June 2023 Wrap-up
June TBR Pile (24/26):
Bookworms BC: NONE
Friend BC: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen ✓
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC; The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Deceivers by Margaret Peterson Haddix ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ✓
Kid Read Aloud: Zoey and Sassafras: Monsters and Mold by Asia Citro ✓
Kid Book Club: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Middle Grade: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier ✓
Middle Grade: Silver People by Margarita Engle ✓
Horror: House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson ✓
Horror: Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ✓
Science Fiction: Several People are Typing by Calvin Kasulke ✓
Science Fiction: Paradise-1 by David Wellington ✓
Science Fiction: Starship Titanic by Douglas Adams and Terry Jones ✓
Science Fiction: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick ✓
Fantasy: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ✓
Fantasy: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes ✓
Fantasy: The Curator by Owen King ✓
Fantasy: Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings ✓
Romance: The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton ✓
Romance: The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian ✓
Romance: The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
Romance: Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade ✓
Romance: Happy Place by Emily Henry ✓
Romance: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace ✓
Poetry: Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 8690 pages
Pages Remaining: 317,107 pages
Current Read - Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse; Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Books Bought/Received (9)
BOTM had a good month! I ended up picking up two selections from them.
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
And then I went to the Bookish Retreat and bought and received 7 more books!
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeannie Wakatsuki Houston
Pacific by Simon Winchester
The Pioneers by David McCullough
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kemmerer
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
The Library of the Dead by TL Huchu
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
UnRead Shelf Progress
Starting Number: 335
Books Read: 1 (Other Birds)
Books Acquired: 9
Books Unshelved: 0
Finishing Number: 342
July TBR Pile:
Bookworms BC: Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman
Bookworms BC: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Friend BC: Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Bees by Laline Paull
Kid Read Aloud: TBD
Kid Book Club: NONE
Literary Fiction: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Nonfiction: Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Nonfiction: Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy
Horror: The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
Horror: Silent Came the Monster by Amy Hill Hearth
Horror: The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox
Fantasy: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
Fantasy: Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Fantasy: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
Fantasy: Immortality by Dana Schwartz
Science Fiction: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Romance: The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
Romance: The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman by KJ Charles
Romance: Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Comics: Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann
Movies Watched
Driven - I learned about Delorean from a weird history channel, so watched the movie. It was very good.
Fast X - The only real reason to watch was for Jason Momoa. I can’t believe this has ballooned into a trilogy!
TV Shows Watched
Human Target S1-2
Comments - Well June did not go as planned. I started out strong but a massive medical issue hit me about halfway through and curtailed our activities. I managed to listen to some audiobooks toward the end of the month keeping my reading totals up. Just could not use my eyes for much of anything. Here’s hoping July is kinder to me.
Next up on the TBR pile: