InReview

In Review posts are a chance for me to catch my breath, note that I am actually making progress towards my reading goals, and give each month’s blog posts a little extra love.

May was chaotic! I returned more books to the library unread or partially read than I would have liked (RIP, The Italian Party, The Optimistic Decade, and All the Names They Used for God) and I’ve left a book review and a ballyhoo half-drafted but uncompleted for two weeks now. Summer always makes me feel lazy and sleepy, and May definitely felt like summer here in Minnesota.

I’m skipping Friday Bookbag today (I’ll catch you all up next week), so in the meantime, here’s my May in review for your skimming pleasure.

I read 3 books this month:

The Gospel of Trees by Apricot Irving (Goodreads)
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (Goodreads)
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Daniel Mallory Ortberg (Goodreads)

I reviewed 4 books this month:

Gun Love by Jennifer Clement (★★★★★, 5/2)
Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion by Michelle Dean (★★★★★, 5/8)
The Gospel of Trees by Apricot Irving (★★★★☆, 5/10)
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Daniel Mallory Ortberg (★★★★☆, 5/23)

I borrowed, bought, and received 10 books this month:

The Italian Party by Christina Lynch (Friday Bookbag, 5/4)
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (Friday Bookbag, 5/4)
The Optimistic Decade by Heather Abel (Friday Bookbag, 5/11)
A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley (Friday Bookbag, 5/11)
Eventide by Therese Bohman (Friday Bookbag, 5/11)
Straying by Molly McCloskey (Friday Bookbag, 5/18)
Cove by Cynan Jones (Friday Bookbag, 5/18)
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Daniel Mallory Ortberg (Friday Bookbag, 5/18)
The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison (Friday Bookbag, 5/25)
Aetherial Worlds by Tatyana Tolstaya (Friday Bookbag, 5/25)