I feel like I haven't posted a TBR in ages, but now that I'm free for the summer, why not? I'm gonna try and actually read unlike most of this year (perhaps by avoiding YouTube/the TV/Netflix) as well as extra courses online, so let's see how it goes. I'm hopelessly behind in my reading goal for 2018, a measly 40% so I guess I'm never gonna get there. But I'm still hoping to complete the A-Z Challenge, with nine books to go...

- The Towering Sky by Katherine McGee
- The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton
(- The Triple Package/Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua)
- Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
- Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
- Die For Me by Amy Plum
- Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare
- Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi
- Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
- Violets Are Blue by James Patterson
- XVI by Julia Karr
- Zenith by Sasha Alsberg

What are your plans for the summer/winter depending on where in the world you are?

Whoop whoop, it's my birthday! Unfortunately I still have school. :( But anyways, blogging makes up for it!

So, getting right into my May TBR; three books for April wasn't exactly good, and I hope to make up for it this month.

Books on my April TBR I managed to read:

Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz

Books I'm adding to the May TBR:
- A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas
- Aftermath by Kelley Armstrong
- Inferno by Julie Kagawa
- War Storm by Victoria Aveyard
- Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis (Ebook)

I've also decided to remove some books from the TBR for now:
- The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud
- Runemarks by Joanne M. Harris
- XVI by Julia Karr
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- The Killing Lessons by Saul Black

Which makes this my whole TBR:

- It Was Only Ever You by Kate Kerrigan
- My Best Friend is a Goddess by Tara Eglington
- To Tame A Wild Heart by Gwen Mitchell (Ebook)
- This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
- Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
- Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi
- A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas
- Aftermath by Kelley Armstrong
- Inferno by Julie Kagawa
- War Storm by Victoria Aveyard
- Seducing Kaden by Siobhan Davis (Ebook)

Do you have a birthday this month? What's your May TBR?

As you've probably seen from my March wrap-up, that month was an absolute failure in terms of reading. But no worries! April will be better (it's here, on record, for when I claim I never said any such thing). To cement that promise more, I bring you my April TBR:

Books I Didn't Finish Last Month:

- It Was Only Ever You by Kate Kerrigan
- Runemarks by Joanne M. Harris
- My Best Friend is a Goddess by Tara Eglington
- To Tame A Wild Heart by Gwen Mitchell (Ebook)
- Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughn
- This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
- Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
- The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud
- XVI by Julia Karr
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- The Killing Lessons by Saul Black
- Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz
- Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

Now, I'm not going to add any more books because that would be tempting fate, but I hope to actually get through some of them this month.

What are you planning to read in April? Are there any books left over from your March TBR?

The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen #1) by Roshani Chokshi
First Sentence: "Staring at the sky in Bharata was like exchanging a secret."

Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy
First Sentence: "I finally get her where I want her, folks, and wouldn't you know, she starts giving me attitude within seconds."

Pawn (Blackcoat Rebellion #1) by Aimée Carter
First Sentence: "Risking my life to steal an orange was a stupid thing to do, but today of all days, I didn't care about the consequences."

Inseparable by Siobhan Davis
First Sentence: "Life is just a flow of interconnecting moments in time."

Everlife (Everlife #3) by Gena Showalter
First Sentence: "All hope has been lost."

Night Flower (Court of Fives #0.5) by Kate Elliott
First Sentence: "Esladas stood at the railing of the ship that had brought him across the Fire Sea to the land of Efea."

Average page count per day:

69 pages

Total page count:

1944 pages over six books.

Did you read more or less books than in January this month?

Wow. This year is going by so fast! I know I messed up majorly on my February TBR, but don't worry, I've got this one finished in time. So here goes:

Books I Didn't Finish Last Month:
- It Was Only Ever You by Kate Kerrigan
- Runemarks by Joanne M. Harris
- My Best Friend is a Goddess by Tara Eglington
- To Tame A Wild Heart by Gwen Mitchell (Ebook)
- Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughn

Now, I have a feeling that some of the earlier books are gonna be on my TBR for a few more months until I get to them... Oops.

Other Books I Want To Read This Month:
- This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
- Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
- The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud
- XVI by Julia Karr
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- The Killing Lessons by Saul Black
- Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz
- Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

While I doubt I'll get through all of these, I'd love to try! I hope I'll manage to read the majority.

What's at the top of your March TBR?

Firstly; I completely forgot to post a February TBR. Now most of the month has passed, oops... But I also forgot to talk about my January TBR in my wrap-up, so I'll do both here.

Books on my January TBR I managed to read:
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz (Audiobook)
Buried Heart by Kate Elliott
Lifeblood by Gena Showalter
7 Trees of Stone by Leo Hunt
Saving Brad (ARC) by Siobhan Davis (Ebook)
Inseparable (ARC) by Siobhan Davis (Ebook)
Pretty Dead Girls (ARC) by Monica Murphy (Ebook)

Which leaves me these books for my February TBR:

It Was Only Ever You by Kate Kerrigan
Runemarks by Joanne M. Harris
My Best Friend is a Goddess by Tara Eglington
To Tame A Wild Heart by Gwen Mitchell (Ebook)

I'm also going to add these books:

You Do You by Sarah Knight
Everlife by Gena Showalter
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughn

That's all! Wow, this post is a mess...

What books from your February TBR have you enjoyed?

Happy New Year everyone! I had a great final night of 2017 listening to Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz, and finishing off the year by playing Miss You by Louis Tomlinson at 23:59:50.

Here are some goals and resolutions for the year of 2018:

Goals
- 2+ blog posts a week except on hiatuses
- NO backscheduling; if I don't have a post done in time, I'll post it a week later or when it's finished
- Less Blitzes/Tours; I'm only going to do them if they're about books I care about
- More discussion posts; please keep commenting on these, I love interacting with you guys!
- Comment on more blogs frequently
- Set aside more time for blogging
- Make graphics for blog posts

Yearly Challenges I'll Be Participating In
- A-Z Book Challenge; I was so close to completing this in 2017 I just ran out of time, so I'll definitely complete it this year!
- Goodreads Yearly Challenge: my aim for this year will be 100 books. Lower than all previous years, but with school and exams I think it's a good goal for me and I should be able to achieve it with relative ease.
-Ebook Challenge; I'd like to complete Level 2 this year, which means reading 25 ebooks this year.

January TBR
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
Buried Heart by Kate Elliott
It Was Only Ever You by Kate Kerrigan
Lifeblood by Gena Showalter
7 Trees of Stone by Leo Hunt
Runemarks by Joanne M. Harris
My Best Friend is a Goddess by Tara Eglington
Saving Brad (ARC) by Siobhan Davis (Ebook)
Inseparable (ARC) by Siobhan Davis (Ebook)
Pretty Dead Girls (ARC) by Monica Murphy (Ebook)
To Tame A Wild Heart by Gwen Mitchell (Ebook)

That concludes my list for January! I hope I'll manage to read them all and more books.

Blog Updates
As you may have noticed, my blog now has a new theme! I like it a lot, however I'm still figuring out how to use the styles so please bear with me as my posts don't show the formatting I've used when writing the post. Also, if you've noticed the extreme amount of posts on this blog: again, a silly mistake on my part, I accidentally uploaded my blog posts into the system twice so a lot of duplicates currently exist. I'm working on deleting them.

As for some of the graphics I've promised: sorry they're not out yet! I still need to make them and ensure they're ready, but believe me they will become a big part of this blog. I'll be taking a bit of a break this first part of January to finalise the theme and some graphics.

How did you spend New Year's?