Month in Review: June 2016

Here are my reading stats for June!

• Books read: 13

Books I read: 

1. Private L.A. — James Patterson
2. The Island House — Nancy Thayer (audio book)
3. Ink & Bone — Lisa Unger (e-book)
4. Cavendon Hall — Barbara Taylor Bradford (audio book)
5. As Time Goes By — Mary Higgins Clark (audio book)
6. The Girl from the Savoy — Hazel Gaynor (audio book)
7. First Comes Love — Emily Giffin
8. The Ice Princess — Camilla Lackberg (audio book)
9. Fall of Poppies — Heather Webb & others
10. Who Do You Love — Jennifer Weiner (audio book)
11. All of Us and Everything — Bridget Asher (audio book)
12. A Certain Age — Beatriz Williams
13. Untethered — Julie Lawson Timmer (audio book)

Favorite Books of June: 

• The Girl from the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor
• A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams

Bookish News: 

• The BookSparks #BestSummerEver SummerReadingChallenge  has begun! Five books were chosen for June and while I only read one of them so far, I did spotlights on the others:
• One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford
• Saving Abby by Steena Holmes (review)
• 25 Sense by Lisa Henthorn
• The Sweetheart Deal by Polly Dugan  

• I finally got around to reading one of the May BookSparks #BestSumerEver SummerReadingChallenge book – and just posted my review…it only published on June 28, so I held off posting my review until release day:
• First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

 

• I ended up reading and reviewing all 3 of the SheReads ‘Books of Spring‘ selections and enjoyed them all! Here are my reviews and you can click here to find more reviews from other SheReads members:
• No One Knows by J.T. Ellison
• All of Us & Everything by Bridget Asher
• Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner     

• I went to one book signing this month…I went to see Beatriz Williams on tour for her latest book, A CERTAIN AGE…oh how I love getting to see her! I think in the last year, I have seen her 5 times and never tire of listening to her talk about her books…what passion she has for her writing and characters and stories! This wasn’t a book talk as much as it was a gathering the night before the release of the book at an Indie Bookstore (one of the cutest ones I’ve been in, by the way! – I just love Diane’s Books in Greenwich, CT!!!) Such a fun night 🙂

2016 Reading Challenge Update: 

• You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge — Books Read: 72/150
• Library Reading Challenge — Books Borrowed: 11/18
• #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks Reading Challenge — Books Read: 3/18
• Netgalley Reading Challenge — Books Read: 29/21 – Completed
• New Authors Reading Challenge — New Authors Read: 31/45
• E-books Reading Challenge — E-books Read: 21/25
• Audio Books Reading Challenge — Books Listened to: 40/50

*Kathyrn over at The Book Date has created a Month in Review meme
for those who put together these monthly posts. From now on, I’ll be
linking my post up each month…Thanks Kathryn for putting this meme
together!!!