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We're already nearly half way through the year and I hope everyone's reading is going well!

What did you end up getting round to reading in May? Any surprises? Anything you'd like to recommend?

I had a productive month and read nine books.

Bright Lines
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Hamilton: The Revolution
The Year of the Runaways
On the Move: A Life (for book group)
I Will Find You
Ruined
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Nightingale

I finished my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ challenge for 2016 this month (40 books) and decided to increase the number of books to read this year. Of the books I read, I didn't care for Bright Lines. I loved Island of a Thousand Mirrors, The Year of the Runaways, I Will Find You, and The Nightingale. The rest I liked, but those four were my favorites.

Books I read in May:

A Patient's Guide to Psychotherapy: And an Overview for Students and Beginning Therapists - an interesting guide for those who are considering psychotherapy
Fatelessness - a very good book, although it was difficult to get into it at the beginning
Dove comincia l'Abruzzo (no English edition) - a book written by two travelers wandering through Abruzzo, Italy
Alias Grace - great book
Three Men in a Boat - nice and funny
All the Bright Places - I would definitely recommend this one, it was my favorite of the month
The House by the Medlar Tree - a good book
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide - interesting
The Jacket - I wanted to like it but didn't

The best thing I read in May by far was Career of Evil. It was brilliant!

I read:
Ripper
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Spice & Wolf, Vol. 13: Side Colors III
Anne's House of Dreams
The Mayor of Casterbridge

Surprises? Perhaps, World War Z which was different from what I expect only knowing that it was about zombies.

I really enjoyed Career of Evil as well, Sonia. It's one series I've been reading as each book is published. Usually I don't have the patience for that but I really like the Mai characters.

( Funny that the last series I read as each was published was Harry Potter.)

I've been enjoying that series too and still have to consume Career of Evil :0) First time I'm listing.

May
The Reader on the 6.27 3.5* lovely Review
The Remains of the Day 5* utterly breathtaking Review
They Came to Baghdad 4* comfy Review
Starship Troopers 3* hardest this month but happy I persevered Review
Arsenic for Tea 4* golden age crime for kids, & adults too Review
Anne of Green Gables 4.5* classic for a reason Review
The Nutmeg Tree: A Novel 3.5* author discovery Review
Uprooted 5* loved this fantasy based on fairy tale with a twist Review
Crampton Hodnet 3.5* kind of a 1940 Austen-ish Review
The Girl of Fire and Thorns 4* great start to YA fantasy trilogy Review