Welcome to Literary Weaponry’s May Wrap Up! I got far more reading done this month than I expected to which was a bit of a surprise and was lucky enough to discover an author that I now love. I, like most of you I’m sure, am shocked that 2018 is already nearly half over. How did that even happen? However, on a more bloggish note, here is what went down on LW in May. 

Top Ten Tuesday

Books I Disliked/Hated but Am Really Glad I Read

Bookish Worlds I’d Want to/Never Want to Live In

WWW Wednesday

May 2

May 9

May 16

May 23

May 30

Throwback Thursday

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine

Instruments of Darkness (Crowther and Westerman #1) by Imogen Robertson

Down the TBR Hole

Down the TBR Hole #20

Down the TBR Hole # 21

Music Mondays

May 14

First Line Fridays

May 11

May 18

May 25

Book Spotlight

Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns #3) by Kendare Blake

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Wrap Up

March and April Wrap Up

Reviews

 

• Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King #2) by Tricia Levenseller (5/5)
• A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas (2.5/5)
• An Ember in the Ashes (Ember Quartet #1) by Sabaa Tahir (4/5)
• Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas (3/5)
• A Torch Against the Night (Ember Quartet #2) by Sabaa Tahir (5/5)

Book Haul

 

Physical Copies

• A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas
• Royal Bastards (Royal Bastards #1) by Andrew Shvarts

Audio from Audible/Libby

• Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes
• Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer

E-Books from Kindle/Libby

• An Ember in the Ashes (Ember Quartet #1) by Sabaa Tahir
• The Queen’s Rising (The Queen’s Rising #1) by Rebecca Ross
• Timekeeper (Timekeeper #1) by Tara Sim
• A Torch Against the Night (Ember Quartet #2) by Sabaa Tahir
• Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine (review June 2)
• Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1) by Jay Kristoff

eARC

• The Lantern’s Ember by Colleen Houck

Personal/Writing

On the writing front I’m on what I hope will be my last pass of edits for my book before I send it out into the wind. It is a nerve wracking concept but it is time to bite the bullet and do it. Often the most important steps in our lives are the most frightening ones. I also have a concept for a trilogy featuring three woman who are haunted and guided by ghosts brewing in my head. We’ll see where that leads.

You also may recall in January a sweet puppy named Poe came to my home. At the time he was around 2 months old and weighed 17 pounds. Now, he just turned 6 months old and is nearly 70 lbs. He is the biggest dork on the planet and I love him to little puppy bits. He has also learned that he is big enough that if he doesn’t want to move, mommy is going to have a really tough time making him. Rotten, stubborn pooch. ♥

I hope you all had a wonderful month and are enjoying life as June gets into swing. If there is anything you’d like to chat about as always feel free to leave a comment here or find me on Twitter @literaryweapnry!