May has flown by but unfortunately not the number of pages I’ve read. This month was a bit of a struggle for me reading wise. I must have started at least four books and put them aside after 30 or so pages because they didn’t hold my interest. Hopefully I’ve gotten over this reading slump and will be back on track next month.

So what did I read? Three books. Can I count all of those I started and didn’t finish? Ah well. Here are the books I read: The Disappearance by Annabel Kantaria, Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas and Eileen by Ottesa Moshfegh. Hands down my favorite was Eileen. That book was so unsettling and so good. I feel like this is one of those books where I’ll always remember the main character. It made me think of characters like Ignatius J. Reilly from Confederacy of Dunces who make such an impression that it’s hard to ever forget them.

The other two books were pretty easy reads and enjoyable. Notice I even read a romance novel.

Lately I feel like I’m drawn to beach type reads and with an actual beach setting. That’s not my usual read but I think it’s just me wishing I was on vacation. Let’s see where else my reading takes me in June. What about you, how was your reading month and any reading plans for June and/or the rest of the summer?

A couple of weeks ago I had placed some holds at my library and they all came in last week but being that I got sick, the library was closed for the holiday, etc. meant that I lost my holds. A bummer but I can always place those books on hold again and in the meantime I did borrow a few others. Here’s what I got:

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano. Recently widowed Auntie Poldi movies to Sicily to enjoy the sea but she finds the corpse of a young man on the beach and is now she is in right in the middle of a murder investigation. I love a good mystery and this sounds fun.

The Years That Followed by Catherine Dunne. Sweeping across the lush European backdrops of Spain, Greece, and Ireland, the story is of  two wronged women who plot for revenge. Their intricately crafted schemes will send shockwaves through their families that will echo for many generations to come.

Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach. I think this one has gotten quite a lot of buzz. This story is about a missing woman leads her twin sister on a twisted scavenger hunt that promises to keep you guessing until the end.

Let me know if you’ve read any of these and what you thought. I’m not sure which one I’ll start with first. Decisions, decisions.