May 2026
Welcome to May’s Monthly Wrap Up!
Another month has gone by, far too quickly, it seems. I feel like I accomplished a lot more in terms of my reading this month. Not as much as I had hoped, but more than previous months. I did have a few days where I didn’t feel like reading at all, mostly because I didn’t get enough sleep the night before and my eyes just did not want to stay open whenever I tried and I needed to save what energy I had for work.
So let’s get into answering the following questions:
How did my month of reading go? Did I meet the goals I set for myself? Was I able to get through the entirety of my TBR from last month? What is on my TBR now? What am I currently reading?
As well as my statistics for May, like what reviews I posted, what I’m currently reading, what i’m planning to read in May, and where I am in my yearly reading goal.
May Blog Wrap-up
This month I posted a total of 6 book reviews which include (from latest to most recent):
1. A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
2. The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
3. The Ten Year Lie by Debra Webb
4. We Would Never Tell by Anne-Sophie Jouhannau
5. The Institute by Stephen King
6. A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
I also participated in Top Ten Tuesday and WWW Wednesday this month you can find those posts here:
Top Ten Tuesday’s:
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Wish Were Still Writing
Top Ten Tuesday: May Flowers
Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Secondary or Minor Character
Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Books by My Favourite Authors
WWW Wednesday’s:
WWW Wednesday 05/06/26
WWW Wednesday 05/13/26
WWW Wednesday 05/20/26
WWW Wednesday 05/27/26
Traffic Statistics
The five posts with the highest views this month were:
1. Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Books by My Favourite Authors with 11 views.
2. Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Secondary or Minor character with 7 views.
3. Monthly Wrap Up: April 2026 with 6 views
4. Book Review: The Ten Year Lie with 5 views
5. Book Review: A Curse so Dark and Lonely with 4 views.
A post has finally broken double digits for views, which is exciting! Hopefully future posts will garner the same number or more. I’m hoping for multiple posts in the double digits at least for the coming months.
May Reading Wrap-Up
In May I finished reading a total of 12 books, with reading a total of 2760 pages, and listening for 23.38 hours. Average book length was 309 pages. My primary genre read this month was Fantasy.
Currently Reading
I’m working through several books at the moment with mix of media types.
A Vow so Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer (Audiobook)
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Paperback)
Who Knew the Ridpath Girl by Stacy Johns (ebook – NetGalley)
One Piece Volume 10 by Eiichiro Oda
My TBR Lineup
There are a lot of books on my TBR pile, both phsyical and digital. The following are what I plan to read in June. I had hope to get to some of the manga in this list in May. Hopefully this month I’ll get through them and perhaps a few more.
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Ebook – Netgalley)
Yashahime Volume 8-9 by Takashi Shiina and Rumiko Takahashi (Paperback)
One Piece Volumes 11-13+ by Eiichiro Oda (ebook)
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst(Hardcover)
Gild by Raven Kennedy (Audiobook)
Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst (Ebook-Netgalley)
The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst (Paperback)
Yearly Tracking
So far this year I have read 38 books out of 200 which puts me at about 44 books behind to meet that goal. I may have been a bit too ambitious in my goal for the year. I really expected to read more this year. We’re now halfway through the year. Hopefully I can catch up in the second half.
Other Media
Anime
1) One Piece (Episodes 456-809)
Continuing from the last two months, I’ve been working on my rewatch of the anime for One Piece I had reached the end of the Cake Island Arc in my last watch, so I’m almost back to that point, at which point I’ll be watching episodes for the first time. This block of episodes covers the Marineford Arc, Post War Arc, Fishman Island Saga, Dressrosa Saga, and about half of the Whole Cake Island Saga.
Music
Joining the music that has been on repeat for most of the year this month was Melanie C’s new Album Sweat as well as Meghan Trainor’s album Toy with Me.
Discussion
Okay now back to why we’re all here, reading!
How did your May reading go?
What was your favourite book this month?
What book are you excited to read next?
Have you read any of the books I’ve listed in this post?
If so, what were your thoughts on them?
Leave a comment below! I look forward to reading and replying to them!
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