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hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about all the books i plan on reading in May. i have a lot of books i want to read, since i have no real big plans in May, plus a big amount of my libby holds are coming in.

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan. i plan on reading this whole series this month, since it is pretty short, and i found all the audio books on Libby. i’m pretty excited to read all of these, since this is one of my favorite series.

the insider by Ridley Pearson. this has been on a couple of my last months tbr, but i’m hoping i’ll finally get to it. and i’m so excited to get back into the kingdom keeper world, and to be in DisneyLand.

the return series by Ridley Pearson. with all the other series i plan on reading this month, there is no way to read all three books, but i’m still going to try. it’s going to be so sad to finish this series, but it just makes it more exciting for the new book in April of next year.

city of bones by Cassie Clare. i recently watched Piera Forde’s video of her reading this whole series in 72 hours, but i know i can’t read all the books in 72 hours, but i still hope to read all of this series, if it’s audio or physical.

love her or loose her by Tessa Bailey. i read her other book, and i liked it to some degree, but i’m pretty sure it’s about her sister in law, who i really liked throughout the book. and i can’t wait to see if there is more talk about Travis and Gorgie.

the bromance book club by Lyssa Kay Adams. i’ve seen this all over bookstagram and booktube, i had to pick this up, and i honestly can’t wait to see if i like this book, since it seems so interesting to me. but, i’ll also read the sequel, if it does come in.

the flatshare by Beth O’Leary. i’ve seen this book everywhere, and it has gotten pretty back and forth reviews, but i’m hoping i’ll be one of the people that like it, since the plot seems really cool. and i’ve never seen/read a book like this, so it will be an experience.

the worst best man by Mia Sosa. i’ve heard that this book is so funny, so i’m so excited to read it. and hopefully it will be very funny, which is something i need right now. this just sounds like the perfect rom com, that everyone needs now.

the honey-don’t list by Christiana Lauren. this sounds like such a great book if you like HGTV, which is pretty much what is always on at my house, so i’m just so exited to read it. and i also love these authors books so much, so hopefully i can add this to the list as well.

would like to meet by Rachel Winter. this sounds so cute, since it is all about two people meeting over and over again, for the male main characters since he is a screenwriter. i am just so interested and i can’t wait to get into it.

ninth house by Leigh Bardugo. I’ve seen this book all over booktube, and i can’t wait to get into it, even though I’ve seen a lot of positive and negative reviews. but this is going to be the first book i’ve ever read by her, so i’m pretty excited.

the starless sea by Erin Morgenstern. i’m pretty exited for this, since a ton of people do love this book, along with the author in general. but, i’ve never read any of hers, so i hope this will be a great intro to her books, so i’ll try so hard to get to this one, assuming that my Libby gives it to me.

bringing down the duke by Evie Dunmore. i’ve seen this book all over Instagram, and i cannot wait to read this, since many people love this book so much. so, i’m excited to get into this book, since i think it is a historical fiction, but i know that it is in England, hence the title.

girls with sharp sticks and girls with razor hearts by Suzanne Young. sharp sticks will actually be a reread, and i’m so excited to jump into this world again. and this whole plot just sounds so interesting and i can’t wait to read this and meet all these characters again.

anyway, that’s it for today. all these books just sound so amazing, so i’m hopefully going to read a bunch of amazing books this month. and i hope you have a great reading month as well.

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about call me by your name by Andre Aciman. i gave this book 1/5 stars, which in my mind was very nice since i hated it so much. i have no clue want anyone’s name are, so i’ll call them by their real names, so Timothee and Armie. and i’m probably going to be saying ‘uncomfortable’ a lot, so don’t mind that.

my biggest issue with this book was the romance. Armie was a good solid 10 years older then Timothee. it made me so uncomfortable to read about this, since they never really did anything but have sex over and over again. but, if they we’re so far in age, it wouldn’t have been as half as bad, but damn, this was so bad.

but, all the sex also made so uncomfortable also. and i get it, how it is a part of life, but it was described in so much detail and was talked about so so much. and i wasn’t to uncomfortable till the peach scene came about, and when Timmy as putting on Armie’s clothes.

as for the writing, it was nothing to write home about. i didn’t care for anything about it, since it was just so bad and cringey. i did read this via audio book, so i’m going to go with what I’ve seen on bookstagram and booktube, but rants and pages didn’t have paragraphs, it was just chucks of text, which is so annoying to me, even if i didn’t read it.

but, everything in this book was just so forced, since Timmy was just a 17 year old boy, who never was with another male before. and to me it felt more of not a romantic love, but more of they where so infatuated with each other.

for this book as a whole, they where both “i love you so much” and “i can’t live without you” but then after they have sex or have this deep talk, he runs away and goes to his ‘girlfriends’ house and have sex with her. so needless to say, he gets around in this town.

the easiest way to talk about this book, is highly snobbish, no sincerity, and emotionally shallow. it was pretty much just soft porn, but with swimming and wine.

Timmy– he was such a quiet character and never real spoke his mind. to some degree, he kinda babied Armie and wouldn’t leave Armie alone for anything. and he was overall kinda creepy and clingy.

Armie– he was lowkey such an annoying characters, that he didn’t push off Timmy since he wouldn’t leave him alone, but was so i don’t care what is happening. and i hated how he was like, having sex with Timmy, but never told him that he was engaged and wanted kids with a woman. that honestly just rubbed me the wrong way.

anyway, that’s it for today. this whole book made me uncomfortable, since Timmy’s character was a minor, when the other ones weren’t. but the fact that the author is a straight man, who has all allegations of being a pedophile made this more uncomfortable.

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the friend zone by Abby Jimenez. i gave this book 5/5 stars. i loved this book so much, and felt like it did so many things right inside the book.

one of the biggest parts of this book was the talk about periods, and everything that happens around heavy periods. i felt the representation about it was pretty good, since i know a couple people who did have it. and i felt it was wrote pretty great from what i saw from my angle in the book and in real life.

since we are still on the topic of periods, i feel like Josh never shunned her out and told her to get over it. they always said in this book that he grew up with like 6 sisters, so he gets everything about periods. but, i wish they really just said because he’s a nice guy, but i think it was mostly told about his sisters, since he does want to have his bad boy firefighter image go away.

but, like in every romance novel, or book in general, the mom is so rude. i mean she literally picked apart Kristen and Josh, which is so annoying, since Kristen really went through the ringer in this book. and she honestly didn’t care about their relationship, just yelling at her kid.

the ending of this book was so amazing. it was so pure, and i loved how they got ‘the happily ever after’ and how everything did work out for them. and how the ending of the book did work out for Kristen, but also Josh. i just loved it so much.

and this book is definitely the book you would read if you want to laugh, but also cry at times. it was so funny, but also so heartbreaking at the same time. and it was never cheesy or unrealistic in my mind, but really felt so true.

the next part is somewhat of a spoiler, but it’s a main idea throughout the book. but, the whole baby part and how Josh was talking about the fertility issues and how they will figure it out. but, when the learn that Kristen is actually pregnant, which i loved so damn much. it just made me so happy and excited for them.

Kristen– she is such a snarky, sarcastic,and headstrong, which is something i can relate to, since that’s how i get described most of the time. she also went though so much shit throughout this book, and really deserved the ending at the end of the book.

Josh– he is like Kristen in a way that he is snarky, sarcastic, and headstrong. but, he is such a sweet character and really loves Kristen and will do anything to help Kristen. it was so amazing and i love him as a love interest in a romance novels so much.

anyway, that’s it for today. i loved this book so much and can’t wait to read the other books that come out. and i have happily ever after playlist whenever it comes in on my library libby.