Personal Highlights from this month:
- Mr. Z got inducted into the National Technical Honor Society.
- Mr. Z was exempt from all of his teachers ‘ tests, and school ended for him on May 16th.
- Miss R graduated from 5th grade/elementary school on May 22nd. It was a cute ceremony.
Blog/Reading Highlights from this month:
- I started The Invisibles series with Don’t Let Go. It was a good read. I was disappointed because the series was removed from KU (I had it slated as my next series read). I guess I’ll wait for the author to re-add it to KU.
- I started and finished the Kiss a Cowboy series. After all the horror I read last month and the heavy subject matter of the previous book, I was happy to read a series where no one got killed on page, and love was in the air. I enjoyed reading these books.
- I started The Wedding Date series with May the Best Man Win. I thought it was going to be a light, fun read. And, in some ways, it was. However, it also discusses some heavy subjects and how they affect the characters. I enjoyed the book and am looking forward to when the rest of the series goes on KU.
- I read the prologue and the first book of The Blindfold Club series. This is a bit of a warning: these books are erotica. The author doesn’t even bother to hide this in the prologue. In book 1, she attempted to give some sort of storyline, but most of the book was erotica. I want to finish reading the series, but am not in any rush.
- I read the first book of the A Changed World series. It was interesting, and I am looking forward to the rest of the series’ appearance on KU.
- I read and finished the King’s Girl duology. This book is about the Filles du Roi, women sent from France between 1663 and 1673 to become wives to the male settlers there. I found it fascinating because I am descended from a Filles du Roi (I can trace my paternal grandfather’s history back to that era). The books themselves were well written and filled with nuggets of historical facts.
- I read Seducing the Master. It was an interesting book. Historical erotica that focuses on BDSM doesn’t come across my desk very often. This was a slow read, and the sex scenes seemed a little stretched out in parts.
- I read and finished the Body Shrine series in one night. Each book was between 40 and 50 pages. Again, this was a series that I was “meh” about. The violence, along with the super rough sex, didn’t do it for me.
- I read the Wild Card duology. These books had been on my TBR for years, and I was excited when I finally read them.
- I read the first three books of the Shadows in the Dark series. These books are dark (see the trigger warnings for all three books) and contain a lot of sex. The author weaved good storylines throughout the book, which is very rare for an erotica author. I am waiting for the rest of the series to come onto KU.
- I started reading the It’s Reigning Men series. After the previous nine books, I needed something that didn’t have as heavy a subject matter or have as much graphic violence and sex as those books did. I got it with Something in the Heir. I look forward to finishing the rest of the series once it goes on KU.
- I read the first book of The Daughters of the Aristocracy series. While I liked it, the book dragged big time in the middle. It took me four days to finish it (which is long for me). However I am curious and willing to read the other books in the series.
- I read and finished Nighttime Face. It was an interesting read. The author combined Norse and some Greek mythology with paranormal and modern-day issues.
- I read and finished the Southern Comfort series. I enjoyed this series and genuinely feel these books would be great beach reads. They were light but had enough drama to keep me reading. The romance was cute, and the sex scenes were just enough (you knew what they were doing, but it didn’t get graphic).
- I read the first book in the Lone Star Cowboys series, Blame It on Texas. I enjoyed it and can’t wait for the rest of the books to be added to KU.
- I started reading the Scars of the Wraiths series. I am not expecting to read the entire series (which is on KU) before the end of the month (Friday), so there will be a carryover in June.
Books I Read:
Books I bought (unless otherwise stated, books were free at the time of purchase):
Murdering Madeleine by Susan Kiernan-Lewis (from BookBub)
Mystery Repeats Itself by Cordelia Rook (from BookBub)
Doughnuts and Disaster by C.A. Phipps (from BookBub)
The Man in Cabin Number Five by Chrysteen Braun (from BookBub)
Escape Into Reading 