Weekly Wrap-Up: 5/22 – 6/4/17

Happy Sunday bookworms!

I know this post is going up SUPER late (it is almost no longer Sunday lol) but things have been a little crazy today.  This coming week I will be going out of town on TWO separate occasions, so I may be a little scarce over the next week or so.   Try not to miss me too much 🙂

Somehow I didn’t get a weekly wrap-up post up last Sunday, so this wrap-up will be covering the past 2 weeks.

*Weekly Wrap-Up is a weekly post where I feature what posts were published on the blog for the past week, any bookish/blog happenings, what I recently finished reading, what I am currently reading, what I will be reading next, noteworthy posts around the bookish blogosphere, and any interesting bookish articles I came across.

Monday 5/22

Book Review: The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Thursday 5/25

5 Reasons Why You Should Read Anne of Green Gables + My AoGG Aesthetic #AnneReadAlong2017

Tuesday 5/30

Things That Made Me Cringe While Reading Anne of Green Gables #AnneReadAlong2017

Friday 6/2

May 2017 Wrap-Up + Book Haul

Saturday 6/3

June 2017 TBR

» I attended Lisa Jewell’s I Found You book tour stop in Cincinnati OH last night.   Such a lovely woman!  More details on this event in a future post 🙂

*Book titles link to Goodreads

Recently finished reading:

» Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

Summary of feelings:  Since I loved Anne of Green Gables so much, I decided to go ahead and read the second book, Anne of Avonlea.  As I mentioned, I am taking part in the Anne of Green Gables Read Along (#AnneReadAlong2017), which the ultimate goal of is to read the entire series in the remaining months of 2017.  I am not sure I am going to be able to achieve this, but I’m going to give it a go I think.  Anne of Avonlea gave us a whole new cast of lovable characters, BUT if I am being honest I didn’t love it as much as the first book.  I’m not sure if it is due to the fact that Anne is growing up, or if no other book in the series will ever live up to the first… I still really enjoyed the second book.

» The Double Blind by Chris Bohjalian

*3.5 stars*

Summary of feelings:  This one was so hard to rate because I really liked the concept, but felt that the execution was a little messy at times and the ending was far too abrupt.  It made for a wonderful book club discussion because it tackled topics like mental illness & homelessness.

» The History Major by Michael Phillip Cash

Summary of feelings:  I contemplated DNFing this book so many times which is crazy because there are only 130ish pages… I may have muttered the words “What the hell is going on here?” a few times while reading The History Major.  This book felt like an acid trip… and not a fun one.  Could it be possible that I just didn’t “get it”?  Maybe.  I don’t think that is the case though.

Full review to come.

» Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

I finished this one last night and I haven’t sorted out my feelings about it just yet.  On one hand, I do think the author had a great concept here with a very important theme: words & actions can sometimes have big effects on others.  HOWEVER I am struggling with some of the authors choices regarding this book.  I also wasn’t a huge fan of the ending.  It felt rushed and I didn’t feel any type of closure BUT this may have been what the author intended… I wasn’t planning on writing a review for this one, but I have an idea for a non-traditional review, so stay tuned.

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Currently reading:

» I Found You by Lisa Jewell

I am super close to finishing this one (90%) and cannot wait to see how this pans out.

» Cait @PaperFury shares some bookstagram tips → 12 #Bookstagram Secret Hacks That’ll Change Your Life Into Gloriousness (Maybe)

» Danielle @Books, Vertigo & Tea talks about diversifying her reading → Let’s Talk About Diverse Reading

» Margot @Lectito shares some tips for aspiring authors → Seven essentials for writing a kick-arse first manuscript (and surviving the process)

» Jen @Reader in a Reverie shares a few adult book recs for YA readers →Adult Books for YA Readers

» Drew @The Tattooed Book Geek shares 25 tips for starting a book blog → So, you want to be a book blogger?

» Jackie @Death by Tsundoku shares some upcoming post prompts for the #AnneReadAlong2017 → #AnneReadAlong2017 Bonus Posts

» Annie @The Misstery is looking for some book recs → Searching For Book Recommendations!

» Amy @Novel Gossip shares a few book recs → Summer Reading Recommendations

» Melanie @Grab The Lapels shares some tips for summer reading challenge posts → Prepare your blog posts to be their best for all the upcoming summer reading challenges!

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» Books About Books: 8 Children’s Stories That Celebrate the Joy of Reading

» These Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Novels Are Based on Real Life

» 10 New Teen Romance Books You’ll Definitely Fall For

What are you currently reading?

What will you read next?

Have a wonderful week, and happy reading