May’s TBR Pile (20/32):

1. Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

2. Girly Book Club: A Curve in the Road by Julianne Maclean (iPad) ✓

3. Friend Book Club: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

4. UnRead Shelf Pick: The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips ✓

5. Random TBR Pick: The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg ✓

6. Ebook: The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury by Mary Levy (iPad) ✓

7. Series Pick: Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco ✓

8. Alphabet Soup: Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi ✓

9. Monthly Keyword (Daisy): Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✓

10. Monthly Motif (One Sitting Reads): Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen ✓

11. Nonfiction: The Problem of Democracy by Nancy Isenberg

12. Nonfiction Cities by Monica Smith

13. Comic: The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 8 ✓

14. Comic: The Beauty Vol. 5 ✓

15. Comic: Heathen Vol. 1 ✓

16. Comic: Giant Days Vol. 8 ✓

17. Science Fiction: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor (iPad)

18. Horror: The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo ✓

19. Romance: 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne

20. Romance: The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli ✓

21. Historical Fiction: The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White ✓

22. Historical Fiction: The Light Over London by Julia Kelly ✓

23. Historical Fiction: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton ✓

24. Historical Fiction: Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly

25. HP Reread: The Chamber of Secrets

26. HP Reread: The Prisoner of Azkaban

27. Short Stories: Toil and Trouble

28. Young Adult: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta

29. Young Adult: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

30. Added: Royals (Prince Charming) by Rachel Hawkins ✓

31. Added: A Brief History of Nebraska by Ronald Naugle ✓

32. Added: Watching You by Lisa Jewell ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 5676 pages
Pages Remaining: 608,435 pages

Current Read - Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter; Secrets of the Greek Revival by Eva Pohler

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (0)

June TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

2. Girly Book Club: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (reread)

3. Friend Book Club: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

4. Random TBR Pick: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

5. Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor

6. Series Pick: Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey

7. Monthly Keyword (Woman): The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

8. Nonfiction: From Scratch by Allen Salkin

9. Nonfiction: City of Light by Rupert Christiansen

10. Nonfiction: Cities by Monica L. Smith

11. Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 3

12. Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 4

13. Comic: The Umbrella Academy Vol. 2

14. Science Fiction: Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan

15. Science Fiction: Alien: Echo by Mira Grant

16. Science Fiction: If, Then by Kate Hope Day

17. Horror: Secrets of the Greek Revival by Eva Pohler

18. Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen

19. Romance: The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

20. Romance: Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan

21. Romance: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

22. Romance: Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith

23. Historical Fiction: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

24. Creativity: Craftfulness by Rosemary Davidson

25. Creativity: My Friend Fear by Meera Lee Patel

26. Short Stories: Toil and Trouble

27. Young Adult: Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Movies watched

• Hired Gun - Fascinating documentary about musicians. Wish they would have spent a little less time on the Billy Joel storyline.

• Apollo 11 - The story of the Apollo 11 mission told through archival footage and audio transmissions. A work of art in itself!

TV Shows watched

• Veep S7 - And with that, the show is over!

• Game of Thrones S1 - We restarted the entire series now that the show is ending.

Comments - As predicted, my reading momentum slowed down just a bit. But I’m still really happy at my reading this month. Lots of mediocre reads, but a couple of really good ones.

Next up on the TBR pile: