I was hopped up on manga and graphic novels during May, which kinda saved me from lagging behind. I’ve been kinda stuck between painting, reading and everything else this month like
This month, I left behind the slump and read 15 full-length books, 1 novella length book and 17 graphic novel/manga for a total of 33 books! Still kinda riding April’s high, I guess? What did I think of the books I read this month? Well you can find out below:
Ah-mazing!
Pretty good
Try it out maybe?
Nope!
Reread
And now, onto the yearly challenges:
Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge
Progress: 43/100 books
It was mostly me finally catching up on the Tokyo Ghoul: re series.
Contemporary Romance reading challenge
Progress: 21/21+ books (Grand Slam)
AtoZ reading challenge
Progress: 21/26 books
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V 
X Y Z
Nothing this month!
Cloak and Dagger challenge
Progress: 16/35 books
Half of these have the word missing in the title lol. The Missing of Claidelune is a missing persons mystery in a fantasy setting, Girl Gone Missing is also a missing persons mystery set in 60s (Native American protag, OwnVoices). Missing, Presumed Dead is an urban fantasy. Wilder Girls is a horror/thriller SciFi novel, and Beastars is a murder mystery in a world inhabited by anthromorphic animals.
New Release challenge
Progress: 70/200 books
Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading challenge
Progress: 99/100 galleys
26 galleys this month! And I was so clooooose to reaching the goal!
2019 Debut author challenge
Progress: 9/24 debuts
Both the debut books I read this month are sapphic retellings! Orpheus Girl is a retelling of Greek myths in a modern setting, and Wilder Girls is a retelling of Lord of the Flies in a modern SciFi setting.
Audiobook challenge
Progress: 11/50 audiobooks
Nothing this month!
Monthly Keyword Challenge
Progress: 4/12 keywords
(A Million Worlds with you)
Dystopia Reading Challenge
Progress: 7/16 books
Beastars is set in a world similar to ours, only with anthromorphic animals (think Zootopia but hardcore), Not Your Villain and Not Your Backup are set in post-apocalyptic Earth with trans and a-spec protagonists, respectively.
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
Progress: 18/25 books (Ancient History)
Demon Slayer is set in Taisho era Japan (early 20th century), while Realm is set in ~300 BC (during Alexander the Great’s time) and Girl Gone Missing is set in 1960s America.
Retellings Reading Challenge
Progress: 8/25 retellings (Fairest of them All)
– historical retelling of Alexander the Great’s wife Roxana – modern scifi horror retelling of Lord of the Flies
Space Time Reading Challenge
Progress: 6/20 books
Time travel
Series to Finish Challenge
Progress: 8/24 series (2/12 new + 6/12 old)
– Firebird trilogy (old)
– The Young Elites trilogy (old)
Year of the Asian Reading Challenge
Progress: 14/51 books
Besides these year-long challenges, I also had three reading challenges.
Read-a-thin (May 1-31)
I had planned to read 5 books off my physical shelves, but ended up reading only 2. *sad puppy dog face*
Asian readathon (May 1-31)
I completed all 5 challenges (the last one I had already done) with these two books, featuring Chinese (author) and Japanese (setting, original language, author, characters) identities, respectively.
Bout of Books (May 13-19)
My initial goal was to read 7 books but I went crazy with the manga LOL, and ended up reading 16 books in total.
ICYMI
TTT: Book Adaptations on my Watchlist
TTT: Book Adaptations I Love
TTT: Book Trends This Year
TTT: Favorite Books Released in the last 10 years
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #47: PoC rep
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #48: Non-western civilizations
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #49: PoC rep
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #50: Sapphic rep
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #51: Ownvoices gay rep
Book Blogger Hop: May 3-9
Book Blogger Hop: May 10-16
Book Blogger Hop: May 17-23
Book Blogger Hop: May 24-30
Book Blogger Hop: May 31- June 6
Stacking the Shelves #59
Stacking the Shelves #60
Stacking the Shelves #61
On the Pod this week #30
On the Pod this week #31
On the Pod this week #32
On the Pod this week #33
On the Pod this week #34
Off Tangent Thoughts About Writing Book Reviews
Off Tangent Thoughts When Someone Interrupts My Reading
Other news
- I took part in DeviantArt’s HTTYD fanart contest!
- I’ve also participated in a WolfStar Big Bang, for which one entry was released this month!
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How was your May?
YA on my Mind 
You had an amazing month!
First of all, YES TO THAT GIF! Secondly, YOU DID AMAZINGLY, WOW, CONGRATS! And I am so so happy you left the slump behind, that is great news.
So many challenges and so much progress with all of them! You rocked this month and I hope you continue like that.
Wow! You have a lot of challenges going on! I’d have trouble keeping up with it all. Great job!