A Month in Review: May 2012

Books Reviewed

• The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
• Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
• I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
• The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri
• Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray
• Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
• The Zombie Tarot: An Oracle of the Undead by Stacey Graham
• In My Father’s Country by Saima Wahab
• I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
• The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
• The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse by Steven C. Schlozman
• Overseas by Beatriz Williams
• The Haunted by Bentley Little
• The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
• So Far Away by Meg Mitchell Moore
•  Zombiestan by Mainak Dhar
•  A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of A Murder by Karen Spears Zacharias

Total books reviewed: 17

Pick of the month: This is always the hardest decision I have to make.  I have proclaimed my May the “month of the woman” for there were several books I read about incredibly empowering women, including The Testament of Jessie Lamb, I Am Forbidden, Calling Invisible Women, In My Father’s Country, and The Chaperone.

I’ve decided to narrow down my favorites by genre/type. My favorite Zombie novel (celebrating Zombie Awareness month!) was Zombiestan by Mainak Dhar.  My favorite thriller was Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes, my favorite non-fiction/memoir was In My Father’s Country by Saima Wahab, my favorite general fiction/romance was Overseas by Beatriz Williams  but my all-time, top favorite read of the month that spans several genres is The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty.

Special Events

I celebrated Morrison day with a post entitled:Reliving Morrison: My Path Down Memory Lane

Upcoming Events!

I know I sound like a broken record but it’s all about BEA (Book Expo America) for me right now. I head up to NY on Sunday, returning on Friday, and I’d love to meet up with publisher and blogger friends, so if you are Going to BEA/BEA Blogger Convention? Let’s Meet Up!  Additionally, I’m organizing a book blogger contact list, so if you are going, please be sure to check out this Tumblr post.

I think that about wraps up the month! What were your favorite reads in May?