May Wrap Up: A Rollercoaster I Won’t Forget!

Hello awesome nerds and happy Monday everyone!

Can you believe May is slowly coming to an end? I can’t. Because this month was such a rollercoaster of events, emotions and decisions that it truly left me… dizzy!

May started with the best of omens, as I had the first four days off, due to the Easter holidays. And yes, this was amazing because a) I really needed some time to recharge my batteries and relax, and b) I didn’t know what was going to happen next.

So, long story short, the publishing house with which I was going to work for the May bookbrewed box, pushed back the publication date of the book I wanted to feature, informing me literally one day before the official publication date they had given me at first.

Trust me, you can only imagine the horror!

I just a few hours, I had called the general manager of the publishing house, with which I had collaborated for the April box, and I emailed the PR manager of another Greek publishing house. It was kind of nerve-wracking, I had to make many decisions in a very limited time, and inform the subscribers. I’m truly grateful for all these amazing people, who showed empathy and were nothing but kind to me.

In the end, they all loved the May box, which turned out like that…

Stunning shot by the lovely Lina

Still, this wasn’t the only misfortune I had to face at work. Another vendor went sick and left me high and dry literally hours after revealing that the June box was going to feature an item designed by them. But it’s ok. Health comes first and, once again, I found a solution pretty quickly.

I honestly hope that a year from today I’ll have become a master on what comes to dealing with a crisis, and bookbrewed will be thriving at this point!

Aside from all that crazy stuff, I kept working with my IT team for the subscription box’s website, and I hope that we’ll be able to launch that, too, by the end of summer tops. Things were also crazy busy at our family business, plus I had to go with my dad and pick my cousin’s car up, because he had a work accident of his own a few days ago.

Talking about luck, now, huh?

Other than work, my days have been pretty boring someone would say. And that’s because I only had just a little bit of spare time during the weekends, I went out a couple of times with friends for a coffee, but other than that, I just wanted to stay home, read and relax.

I feel really lucky that I managed to finish three books in May, taking everything that occurred in consideration. Even if I wanted to read more (because my TBR is officially out of control), I only managed to read Shadow and Bone, Rules for Being a Girl and A Court of Thorns and Roses, probably for the gazillionth time.

Those of you who’ve been following me for the past four years here, you know I was skeptical about many things, even from the first time I read this book. The thing though is that now, and after certain events I experienced in the past few months, the red flags were rising, bright like the dawn, every other second. I don’t know if this had to do with the fact that I knew what to expect or with the fact that I myself evolved as a person, but this reread of ACOTAR was such an awakening experience for me.

I’ll simply stick to what I had written back in 2017. Straight from the very beginning I knew to which Court I should stick; like glue!

Aside from the books I read, I also received and bought a few more books, about which I’ll talk in more detail once I read them. Y’all know that some of the books I bought were simply a coping mechanism I tend to use after a traumatising experience. And my latest visit to the ENT doc was quite scary, if not traumatising.

How about you, dearies? How was May for you? How many books did you guys read? Are y’all ready for the summer?

Let me know all your thoughts and feelings in the comment section down below.

Thank you all so very much for stopping by once again. It truly means the world to me and I want you to know that I most certainly don’t take your presence here for granted. I never will.

Have a wonderful week, dear ones. Stay safe and stay positive.

Till next time… Toodles!