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Mega Reads May
I’ve got a few good books staring at me from my TBR stacks that were begging me to choose them for my May Reading Goals list. Two of them I would consider to be Mega Reads. I define a mega read as a 400+ page novel. I’m not scared of a mega read, just cautious about them.
For me, it’s about considering if I have enough free time to fully immerse in the reading of the novel if it turns out to be super good. For example, getting sucked into a 300 page novel might take away one good night’s sleep. But a great 800 page mega read is going to wreck your entire week and have you walking around like a zombie! Because it’s just too hard to resist reading just…one…more…chapter. The two books I have on my radar are Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, which is a carryover from my April Reading List, and The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers.
May Reading Goals
All of the books on my May Reading Goals list have been published! So check them out at your local library or bookstore.
- Ballad & Dagger by Daniel Jose Older: A YA Urban Fantasy featuring Latinx main characters. It’s the first YA published under the Rick Riordan Presents imprint. Check out my Book Tour stop with Rockstar Books on May 25!
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir: A YA novel with Muslim characters that features a love story, tragedy and dreams.
- Disability Visibility by Alice Wong: This is an anthology of voices of disabled people.
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers: Mega Read! A novel that tells the story of an American family, from the slave trade to current times. Paperback comes out May 10!
- True Biz by Sara Novic: A novel about a year in the lives of a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf.
Are you reading any 400+ books this May? Or are any of these books on your TBR list? If so, let me know in the comments!
Looking for More Reading Ideas?
Check out what I read in April! April Reading Wrap-Up: So Little Time, So Much To Read

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