two friends and too many books
**Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of The Secret Garden Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.
The Secret Garden Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden and Hannah Luechtefeld is a graphic novel adaptation of the classic novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published on June 15th, 2021. I rated it four stars on Goodreads.
**Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of The Minamata Story: An Ecotragedy by Sean Michael Wilson through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and to the publishers for this opportunity.
The Minamata Story: An Ecotragedy by Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima is a graphic novel that helps to bring light to real events. It switches back and forth between the modern timeline and looking back on events that happened in the past. It was published on June 15th, 2021. I rated it three stars on Goodreads.
**Disclaimer: I received a free copy of An Unkindness of Ravens by Dan Panosian through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this opportunity.
An Unkindness of Ravens by Dan Panosian is a YA fantasy graphic novel about a teenage girl who returns to the town her father was from, and mysteriously looks very similar to a girl who just disappeared. She quickly finds that things are not what they seem. An Unkindness of Ravens published on June 8th, 2021. I rated it 3 stars on Goodreads.
I didn’t do a TBR in May because I had disappointed myself the previous month by not achieving all of the TBR challenge prompts I was supposed to do. I didn’t do that in May either. I technically read books that applied to all the prompts but I didn’t read all of the books I had planned for the prompts. However, I still kind of wanted to do this post because I like talking about the books that I’m going to read. So I will do so below the cut. However, I want to emphasize that I don’t plan on reading all of these, but I know I will get to a fair few of them.
May has been a pretty good reading month. I read a bunch of different things and loved almost all of them. There were definitely a few things that I didn’t really love, but I’m still glad that I read them. I also picked up some good books that I’m definitely excited about reading. You’ll find it all below the cut.
**Disclaimer: I received a free copy of With the Sheikh in His Harem vol 1 by Rin Miasa through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the publishers and to NetGalley for this opportunity.
With the Sheikh in His Harem by Rin Miasa is romance manga about a young girl who meets a prince by chance and ends up marrying him after she convinces him not to do something drastic. It was published on May 5th, 2021. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.
This month was a pretty great reading month in turns of the quality of the books I read. It’s not my highest number this year, but I read a lot of really awesome five star books and it’s going to be pretty impossible to choose which is my monthly favourite!
**Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of Chaos on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for this opportunity.
Chaos on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer is a young adult near-future science fiction novel. It is the sequel to Catfishing on Catnet and the second book in the Catnet series. This book picks up some time after the events after the first and we see Steph and her friends dealing with everything that happened while also embarking on a new misadventure. Chaos on Catnet is set to publish on April 27, 2021. I gave it 4 stars on Goodreads.
**Disclaimer: I received a free early access copy of The Follower by Kate Doughty through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for this opportunity.
The Follower by Kate Doughty is a young adult mystery thriller novel about a set of triplet social media influencers. The Cole triplets move from house to house with their parents as they flip homes. This new house is their last chance, but it seems that maybe they’ve bitten off more than they can chew. The Follower is due to be published on March 23rd, 2021. I rated it 5 stars on GoodReads.
**Disclaimer: I recieved a free early access copy of The Last Secret You’ll Ever Keep by Laurie Faria Stolarz through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to them and the publisher for this opportunity.
The Last Secret You’ll Ever Keep by Laurie Faria Stolarz is a YA mystery thriller about a girl who was kidnapped and held against her will, but unfortunately no one believes her. It’s the second book in the Jane Anonymous series. It publishes on March 16th, 2021. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.