Month in Review: June 2016

Here are my reading stats for June!

  • Books read: 13

Books I read: 

  1. Private L.A. — James Patterson
  2. The Island House — Nancy Thayer (audio book)
  3. Ink & Bone — Lisa Unger (e-book)
  4. Cavendon Hall — Barbara Taylor Bradford (audio book)
  5. As Time Goes By — Mary Higgins Clark (audio book)
  6. The Girl from the Savoy — Hazel Gaynor (audio book)
  7. First Comes Love — Emily Giffin
  8. The Ice Princess — Camilla Lackberg (audio book)
  9. Fall of Poppies — Heather Webb & others
  10. Who Do You Love — Jennifer Weiner (audio book)
  11. All of Us and Everything — Bridget Asher (audio book)
  12. A Certain AgeBeatriz Williams
  13. Untethered — Julie Lawson Timmer (audio book)

  

Favorite Books of June: 

  • The Girl from the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor
  • A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams

Bookish News: 

  • The BookSparks #BestSummerEver SummerReadingChallenge  has begun! Five books were chosen for June and while I only read one of them so far, I did spotlights on the others:
  • I finally got around to reading one of the May BookSparks #BestSumerEver SummerReadingChallenge book – and just posted my review…it only published on June 28, so I held off posting my review until release day:
  • I ended up reading and reviewing all 3 of the SheReads ‘Books of Spring‘ selections and enjoyed them all! Here are my reviews and you can click here to find more reviews from other SheReads members:
  • I went to one book signing this month…I went to see Beatriz Williams on tour for her latest book, A CERTAIN AGE…oh how I love getting to see her! I think in the last year, I have seen her 5 times and never tire of listening to her talk about her books…what passion she has for her writing and characters and stories! This wasn’t a book talk as much as it was a gathering the night before the release of the book at an Indie Bookstore (one of the cutest ones I’ve been in, by the way! – I just love Diane’s Books in Greenwich, CT!!!) Such a fun night 🙂



2016 Reading Challenge Update: 

  • You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge — Books Read: 72/150
  • Library Reading Challenge — Books Borrowed: 11/18
  • #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks Reading Challenge — Books Read: 3/18
  • Netgalley Reading Challenge — Books Read: 29/21 Completed
  • New Authors Reading Challenge — New Authors Read: 31/45
  • E-books Reading Challenge — E-books Read: 21/25
  • Audio Books Reading Challenge — Books Listened to: 40/50

*Kathyrn over at The Book Date has created a Month in Review meme
for those who put together these monthly posts. From now on, I’ll be
linking my post up each month…Thanks Kathryn for putting this meme
together!!!

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2 Comments

  1. Kathryn T
    July 1, 2016 / 9:10 pm

    Great month Kristin. I am so envious of your Beatriz Williams meet up! Sounds awesome. I am loving The Forgotten Room – so clever, can't pick who wrote what, although going by time periods they write in I have made my guesses. I don't really know their writing styles enough. And haven't read Willig yet although have one of hers on my Kindle. So my pick is Willig, Williams, White – oh just seen their surnames all start with W!!
    Have a great July.

  2. Laurel-Rain Snow
    July 2, 2016 / 3:28 pm

    I loved Ink and Bone…and hope to get to The Island House and Cavendon Hall sometime soon…both are on Pippa, waiting.

    Enjoy July!