Hello everybody! hope things are  fantastic in your other side of the world. Well, here's my current reads for the month of May and probably till June :) proof enough that despite some outstanding reads I did this month, some books got obviously stucked in my current reading list for considerably longer time than what I usually concede. Well, besides the usual excuses, being busy, too much internet time etc, etc... I am in all honesty an emotional reader hence whether I finish a book or not depends on how I feel during that period of time and sometimes short attention span tendencies kicked in and poof I grab another book. aahahahah.

Anyways, here's why some of these books got an extended time in my TBR list... the longest being Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Okay so this book is spectacular, hands up, right hand on my heart  but despite my love for the book I feel like I need more time. The fact that I needed to have a study guides like spark notes, googling a lot and all the shebang to be able to get into the book without feeling distraught and completely lost.

Moving on... Diana Gabaldon's Dragonfly in Amber sort of got suspended due to my current contemporary fiction mania (gawd I nip them like I would a bag of  M&Ms them contemporary fiction) and judging by its dent in the spine, I am not even halfway towards finish but definitely love the book and though I haven't read as much pages like I used to, the connection is still-absolutely there. I love the characters, the setting and Jamie "And, Sassenach,your face is my heart.” oh Jamie, stop. ahahahahaha

Also I still got Fredrik Backman's 'My grandmother sends her regards and apologises' in my TBR list. I took it with me on a vacation  but never get to read it like I plan to... got too much wonderful distractions. So I never had the chance to really sink it in though I know I love it, not just because it's a Backman and yes... besides a little bit of  crush on the author (ooh blush) but I know it is a fantastic and magical read especially that I as a girl also had a very strong bond with my grandma. She lives in my heart now :)

Next is Martin Cruz Smith 'Girl in Venice' I stopped reading it because I just lost the connection -- I feel like when I was reading it I was kind of just hovering and felt so distant. I  picked it from the shop shelf because I got drawn towards Venice and I thought it was going to be an exciting read plus at the time I just finished reading Anthony Doerr's All the Lights We Cannot See-- so I was pretty much hangover at the time so I though I'd pick something on that same theme... but I think it was kind of a rebound read? I don't know... but I  decided to have  another go and see how I'd feel about it this time.

I also decided to read Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Because I know that this book is delightful to read and I don't want to regret not reading it. I wish we were encouraged to read this back in highschool but I guess we had our own Filipino classics to study so we made a pass. But I am definitely reading this.

Then I feel like I just needed to add Roy Arundhati's 'The Ministry of Outmost Happiness' in the list because I heard many wonderful reviews about it and also the first book that I read from her. So there's my reading ramble for this week and hope you guys have a wonderful time. Till next time.