I managed to not just read everything that was on my May To-Be-Read, but even an extra book that was added later. I also have a few books to add this month to the list for a readathon, but we will stick to going with the original way we log them in. All the physical books, then the digital, then the audio!
Clearly there are a lot more this month than in previous. Hopefully I can get through most of them before July. Whatever is missed will just be moved over to my July To-Be-Read list so that way I can clear them before August!
Physical
1. An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington - I don't remember exactly what it was, probably me going back to watching a lot of BookTube videos that suddenly rekindled my interest in these giant Orbit books. I was thinking about which one I wanted to read and went with this one because I remember some of the plot and it has this convenient little "previously on" section in the front. I'm looking forward to continuing Davian, Wirr, and Asha's stories. This book also fits the Guild-a-Thon prompt to read a book that intimidates me.
2. One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake - It's, again, been a while since I read the first book in the series, Three Dark Crowns and I figured what better time to read the sequel than when I need to read a book with a black/dark cover? This one is purely on here for the Guild-a-Thon Blackthorn prompt. I don't remember particularly much from the first one but typically my memory will jog itself within the first two or three chapters.
3. Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan - I bought this book forever ago when it was popular and I don't remember anything about the synopsis at all. I picked it up because it covers the prompt "Pirate! Steal a book from someone else's TBR!" and one of the people I'm friends with in another server is reading it for the Guild-a-Thon. Here's hoping I like it!
4. Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao - For the prompt "Walk in the Woods: Read a book that takes place in or near the forest". I've tried to read this before, I have a distinct memory of starting it but not making it more than a few pages in before I stopped in favor of something else that I do not recall. Hopefully I can get to it in June.
5. The Maidens by Alex Michaelides - Another one I started that I never actually finished. There is some mild annotation, but nothing past like page 5. I chose this one to go with the prompt of reading a book with a dark academia theme and this popped up under a list of dark academia books. So, let's see what we think of it! I wonder what I thought of what I felt needed to be underlined in the first go of trying to read this.
6. The Burning God by R.F. Kuang - This is for the prompt to read a book you've been putting off. What's funny, and a bit sad, is that I wasn't actively trying to put it off. It was just buried in a box in the back of the mini-van waiting for me to bring it upstairs and unpack it. Finally got to it and now I can finish the series and find out what's going on with the rest of the characters.
7. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - I picked this one up literally only because I needed a book with a morally gray character or the villains story. I know absolutely nothing about this other than the fact it was very very popular on BookTube last year (possibly the year before as well) and that it involves Fae? I don't know. Looking forward to finding out though.
8. Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski - This one is not on here because of the readathon. This is one of two physical books that were already on my June To-Be-Read that I'm going to try to get to if I can. No promises. I've read the rest of the books preceding this one in the series and I am quite curious to find out how it continues. Plus reading it makes my friends happy.
9. My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix - Literally I just picked this at random from the pile of books that are against my dresser. Eventually I will read it. Though this may end up getting bumped over to July's To-Be-Read as there are just so many on June's that I'm not sure what to do with them all. I have been meaning to read this for a little while, I just haven't gotten to it.
Digital
10. The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton - This was on April's To-Be-Read and got swapped out for something shorter, so now I'm going to put it on June's to fill the prompt "Featuring Assassins" because I can almost guarantee it will have them in it knowing as much of the synopsis as I do. Hoping I can get through it. It looks interesting and I think I can get through it pretty quickly.
11. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson - This was popular last year or the year before, I don't remember exactly when. I picked it up to fill in the prompt of needing a spooky/thriller/murder mystery book and well, this definitely counts for that! All I remember is that it involves this man who is murdering people based on the books he's reading? Or maybe the same way as people from the books? So it covers the prompt!
12. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas - This was the second digital book I'd put on the original list before discovering the Guild-a-Thon. I have heard a lot about this book and I want to read it. It won't be as high a priority as the rest of the books on this list, but we will see if we can get to it before June ends!
Audio
13. A Hero Born by Jin Yong - I have read this book once before, but as I recently picked up volumes 2 through 4, I thought I'd give this a re-read, but then I discovered they had it on Audible, so decided I would listen to it instead. It also covers the Guild-a-Thon prompt for featuring a death as he is taken to the north after his father is murdered (not a spoiler, happens in literally chapter 1) and we learn of more deaths later on in the book. Maybe I'll listen to all of them on audio!!
