Hey guys! Can you believe that we’re halfway through 2017 already?!? Where is the time going? Anyway, I’ve had a pretty good reading and hauling month, so this may be a bit of a lengthy post… Without further ado:
Read:
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor – 5/5 stars
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas – 5/5 stars
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson – 4/5 stars
Hunted by Meagan Spooner, DNF – 1/5 stars
Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser – 2.5/5 stars
Violet Grenade by Victoria Scott, ARC, DNF – 1/5 stars
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones – 4/5 stars
Ruined by Amy Tintera – 3.5/5 stars
Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge, DNF – 1/5 stars
Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh – 5/5 stars
The Evaporation of Sofi Snow by Mary Weber, ARC, DNF – 1/5 stars
Started Reading:
A Bond of Blood and Fire by Karen Tomlinson – ARC
Book Haul:
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones – Paperback
Hunted by Meagan Spooner – Hardback
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand – Hardback
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand – Hardback
Boundless by Cynthia Hand – Hardback
Ruined by Amy Tintera – Paperback
This is Where it Ends by Marieke Niejkamp – Hardback
Everneath by Brodi Ashton – Hardback
Everbound by Brodi Ashton – Hardback
Evertrue by Brodi Ashton – Hardback
Switched by Amanda Hocking – Paperback
Torn by Amanda Hocking – Paperback
Ascend by Amanda Hocking – Paperback
Black City by Elizabeth Richards – Paperback
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen – Paperback
Elusion by Claudia Gabel and Cheryl Klam – Hardback
Court of Fives by Kate Elliott – Hardback
A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnson – Hardback
Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge – Hardback
Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh – Paperback
Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza – Paperback
Conversion by Katherine Howe – Hardback
Cinder by Marissa Meyer – Paperback
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer – Paperback
Cress by Marissa Meyer – Paperback
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch – Paperback
Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch – Paperback
Frost like Night by Sara Raasch – Paperback
Firstlife by Gena Showalter – Paperback
Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum – paperback
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton – Paperback
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (Gift from Blind Date with a Book) – Hardback
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon – Hardback
A Bond of Blood and Fire by Karen Tomlinson – eArc
Eternity Fades by Katelyn Anderson – eArc
Before I Let Go by Marieke Niejkamp – eArc
S.T.A.G.S by M. A. Bennett – eArc
Loving You With Teeth and Claws by Martina McAtee – eArc
Goodreads Monday:
May 1st – The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
May 8th – Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
May 15th – Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
May 22nd – Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
May 29th – The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Special Posts:
A Bond of Blood and Fire Cover Reveal
Far Away Lands unboxing (Meraki Candles)
*Phew*… if you made it to the end of this post, you deserve a medal! That was on long wrap up!! Next Months won’t be as long because I will not be buying books… *shifty eyes* …
Now, please excuse me while I go and massage life back into my poor fingers!
Lauren's Page Turners 
Wow that was a great month! ☺
It definitely was!! 🙂
It seems like you had a great month this May Lauren. Although the books you read were a little bit mixed the ones you gave five stars to were beyond amazing in my opinion. Any month that includes Strange the Dreamer, A Court of Wings and Ruin. and Flame in the Mist is a successful month in my book! 😀
Also wow that is a massive book haul for May too. I always say I’m going to cut down on my book buying next month but I never quite manage it, but I’ll wish you good luck. You may be better at it than I am! 🙂 ❤
There were definitely mixed reviews in there but there were also definitely some absolutely amazing reads 😍😍 and it was amazing!! I’m chanting to myself that I will not buy books this month! Hopefully it will come true
As long as you had some great reads mixed in I think you can count any month a successful one no matter the not-so-good reads.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you Lauren! 😀
Oh my gosh… what an intense haul for a month, lol. I’m interested to see what you think of the Everneath trilogy. I started buying theseries ages ago when I was a teenager and in my vampire phase but never got around to it.
I hope you enjoy your books! And happy June, Lauren!
I know right! I can’t believe I actually bought that many books!! I have had them on my TBR for ages now, so I am really excited about getting around to them 🙂
I can’t believe how fast 2017 is going! I know my daughter is SUPER happy that school is almost out (me too actually).
So many good books this year so far!
Great post!!
I always really enjoyed school and I hated the fact that summer holiday was so long because I got bored really quickly 😂😂😂
First of all, WOAH good job reading this month, I could never do that! I am kind of sad I put down Strange the Dreamer (I started reading it last week) but it was just really hard and confusing for me to get into the book since apparently it is set in an entirely different universe or something? I don’t know, I read like 30 pages and I was just so lost and everything seemed like clumps of words! Were you confused or no?
Thank you! 🙂 I personally wasn’t confused, but I am a HUGE fan of Laini Taylor’s work. However, having said that, I can see how the style would confuse people at the beginning, but I also feel like, once you’re into the book, it will have you completely hooked!! Maybe give it another go and just stick with it a bit longer? Or it could just not be your kind of thing, and that’s ok too! 🙂 the cover is 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 though 😂😂
Wow, such a productive month! Congrats 🙂 by the way, are you from Germany? (just saw on your twitter) I live in Germany too 😀
Thanks!! And I’m actually from England, but I do live in Germany 🙂