And May is done! The past few months have been bizarre to say the least, but May marked the start of [maybe] getting back to “normal”.
I started May fresh off the heels of the O.W.L’s Magical Readathon, with my last book read being House of Earth & Blood so I didn’t quite feel like diving into another book right away. I also started working again the second week into March, which felt weird. I’m still not back in the groove of going to work, and plus it’s very different now with new protocols and so on in place. It’s odd. I have to admit I really was living perhaps my best kind of life just staying at home, reading and interacting with no humans besides Nick and my sister! I kind of miss it.
So that being said, I did get a decent amount of reading done in May. I felt for the past few years I really could not get my reading groove back but for some reason, during this bizarre pandemic, I seem to have found it again. I’m finding I have easily slid back into old reading habits, of reading with every spare minute available including my commute. I ended up completing 9 books!
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
The Betrothed by Kiera Cass
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Someone We Know by Shari LaPena
After the Storm by Linda Castillo
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
Things have slowly started opening back up here in Calgary, and we hadn’t really ventured out except for work, groceries or animal food but we decided to pay a visit to our favourite local used bookstore, Fair’s Fair and pick up some new reads! My sister and I both left with quite the stack and it was nice to be able to browse a used bookstore again after months inside!
Overall May was a fairly good month, if for nothing else but reading. I expect June to be a fantastic month as it’s my birthday month AND there is a mini magical readathon 🙂
How was your May? Did you have a good reading month?
I’m glad you had a good month! I think a lot of people are in slumps at the moment, and I’m currently one of them. I’m hoping June will be better though!