May Wrap Up

 So while I didn't read many books this month, I read two amazing ones. I also DNF'd one that will be added to my DNF list that I hope to publish in late June.

Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. I was excited for a Depression-era book that focused on the Dust Bowl and the fate of farmers in the Midwest. The story is about a young woman who is unloved and shunned by her family. When a guy gives her some attention, she sleeps with him and she becomes pregnant. She moves in with his family and works the farm until the Dust Bowl hits. The rest is her trying to survive and keep her family alive too. I liked it but felt the author purposely made an ending that was emotionally manipulative. This has happened in all three books of hers that I've read and it ruins it. I gave it 3 stars but won't read her again.

Love and Pajamas by Catana Chetwynd. I found this cute graphic novel on my library app and decided to read it. The art is simple and focuses on a woman and her boyfriend. It felt very relatable but also fragmented; more like a series of comic strips than a story. Because there wasn't a cohesive narrative, I gave it 3.5 stars.

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston. Wow! I love magical school settings and this fantastic. I'm glad it will be a series because I need MORE! It focuses on a young girl whose brother disappeared 6 months prior. She gets a secret message from him and an initiation into a secret magical school. There she learns new skills, makes friends and enemies, and tries to find her brother. 5 stars.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I felt so lucky to get another 5 star book after the previous one. This is Weir's third novel and by far his best! A man named Ryland Grace wakes up with amnesia on a space ship and tries to work out why he's there and once he remembers that, he tries to find a solution to the problem that put him in space. The book made me laugh out loud multiple times, gave me a new favorite character "Rocky" and literally made me tear up at the end. The world-building is wonderful, the science and math are a lot, but easy enough to get the gist. This damn well may be a new favorite book...I'll have to sit with it to be sure but Wow!