May Wrap Up & Favourite Books of the MonthMay was a fab bookish month for me, especially as I was on holiday in Corsica for two weeks. I read and listened to 12 books including ARCs, library books, audiobooks and even some of my own books! I read 6 books and listened to 6 audiobooks 😀

False Witness by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards
Life After Life by Joshua Barkman
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
Scorpions: A Memoir by Tuppence Middleton
London's No.1 Dog Walking Agency by Kate MacDougall
Marry Me in Italy by Nicky Pellegrino
In the Hide: How the Natural World Saved My Life by Gordon Buchanan
A Most Parisian Murder by Millicent Binks
Beattie Cavendish and the White Pearl Club by Mary-Jane Riley
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Capital Christie: Twelve London Mysteries by Agatha Christie
Asia: From the Urals to the Pacific by Victoria Burrows
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For those of you who enjoy graphs, here are my stats from StoryGraph

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Favourites

These were my favourites, ICYMI here’s my review for The Life Impossible,  the only book I’ve managed so far! 🫣

Bookish Travel

 Wow in May I travelled to 39 countries again, thanks to the photobook about Asia!! 🫣

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore

Asia: From the Urals to the Pacific by Victoria Burrows

France, England 

A Most Parisian Murder by Millicent Binks

Canada

India, Kenya, Scotland,  New Guinea, Canada, Sierra Leone, USA 

In the Hide: How the Natural World Saved My Life by Gordon Buchanan

Ibiza, England

Italy, England

Marry Me in Italy by Nicky Pellegrino

England

 How was your May?
Did you read or listen to any good books?