The second quarter of the year has come and gone and during that time I read 16 books, only 2 of which were rereads. I consider that a success since I was quite busy during the second quarter.
Books | Audio Books | Comics
Books by month
April
The Water Witch by Juliet Dark (Fairwick Chronicles, book 2) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory ★★☆☆☆
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Dread Nation, book 1) ★★★★☆ 1/2
Geekerella by Ashley Poston ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
May
Providence by Caroline Kepnes ★★★★★
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young ★★★☆☆
How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs ★★★☆☆ 1/2
June
Fool’s Fate by Robin Hobb (Tawney Man trilogy, book 3) ★★★★☆ 1/2
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson ★★★☆☆ 1/2
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (Hazel Wood, book 1) ★★★☆☆
The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus ★★★★★
The Red Threads of Fortune by J.Y. Yang (Tensorate, book 2) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
Pandora by Victoria Turnbull (illus.) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
Audio books by month
April
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan, narr. by Ron Perlman (Strain trilogy, book 1) (re-read) ★★★★★
The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan, narr. by Kate Reading & Michael Kramer (Wheel of Time, book 5) (re-read) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
May
June
Comics & graphic novels by month
April
May
June
Geis: A Matter of Life and Death by Alexis Deacon (illus.) ★★☆☆☆ 1/2
Favorite of the bunch
The Shape of Water
Least liked
The Wedding Date
Did Not Finish
none
Best stories
The Shape of Water
Fool’s Fate
Providence
Best writing
The Shape of Water
Providence
Fool’s Fate
Best narration (audio books)
none
Best illustrations (illustrated books & comics/graphic novels)
Pandora
Most fitting book title
Providence
Awesome cover
Reading challenges hits ‘n’ misses
Goodreads Challenge
books read = 37/45
Books I must read this year
books read = 0 | total so far = 1/8
2018 TBR Pile Challenge
books read = 0 | total so far = 0/12
2018 Library Love Challenge
books read = 10 | total so far = 25
Horror Reads
books read = 2 | total so far = 3
Classics Club Reading Challenge
books read = 0 | total so far = 0
2018 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
books read = 2 | total so far = 9
A romance novel by or about a person of color
The Wedding Date
A one-sitting book
Geis
Reading stats
Format
Physical = 7
E-book = 7
Audio = 2
Genre
Fantasy = 7
Romance = 3
Mystery = 2
Contemporary = 1
Historical = 1 (Dread Nation)
Horror = 1
Paranormal = 1 (The Shape of Water)
Ownership
Mine (bought before 2017) = 0
New (bought in/after 2017) = 2
Friends/Family = 0
Library = 11
ARC = 3
Author gender
Female = 11
Male = 4
Unknown = 1
Both = 0
Protagonist gender
Female = 7
Ensemble = 7
Male = 2
Currently reading
Zezee with Books 
Are you going to continue with the Wheel of Time books? I’m up to number 10, and I absolutely love the series even though it can go quite sloooow. I think I remember finding book 5 to be a bit of a bore. But apparently 11 is really good, so I am really looking forward to it. It looks like you had a really good reading month!!! I hope you have an awesome July!
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Yup! I plan to continue with them. I took a break from them for a while because the writing and characters were annoying me, but I’m too curious to see how things turn out to stop reading.
Hope you have a great July too! Thanks!
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Oh yay! Yeah I understand that. I used to really hate Nynaeve but I really like her now. I also didn’t like how every female character would ‘sniff’ to show her disdain…like, ever female character was the same. It definitely is worth sticking with 🙂
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Same here!! Ugh! Nynaeve annoys me so much. I don’t like her. I don’t like characters who get angry for no good reason all the time. And ugh! I hate how the male-female relationships. They are forever criticizing each other. There’s much that annoys me. I’m continuing purely out of curiosity.
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That bad for The Wedding Date? I was being cautious before buying it but it seems so popular. I want The Hazel Wood just because it looks gorgeous
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Yea, I think the Wedding Date is a bit overhyped. The story is okay, it’s just not as great as everyone’s saying it is.
Lol! I felt the same about Hazel Wood, but I made myself read a library copy. I thought it was okay so I won’t bother to buy it, but this is one that def depends on how you like your fantasy books. It’s a decent story.
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Even though the movie got both good and bad reviews, the book The Shape of the water has been getting highly positve reviews. I should check it out. Yes, The Hazel wood is stunning
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Yes, def read the book. I loved both the book and movie so I’d recommend both.
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You’ve reminded me that I need to go back and read Dread Nation:-)
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Lol good. Def give it a go.
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