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Monthly TBR – May 2022 (May the Force Read with You Readathon Edition)

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Hello, everyone! Happy Star Wars Day! In honor of the day, today’s post is my TBR for May, which centers around the May the Force Read with You Readathon created by Breakeven Books. I was so excited to find this readathon because I wanted to do something Star Wars related this month. I’ve chosen to walk the path to the dark side, which has five levels. To become a Dark Lord of the Sith, I need to develop five force abilities (AKA read five books). Along the way I plan to build my team of allies and my weapons collection by reading even more books. This TBR is a mix of ARCs I really need to get to and books that have been on previous TBRs, along with a couple recent releases. I’m behind on ARCs for the first time, and it’s making me anxious. So, I’m going to try to get caught up on everything this month… I’m also looking forward to finally (hopefully) getting to Little Thieves and Victory’s Price since I’ve been wanting to read them since last year.

If you are interested in learning more about the readathon and the prompts, I’ve embedded the announcement video below. There is also a pdf of the different prompts available in the video description on Youtube.

May the force be with you!

Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Snacks for Reading

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Hello everyone! Welcome back for another Top 5 Tuesday! The prompt for today is the top 5 snacks for reading. In general, I don’t really eat that much while I’m reading. The food tends to distract me from the book, and I’ll often end up sitting down and eating the entire snack before I even get back to reading. I’m also super picky about keeping my books in good condition. So, eating while reading a physical book is something I’m probably unlikely to do unless the snack doesn’t dirty my fingers. That being said, I do tend to snack some when reading on my Kindle or listening to an audiobook, especially audiobooks since it is easy to listen and munch without getting distracted. Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm, and is now being hosted at Meeghan Reads!

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Mid-Month NetGalley Check-In – April 2022

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I’ve made some serious progress in the last month. I’ve read and reviewed more NetGalley books in the last month than ever before. I’ve been approved for a few new books, as well, but I’ve still managed to raise my feedback ratio by a bit. I read and reviewed seven books, and I’ve been approved for five new books in the last month. I’ve also read one more book that hasn’t been reviewed yet. You can see where I was last month in my most recent check-in post. My feedback ratio thankfully managed to climb seven percent to 68%. I’ve completed 45 ARC reviews out of the total 66 for which I have been approved. I now have 20 books available to review on my shelf, which is a few less than where I was this time last month. Progress!

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Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Books About a Birth

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Hello everyone! Welcome back for another Top 5 Tuesday! The prompt for today is the top 5 books about a birth. I struggled with this list a lot. I don’t really read a ton of books focused on a pregnancy/birth. So, it was pretty much impossible to make a list of books that focus specifically on that topic. Instead I’ve chosen five books I’ve read, or intend to read, that contain a pregnancy or birth in them. I’d love recommendations for books about a birth (fantasy or sci fi preferred) because I obviously don’t read enough of them. I’ll definitely be perusing others’ lists this week for recs, as well. 🙂 Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm, and is now being hosted at Meeghan Reads!

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Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Anticipated Reads for Apr-Jun 2022

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Hello everyone! Welcome back for another Top 5 Tuesday! It has been a month since I participated in this meme because I took a break from all the memes during March. I’ve missed this one a lot, though, and am excited to be participating again! It is always a lot of fun! The prompt for today is the top 5 anticipated reads for Apr-Jun 2022. It was so hard to narrow this list down to five! The upcoming quarter has so many great book releases I was honestly a little overwhelmed looking at them all. I did it, though, and here are the five I’m most anticipating. Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm, and is now being hosted at Meeghan Reads!

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TBR: April 2022 (Magical Readathon & Mythothon Edition)

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Hello, everyone! I’ve been really struggling the last few days to pick what I want to read next. I’ve been so excited about these two readathons for a while, and now that they are here I’m kind of in a slump, which has me bummed. I’ve finally settled on some choices, but I think many of these will likely change as the month progresses. I’m really in the mood to mood read, but I’m going to try to stick to these as closely as I can because they are mostly ARCs/tour obligations. (Edit note: The first two books I’ve started for this month since initially writing this post are not on these lists. lol. So, I’m off to a great start…)

I’m participating in two readathons this month, Magical Readathon and Mythothon. You can find my picks for each down below along with a little more info about each readathon!

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Mid-Month NetGalley Check-In – March 2022

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I’ve been trying to do better. I really have. I swear I haven’t been requesting as many books, but I’ve been (luckily) getting approved for most of what I request. So, despite my best efforts, my feedback ratio hasn’t changed much. I’ve been approved for a ton of great new books, including some of my most anticipated releases of the year. I’m pretty excited about it even if it means reading them on a faster schedule to get the reviews done before publication. I read and reviewed five books, and I’ve been approved for eight new books in the last month. I’ve also read two more books whose reviews haven’t been published yet. You can see where I was last month in my most recent check-in post. My feedback ratio thankfully managed to climb one percent to 61%. It went up as far as 63% at one point, but after a few new approvals it dropped back down again. I’ve completed 37 ARC reviews out of the total 53 for which I have been approved. I now have 23 books available to review on my shelf, which is once again the most I’ve ever had at one time.

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TBR: March 2022 (Trope-ical Readathon Edition)

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Hello, everyone! This month’s TBR post is going to be focused on the books I plan to read for the Trope-ical Readathon. For this readathon, I’ve picked books corresponding to 15 different prompts (or their alternates), which are based on common tropes found in fiction. I decided to join Team Fantasy again this time because I was most interested in reading its team book and liked the team challenges. You can find out all about the readathon here, and you can still sign up through March 6th. So, if it sounds like something you’d be interested in, go sign up!

Here are all of the common challenges/prompts:

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