This summer is flying by and I am not one bit happy about it! The only good thing about August is that I spend one week at the beach…and that is my favorite week of the summer. Other than that, it means summer is winding down…
I did manage to read quite a bit this past month and I’m very happy about that…we had some really hot days and I was quite content to sit outside for a bit – my dogs love sitting on the deck sunbathing with me! And then I would enjoy the coolness of my house the rest of the day, so lots of time for reading! Hopefully that trend continues in August 🙂
Reading Stats:
- Read this month: 22
- Year to date: 122
Books Read:
- Never Look Back — Alison Gaylin
- Ask Again, Yes — Mary Beth Keane
- The Chain — Adrian McKinty
- The Last Guest House — Megan Miranda (audio book)
- How to Walk Away — Katherine Center
- The Unbreakables — Lisa Barr
- Girls Like Us — Cristina Alger
- The Two Lila Bennetts — Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
- Mrs. Everything — Jennifer Weiner
- Recursion — Blake Crouch
- Last Summer — Kerry Lonsdale
- One Little Secret — Cate Holahan (e-book)
- Black & Blue — James Patterson
- The Dare — Carol Wyer (e-book)
- Gretchen — Shannon Kirk
- Layover — David Bell
- Meet Me In Monaco — Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb
- Montauk — Nicola Harrison (e-book)
- The Golden Hour — Beatriz Williams
- Never Have I Ever — Joshilyn Jackson
- Never Never — James Patterson
- The Chelsea Girls — Fiona Davis
Favorite Books of June:
- The Chain by Adrian McKinty
- The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
- Gretchen by Shannon Kirk
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 July: 186
- Books read in July (that count): 4
- Books bought/received as gift in July: 2
- Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 9
- Total unread books on shelf at end of July: 175
YTD Stats:
- Total # unread books on shelf at beginning of January: 186
- Total Books read from shelves (that count): 20
- Total Books bought/received as gift: 25
- Total Books cleaned off shelf/donated: 16
- Total unread books on shelf at end of July: 175
#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
- Book read: The Chain by Adrian McKinty
- 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
