May Wrap-Up

And another month bites the dust. What a year this is turning out to be. I can’t wrap my head around what’s happening in the world right now and I’m not just talking about this crazy virus.

Lockdown measures have been eased here but I’m still staying safely in my own little bubble. (Two hours later) Right, scratch that. Things have changed in the meantime and the in-laws are coming over this afternoon. FFS. I hope you and yours are all safe and healthy too! ❤️

As always, thank goodness for books! And I actually have been reading in May. A bit more than the previous months even. Maybe I’m finally getting over that pesky reading slump. You may have noticed I also took the time to change my blog theme. I’d had the same one for three years. It seemed it was time for a change. Please do let me know if something isn’t working for you or if you’re finding things hard to read or anything like that.

Right, books then! Let’s see which books managed to be removed from the TBR.

| BOOKS I READ IN MAY |

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Would you look at that! Okay, so it’s one more than previous months but whatever, I’ll take it! All excellent reads too but one stands out and will definitely be on my list of books of the year. Care to guess?

| WHAT I LISTENED TO IN MAY |

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Still not entirely sure audiobooks are the right fit for me. I get frustrated because it takes me so long to get through them. I often completely space out and don’t know what’s going on. And when I’ve not had time to listen for a few days, I find I’m confused because I can’t quite remember what came before. Old fart amnesia, what can you do? But, I’m really enjoying the Maeve Kerrigan series. The narrator is fab, and that’s saying a lot coming from me. I’m awfully picky when it comes to narrators.

| BOOKS I BOUGHT IN MAY |

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Book buying mojo still working like a a charm, although at a slightly more sedate pace than normal. I also got my preorder of We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker from Goldsboro Book (sprayed edges, baby! 😍)

| WHAT I’VE BEEN WATCHING |

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Finished The Last Ship. Really enjoyed it too although the last two seasons weren’t as good as the first three. Still, the eye candy made up for a lot 😉

Heard a lot about White Lines on Netflix so decided to give it a go. Full of extremely unlikeable characters and with quite a lot of it being in Spanish, I didn’t think I’d would hold my attention. But it did. It’s okay, I guess, even though the ending was somewhat disappointing but I expected more.

The other half, who’s a big Tarantino fan, wanted to watch Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and I thought “hey, it’s Brad Pitt” so I’ll watch along. Good grief. What a waste of time that was. The highlight was picking out all the famous faces making random appearances.

| ON THE BLOG IN MAY |

20 Books of Summer
Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Longlist

Review | The House Share by Kate Helm
Review | I Made A Mistake by Jane Corry
Review | He Started It by Samantha Downing
Review | Killing Mind by Angela Marsons
Review | Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins
Extract | The Lion’s Den by Katherine St. John

Huh. That’s not a lot. I thought I was stepping things up. Must have dreamt that 😂

| COMING UP IN JUNE |

There should be more reviews this upcoming month as I tackle the 20 Books of Summer challenge.

And there’s also this :

June 8 : Blog tour | Review | The Last One To See Her by Mark Tilbury

June 16 : Blog tour | Review | The Waiting Rooms by Eve Smith

June 21 : Blog tour | Review | Blood Red City by Rod Reynolds

And that’s it! Summer is here! It’s probably going to be a weird one but as long as the sun is out, I’m good! Wishing you all a fabulous month. Stay safe, keep reading! Until next time! 😘