How is it that this year is already half over? I had a great reading month and I am hoping, now that summer is here, that this trend continues!!! I did manage to get my recap posts up from my time at BookExpo, so I will include the links here. And if you follow me on Instagram, I’ve been spotlighting each individual book I picked up…I’m having a great time doing so and getting excited all over about all the books as I discuss them. I can be found at @k2reader if you are on Instagram – you can see the latest posts over on the sidebar. I’ve been doing them 3 times a week – Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and I only started on June 12th, so I’ve done 9 BookExpo book spotlight posts so far!
Links to my BookExpo recaps:
- BookExpo Day 1: (Tuesday) Sightseeing in NYC!
- BookExpo Day 2: (Wednesday) The Floor Opens Mid-Day!
- BookExpo Day 3: (Thursday) The 1st Full Day
- BookExpo Day 4: (Friday) The Last Day!
Reading Stats:
- Read this month: 18
- Year to date: 100
Books Read:
- The Guest Book — Sarah Blake
- Queen Bee — Dorothea Benton Frank
- Chase — James Patterson
- I’ll Never Tell — Catherine McKenzie (audio book)
- The First Mistake — Sandie Jones
- The Dead Girl in 2A — Carter Wilson (e-book)
- This Is Home — Lisa Duffy (audio book)
- Your Life Is Mine — Nathan Ripley
- Lock Every Door — Riley Sager
- The Summer Country — Lauren Willig
- Princess: A Private Novel — James Patterson
- Summer of ’69 — Elin Hilderbrand (audio book)
- False Step — Victoria Helen Stone
- The Body Lies — Jo Baker
- Rebecca — Dapne Du Maurier
- A Nearly Normal Family — M.T. Edvardsson
- Her Secret Son — Hannah Mary McKinnon (e-book)
- The Good Sister — Gillian McAllister
Favorite Books of June:
- The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
- Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
- A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson
Challenges:
I am participating in 2 challenges/projects this year and I will be keeping be giving updates in these posts.
#UnReadShelfProject2019:
*These
numbers only refer to books that have been sitting on my shelf for a
while or that I have recently purchased. It does not include any review
books.
- Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of June: 192
- Books read in June (that count): 3
- Books bought/received as gift in June: 4
- Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 7
- Total unread books on shelf at end of June: 186
YTD Stats:
- Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 186
- Total Books read from shelves (that count): 16
- Total Books bought/received as gift: 23
- Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 7
- Total unread books on shelf at end of June: 186
#ThrillerThursdayChallenge:
- January’s challenge: a thriller from a debut author
- Book read: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- February’s challenge: a thriller with a one word title
- Book read: Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson
- March’s challenge: a thriller with the word “Woman” in the title
- Book read: The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage
- April’s challenge: a thriller written in a language other than English
- Book read: The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson (Icelandic)
- May’s challenge: a historical thriller
- Book read: The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry
- June’s challenge: a thriller that’s been made into a movie
- Book read: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- July’s challenge: a new-release thriller/released in 2019
- August’s challenge: a thriller with the word “Girl” in the title
- September’s challenge: a thriller published before the year you were born
- October’s challenge: a thriller from a series that’s new to you
- November’s challenge: a thriller with more than 10k reviews on Goodreads
- December’s challenge: a thriller with “Murder” “Kill” “Killing” or “Death” in the title
