The Community Library

1.12 A Big Reading Month - What I Read in May

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Welcome to this week’s minisode! This week I’m talking about all twelve books I read in the month of May. There’s a good mix of stuff in here; from middle-grade murder mysteries to feminist non-fiction. 

Our next discussion pick is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling. Be sure to read along so you can join in the discussion!


  • Books I read in May:
  • Claudine in Paris by Colette - ★★★★
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – ★★★
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling – ★★★★★
  • Circe by Madeline Miller – DNF, ★★
  • Inkheart by Cornelia Funke – ★★★1/2
  • Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen – ★★★★1/2
  • Misogynation by Laura Bates – ★★★★
  • Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter – ★★★1/2
  • Black is the New White by Nakkiah Lui – ★★★★
  • Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens – ★★★★
  • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – ★★★★
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde – ★★★1/2
  • Arsenic For Tea by Robin Stevens – ★★★★1/2


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