June 2024 Wrap-up
June TBR Pile (17/20):
Bookworms BC: The Morningside by Téa Obreht ✓
Friend BC: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer ✓
Nerdy Bookish Friends (Buddy Read): The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley ✓
Kid Read Aloud: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart ✓
Kid Read Aloud (Arthur’s rec to me): Loot by Jude Watson
Kid Book Club: Malamander by Thomas Taylor
Fantasy: Poison by Sarah Pinborough ✓
Romance: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez ✓
Romance: Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver ✓
Romance: The Do-Over by TL Swan ✓
Nonfiction: Blood by Jen Gunter ✓
Nonfiction: Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson ✓
Horror: Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren ✓
Horror: Ghost Station by SA Barnes ✓
Horror: Cursed Cruise by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren ✓
Science Fiction: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff ✓
Science Fiction: The Book of M by Peng Shepard ✓
Historical Fiction: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles ✓
1,000,000 Page Goal:
Monthly Total: 6656 pages
Pages Remaining: 230,259 pages
Current Read - The Book of Scandal by Julia London; The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Books I Gave Up On (13): I grabbed a historical romance from my shelves, started it, and absolutely hated it within 50 pages. From there I went to Goodreads to see if the series would get better. Doesn’t look like it. So I DNFed it and removed the rest of the series that I had from my shelves. That was 10 books. I did the same thing with another historical romance series. This time it was three books. So there’s 13 books that I removed from my shelves. In case you are wondering it was Christina Dodd’s Governess Brides series and Paula Quinn’s Children of the Mist series.
Books Bought/Received (9): I skipped Book of the Month for June; I wasn’t really interested in any of the selections. But then, I went on the retreat. I always buy a book from the indie bookstores we visit during our day out. We went to three different bookstores and did our book exchange. I came home with seven books!
From Afterword - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd and Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz
From Bliss Wine and Books - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
From Under the Cover - Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson and Assistant to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
From the exchange - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and Drinking with Wizards, Warriors and Dragons by Thea James
At the end of the month, we traveled to Cedar Falls, Iowa, and we popped into their indie book store The Nook. I ended up buying two books: The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries by Donald R. Prothero and A Restless Truth by Freya Marske.
UnRead Shelf Progress
Starting Number: 327
Books Read: 7
Books Acquired: 8
Books Unshelved: 13
Finishing Number: 315
July TBR Pile: I’m not going to overload my TBR for July. I would like to focus on book club selections and my own shelves this month.
Bookworms BC: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Friend BC: The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Kid Book Club: Endling by Katherine Applegate
Fantasy: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Fantasy: Witch King by Martha Wells
Romance: The Book of Scandal by Julia London
Romance: Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver
Science Fiction: Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Movies Watched
Hit Man
Inside Out 2
Rising Sun
IF
TV Shows Watched
Welcome to Wrexham S3
Clarkson’s Farm S3
Twisted Metal S1
Loot S2
The Boys S4
Dinner with the Parents S1
Barry S1
Comments - My reading took a slight dip, as I assumed that it would this month. Life just got very busy and we were out and about a lot. Less time to sit and read. But I did have a very successful bookish retreat and mini road trip with the kids. Plus, I unshelved a ton of duds and read many others from my shelves. It helped balance out all the books I bought during the retreat.
Next up on the TBR pile: