“As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.” 

And, there it was, the fifth month came and went – really fast.  I had a week’s holiday this month with family which was lovely and managed to fit in 8 books with a few reviews to follow shortly:

Books read: (with links to reviews)

1. Skitter by Ezekiel Boone – review to follow
2. The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist and the psychic thief by Lisa Tuttle
3. The Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett – review to follow
4. All Good Things by Emma Newman – review to follow
5. Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott – review to follow
6. The Only Child by Andrew Pyper
7. Owl and the Electric Samurai by Kristi Charish
8. The Fallen Kingdom by Elizabeth May – review to follow

Another good month for reading.  It probably looks like I’m very behind with reviews but I do have some of these scheduled so it’s not too bad,   My month in covers is here.

Backlist books

None this month – at least I’m consistent.

Unfinished series completed:

Yes – I have one – All Good Things by Emma Newman which concludes the Split World series.

Books Bought: 

1. The Hunter’s Kind: Book II of The Hollow Gods by Rebecca Levene
2. Blood Oath (Sawbones Book 2) by Melissa Lenhardt
3. Just One Damned Thing After Another: Time Travel Meets History In This Explosive Bestselling Series (The Chronicles of St Mary’s Series Book 1) by Jodi Taylor

Review Books:

1. Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
2. Darien by C F Iggulden
3. Sea of Rust by C Robert Cargill
4. Hero Risen by Andy Livingstone
5. The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
6. The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J Walker
7. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
8. Devil’s Call by J Danielle Dorn

My Cover compare this month :

There are three different covers.  I’m not sure which is best out of these or which fits best with the book.  I’m going to pick the epic scope of the middle cover I think.  Which one do you like?

Events:

Backlist Backburn is an end of month event organised by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. If you’ve caught up on any of your backlist then call over and link up.   I find this a good incentive to dust off some of my books.

Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and Bookish (every Tuesday)

Waiting on Wednesday is an event where every week we get to shine the spotlight on a book that we’re looking forward to.

The Friday Face off by Books by Proxy

Friday Firsts is a weekly event hosted by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. which is a great way to let everyone know the first sentence and first impressions for your current read.

SPFBO  – Now complete – wrap up post to follow shortly – also to note SPFBO 2017 is now announced.  Starts July.

Tough Travels – a meme that takes place on the 1st of every month.  June is .  Plenty of time to create your own list and add it to the Fantasy Faction link up page as the meme runs for the whole month.

Readalongs:

1. None this month – Jacqueline Carey readalong due – announcement soon.

Classic Clubs read:

Unfortunately none this month.