The Bookmark Lit Bulletin wraps up the last month in reading and what was on the blog, as well as what’s coming up next. You can check out my book haul, books read, posts shared, challenge updates, etc. You can read past bulletins here. If you’re looking for more personal updates, you can check out my Lauren Lately feature; it highlights my life events and non-bookish fun from the previous 30 days.
Thrilled to announce that I busted my reading slump! I read double the amount of books in May than I did in April, and I’m feeling so relieved. I was in the mood to read way more often and prioritized it as well. I don’t expect to read this much going forward as we get busier with moving and stuff, but hopefully close!
10 books in May
10 read • 0 reread • 0 DNF
Formats: 7 mixed format, 2 egalley, 1 hardcover
Status/source: 3 purchased, 2 preordered, 2 review, 2 library, 1 owned
Age Target: 10 adult
Here are all the books I read this month with ratings!
25 in 25: 40%
52 Book Club: 60%
Buzzword Reading Challenge: 58%
Buzzword Cover Challenge: 75%
Breakdown: 7 hardcovers | 6 paperbacks | 3 egalleys | 2 ebooks | 0 audiobooks
All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review.
Physical Books
Preordered: One Golden Summer by Fortune, The Missing Half by Flowers, Saga vol. 12 by Vaughan
Book Drop Subscription: Time Loops & Meet Cutes by Lau
From Little Free Library: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang
Purchased at local indies: The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook by Hayden, The Staircase in the Woods by Wendig, No One Was Supposed to Die at the Wedding by Mack, Wild Dark Shore by McConaghy
Review Copies
From Hachette: Night Watcher by Woolsoncroft
From Macmillan: Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell by French
Digital Books – Purchased
From Bookshop.org on sale: You are Fatally Invited by Pliego, First-Time Caller by Borison
- [7 May] Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett ★★★★
- [7 May] The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia ★★★★
- [14 May] Insignificant Others by Sarah Jio ★★★★
- [14 May] The Measure by Nikki Erlick ★★★★½
- [16 May] The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers ★★★★½
- [16 May] A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper ★★
- [22 May] The Fury by Alex Michaelides ★★★
- [22 May] What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon ★★★★★
- [1 May] May TBR
- [2 May] Bookmark Lit Bulletin | April 2025
- [5 May] Anticipated Upcoming Releases for the Summer
- [9 May] Reading Life, Habits, and Format Updates
- [28 May] Summer TBR and Bucket List – 2025
- [30 May] June TBR
How was your reading month?
What do you have up next?
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