{"id":6783,"date":"2017-05-04T21:09:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2017-05-04T21:09:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T15:39:40","slug":"may-tbr-the-month-of-readalongs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/04\/may-tbr-the-month-of-readalongs\/","title":{"rendered":"May TBR &#8211; The Month of Readalongs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! I&#8217;ve never done a monthly TBR post before because I know I will end up not following it. However, this month there are 4 books that I&#8217;m definitely going to read so I thought I would share them with you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6977\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/m.jpg\" alt=\"m\" width=\"2999\" height=\"1632\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6792\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170430_202718.jpg?w=235\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170430_202718.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This book follows the struggles of\u00a0fraternal twins Esthappen and Rahel in 1969, Kerala. I will be reading this book as part of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/tbsgodofsmallthingsreadalong\/\">#TBSgodofsmallthingsreadalong<\/a>\u00a0which is a readalong\u00a0in May hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/\">The Book Satchel<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6790 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170430_193633.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170430_193633\" width=\"234\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the May book of the month of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1480614348649608\/\">The Bookish Talks<\/a> book club. It is hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/lifeofmanpreet\">Indian Booktuber<\/a>. The live discussion of this book will take place on her channel on 15th May. She&#8217;s my favorite booktuber and you all should definitely watch her videos. I&#8217;m also buddy reading this book with a friend on Bookstagram \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6791 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170430_194004.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170430_194004\" width=\"248\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve\u00a0been wanting to re-read Pride and Prejudice for a long time and I got the perfect opportunity\u00a0this month as a couple of bookstagrammers are also reading it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Rafflesia the Banished Princess by Gautam<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6789 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170430_193437.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170430_193437\" width=\"252\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/writersmelon.com\/category\/readers-corner-book-lovers-free-books-writersmelon\/book-review-program-readers-corner-writersmelon\/\">Writer&#8217;s Melon<\/a> for sending me a copy of this book for review. This book sounds like a very unique read and I&#8217;m really excited for it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>Have you read any of these books? What books are you planning to read this month? Let me know down below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! I&#8217;ve never done a monthly TBR post before because I know I will end up not following it. However, this month there are 4 books that I&#8217;m definitely going to read so I thought I would share them&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/04\/may-tbr-the-month-of-readalongs\/#more-6783\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May TBR &#8211; The Month of Readalongs<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[99,187,287,374,376,433],"class_list":["post-6783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-may-tbr","tag-readalongs","tag-reading","tag-tbr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4051,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/31\/reading-challenges-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":6783,"position":0},"title":"Reading Challenges 2017","date":"January 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone! 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