MAY by the numbers:

Total books read: 12
Published in 2022: 7
Backlist titles: 4
Five star reads: 3
Debut novels: 2
Books that are part of a series: 4
Goodreads challenge: 61/120 (51%)
GR NetGalley challenge: 37/70 (53%)
GR Edelweiss challenge: 9/25 (36%)

My armchair travels took me to the Isle of Anglesey, Wales (The Dark Tide); northern England (99 Red Balloons); Nova Scotia and Ontario, Canada (Animal Person) ; all over the world (Backstories) ; Somerset, England (The Beloved Girls) ; Perthshire, Scotland (The Other Side of Stone) ; Dublin, Ireland (Her Child’s Cry) ; Glasgow and Galloway, Scotland (The Second Cut) ; Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (The Foundling) ; Virginia, U.S.A. (The Murder Rule) ; Scotland (What Lies Beneath) ; and finally Yorkshire, England and various other settings (Not Safe After Dark and other stories)

Not bad for one month.

In this past month I’ve read twelve titles.

I enjoyed every one of them, some more than others of course. (Just click on the graphics below to read my reviews)

My review of “The Murder Rule”

AND (from my backlist) WORTHY RUNNER-UP:

My review of “99 Red Balloons”

I feel very lucky to have access to so many wonderful books and hope that you had a great reading month. I hope 2022 is being kind to all of you. ♥