May Wrap-Up

May Overview

I’m home! If you’ve been wondering why you haven’t seen me around lately, it’s because I’ve been in Kentucky at my grad school residency for the past two weeks. This was my second-to-last residency, and it was definitely the toughest one I’ve done so far. I led a discussion about post-postmodernist short fiction, which was nerve-wracking, but I think it went well. Then I participated in a full book workshop. This workshop was intense. I had to read, edit, and remember everything in this giant stack of paper. The paper stack weighed 16 pounds. I put it on the scale before I stuffed it in my carry-on suitcase.

Basically, May was crazy. I’m so exhausted that I’m going cross-eyed as I type this wrap-up. I also have a weird post-residency depression thing going on because residencies always make me realize how much work I have to do and how little time I have to do it. So, I’m slowly easing my way back in to blogging.

Books I Read

In addition to the paper mountain above, I read 9 books.

The Boy Who Dared – Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro

UnBound – Neal Shusterman

Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin

Stuck in Neutral – Terry Trueman

The Lover – Marguerite Duras

This Side of Providence – Rachel M. Harper

Travels in Vermeer: A Memoir – Michael White

Reality Boy – A.S. King

I also made some progress on my reading challenges. Click here to see how I’m doing.

Best Books Of May

I definitely had some strong opinions about May’s reading. I’m still working on getting reviews posted, but these were my favorites:

1. This Side of Providence – Rachel M. Harper

2. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro

3. Stuck in Neutral – Terry Trueman

Most-Viewed Reviews

I guess you guys really like reading about this series.

1. UnBound – Neal Shusterman

2. UnDivided – Neal Shusterman

3. UnSouled – Neal Shusterman

Most-Viewed Non-Reviews

1. Discussion: How Much Discussion Actually Happens in a Discussion Post?

2. Discussion: Lesser-Known Dystopias, or What the Heck is a Dystopia, Anyway?

3. The “All the Books I Forgot to Show You” Book Haul

Tentative June TBR

Here are a few of the books I plan on reading in June. Let me know if you’ve read any of them.

Charm & Strange – Stephanie Kuehn

The Thing About Jellyfish – Ali Benjamin

The Stepford Wives – Ira Levin

All The Things

All The Things (AKA my TBR pile) = 31 books.

I’m currently reading The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin.

I hope you had a great May!