At long last, I am a college/uni graduate and fully vaccinated and looking forward to Doing Things again. (Not sure what Things, exactly, but I’ll figure it out.)
Reading Challenges Check-In
Goodreads Reading Challenge
- Read this month: 33
- Current total: 132 / 200
Beat the Backlist Bingo
- Read this month: 6
- Current total: 48 / 52
Popsugar Reading Challenge
- Read this month: 7
- Current total: 41 / 50
Asian Readathon
@asianreadathon β’ #asianreadathon
Hosted by Cindy (@readwithcindy). You can combine challenges and read in any order;
however, EACH book you read should feature a character or author of a different Asian ethnicity.
β | Read any book written by an Asian author | Bitter in the Mouth | Monica Truong | Vietnamese author & MC |
β | Read any book featuring an Asian protagonist | The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali | Sabina Khan | Desi author & Bengali MC |
β | Read any book written by an Asian author in your favorite genre β CONTEMPORARY | All of This Is True | Lygia Day PeΓ±aflor | Filipinx author |
β | Read any nonfiction book written by an Asian author | Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning | Cathy Park Hong | Korean author; Asian-American focus |
β | Read any book written by an Asian author that’s not US-centric | A Snake Lies Waiting | Jin Yong | Chinese author & cast |
State of the ARC
State of the ARC is a monthly meme created by Evelina @ Avalinah’s Books.
Acquired – 3
Welcome Home by Najwa Zebian | Netgalley | DNF |
I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin | Netgalley | TBR |
The Enneagram at Work by Jim McPartlin | Netgalley | DNF |
Read – 3
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood | β β βββ |
If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich | β β β β―β |
A Heart Divided by Jin Yong | β β β β―β |
Did Not Finish – 3
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros | [ review ] |
Welcome Home by Najwa Zebian | [ review ] |
The Enneagram at Work by Jim McPartlin | [ review ] |
Remaining ARCs – 2
- Cazadora by Romina Garber
- I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin
Read This Month
Clicking on the titles below will take you to the bookβs Goodreads page.
[ARC] indicates an advance review copy; [RC] indicates a post-release review copy.
5 Star Reads
- Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
- Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker (Seanan McGuire)
4.5 Star Reads
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
- How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
- Bitter in the Mouth by Monica Truong
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
4 Star Reads
- Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
- What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner
- Felicity by Mary Oliver
- When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
- Polysecure by Jessica Fern
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
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Monthly Total:
33 read + 13 DNF
3.52 average rating

- What are the best/worst books you read this month?
- Which books, if any, are you hoping/planning to read next month?
- Did you participate in any reading challenges and/or readathons this month? Are you signed up for any next month?
So glad to see you enjoyed reading Legendborn because it was definitely a good read for me too! π
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thank you, Fanna! it was definitely a highlight of the month, glad to hear you liked it too!
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AHHHHHH congratulations! This is exciting! Also mood about things (except I’m not fully vaccinated yet).
And yay for having two ARCs left! π₯³
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Except for the DNF, you had quite a good reading month!
Whoop!! Getting there with them arcs ππΌππΌ
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