How is it that half the year is over already? While I have had a decent year of reading, family and life have definitely taken priority and I haven’t been reading as much as I normally do. But I’m totally fine with that. The books will still be there when and if I get back to being the reading machine I once was.
I have quite a few reviews that still need to be done…and I’m hoping to get caught up with those soon. I really do need to get better at doing the reviews as soon as or close to when I read the book.
READING STATS:
- Read this month: 21
- Year to date: 133
- When Women Ran Fifth Avenue — Julie Satow (audio book)
- Such a Bad Influence — Olivia Muenter (audio book)
- Anna Bright is Hiding Something — Susie Orman Schnall (audio book)
- Nightwatching — Tracy Sierra (audio book)
- The Rom-Commers — Katherine Center (audio book)
- What Lies in Darkness — Christina McDonald (e-book)
- The Paris Widow — Kimberly Belle (audio book)
- Tell Me Who You Are — Louisa Luna (audio book)
- Swan Song — Elin Hilderbrand (audio book)
- A Talent for Murder — Peter Swanson (e-book)
- The Unwedding — Ally Condie (audio book)
- The Nature of Disappearing — Kimi Cunningham Grant
- Shadowheart — Meg Gardiner (audio book)
- Sister Stardust — Jane Green (audio book)
- Triple Cross — James Patterson
- The Next Mrs. Parrish — Liv Constantine (audio book)
- The Last Twelve Miles — Erika Robuck (audio book)
- Trust Her — Flynn Berry (audio book)
- A Happier Life — Kristy Woodson Harvey (audio book)
- Flashback — Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen (audio book)
- All the Colors of the Dark — Chris Whitaker (audio book)
MY TOP 5 OF JUNE:
***I did this last year and am going to continue it again this year, with a few modifications.
- Favorite book(s) of June – these books are the ones I absolutely loved and will be recommending to everyone. They will be staying on my shelf and might even be rereads at some point in the future.
- Nightwatching
- The Rom-Commers
- A Talent for Murder
- A Happier Life
- All the Colors of the Dark
- Biggest Surprise of June: No big surprises this month.
- Newly Acquired Books I’m Super Excited About: This month I received quite a few books I cannot wait to read:
- The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni, out October 8th
- The Author’s Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig & Karen White, out November 5th
- The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale, out December 3rd
- Favorite Part of June – It was a pretty quiet month due to some family stuff going on. But I did have my books to escape to and I am forever grateful that bookmail kept showing up…that helped!
- 5 Books I’m most looking forward to reading next month:
- The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella – I’ve been a fan of Ethan Joella’s books since his debut novel, A Little Hope. Out July 2nd.
- The God of Woods by Liz Moore – I have been waiting for another book by Liz Moore ever since reading, and loving, Long Bright River!!! Out July 2nd.
- All This and More by Peng Shepherd – I loved Peng Shepherd’s last book, The Cartographer, and am excited to see what this one is all about. It’s being billed as a choose-your-own adventure type of read and I’m very curious to see how it reads. Out July 9th.
- Shades of Mercy by Bruce Borgos – This is the second book in his Porter Beck series, and I just read the first book, The Bitter Past, and really enjoyed it! Out July 16th.
- The Wilds by Sarah Pearse– This is the third book in her Detective Elin Warner series, and I love how atmospheric these books are! Out July 16th.
So tell me, what was your favorite read of the month? What are you looking forward to reading in the next month?
