’m finally ahead of my reading challenge for the first time in about 3 months. okay, so maybe i cheated a bit with reading those three sarah andersen books, but i regret nothing.

• Jimmy Patterson sent me an arc of Escaping from Houdini and I legit screamed in my UPS guy’s face
• Harper surprised me with a copy of What Should Be Wild and I swooned over that cover
• Simon Teen sent me a copy of Emergency Contact + a gifting copy and pop socket

• Ava Delaria sent me a copy of her new book with a lovely ribbon and the sweetest note card
• I won an arc of My Plain Jane from Jodi Meadows and Demetra Brodsky sent me an arc of her upcoming book
• Simon Teen and Fierce Reads surprised me with some new pretties

Fangirled over:

• Roshani Chokshi for Aru Shah and the End of Time

Special stuff:

• Cover reveal:The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston
• Reading Rewind: Throne of Glass

I had a few other events I was going to go to, but ended up skipping them and I guess April was a slow month for blog/book stuff? *shrugs*

• Brittney, Erin, and I are doing another instagram photo challenge! Use #maybookstagram18 to check it out
• I’m going to “be a Sadie” at YallWest.  I’ll have on a red sweatshirt and if you find me, you have a chance to get an arc of Sadie by Courtney Summers
• I was invited to go to the LA press conference for David Tennant’s upcoming movie Bad Samaritan.  I’ll have a separate post up about it {hopefully} this week.
• I did a poll on twitter and IG about a Q&a blog post and the responses were high in the affirmative.  Feel free to submit your questions here.

• Fangirling over: Becky Albertalli, Kasie West, and Sandhya Menon {plus more} at YallWest. I also have plans to see Brigid Kemmerer and AC Gaughen, but I don’t know for sure if i’ll make it
• Reading Rewind: Yes?
  
• Special Stuff: we’re heading to phoenix comic fest at the end of the month.  victoria schwab will be there and i can’t wait to see her again. i have a tattoo appointment this month and yes, it’s bookish. and the mgyabc is reading daughter of the burning city, which i’m super excited for.
  

How about you? How was your April? What was your favorite read for the month?