Hi, loves! 💕
How was everyone in June? 😊
My June was pretty chill. We were supposed to finish a project at work last month, but we had a few issues when we were finally testing it, so we have to push our target back to July. I’m technically still a junior and I don’t really need to handle the risky work items, but everyone’s stress is still definitely infectious. 😅
I also have a close friend and her kid over as house guests and they’re here until maybe the middle of July, so that’s been super fun. I love having more people to talk to outside of my family lol. And have I mentioned that I love kids? So I haven’t been as active in the community as I usually am, but I’ve been enjoying my time with them before they have to go back home. 😊
Quick note on my wrap-up posts: next month, I plan to make my mid-month reading updates much shorter and sweeter so my wrap-up posts can be more balanced and to have all the juicy details all in one place! But for this month, I’m sticking to how it was last month, where I have a link to my mid-month updates for the first few books on my list.
In June, I read 9 books with an average rating of 3.11 stars.
- My full rant-review for Fourth Wing (⭐) is finally up! It took me weeks to write this review bc I didn’t know how to start it… And it ended up being over 2,000 words long. Whoops!
- You can also check out my thoughts on In a Jam (⭐⭐⭐), The Fifth Season (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐), Forget Me Not (⭐⭐⭐½), and The Obelisk Gate (⭐⭐⭐⭐) in my Mid-Month Reading Updates post of on their individual GR reviews (linked when you click on the titles)!
- A Lady for a Duke (⭐⭐⭐): Just copying part of what I wrote on GR on here. This was so sweet and incredibly touching, but there were a lot of really weird subplots that seemed unnecessary. Because of that, this became more of a 2.5-3 for me, but it could have been higher if it just stuck to the main themes.
- The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (⭐⭐): Not bad, just kind of boring. This book felt like it was a million pages long bc it dragged on and on. It was so adorable in theory though, which is why I’m disappointed that it didn’t work out.
- The Stone Sky (⭐⭐⭐⭐½): A great, satisfying (in a way) ending for a new favorite series. So happy that I pushed myself to read this trilogy in June. I actually ordered a boxed set of the trilogy from my local bookstore, and I’m going to pick it up soon, so definitely expect photos of that on my bookstagram. 😉
- Written with Regret (⭐⭐): I loved the Release duology by this author and wanted something just as angsty… but alas, this book was so weird. I have no idea what it was trying to be. Was it a romance or a mystery? Couldn’t tell you. Not sure if I want to read the second one, but maybe since this one is a pretty short duology as well.
Here’s my progress on my Summer reading challenges!
Check out my sign-up post for these where I talked about why I chose these books for these challenges!
- Can You Read a Series in a Month? – I signed up to read a series in a month, and I completed my challenge with 3/3 books in The Broken Earth trilogy. My average rating for the series is 4.5⭐, which is an absolute win for me. 😊
- 10 Books of Summer – 0/10 books. I haven’t made any progress here yet… whoops. My mood reading got the best of me! And at this point, I don’t think I’ll be able to complete this challenge bc there are a couple of books here that I don’t feel like reading yet at all. I do plan to read at least Iron Widow (which I’m reading now!), Powerless, and maybe Piranesi (if my cousin can lend me his copy within the month!) in July. But let’s see.
And before you leave, check out these other bookish posts I loved in June! 😊
Looking for new books to read? Check these out:
- The Literary Huntress has novella recommendations for when you’re looking for short-but-brilliant reads!
- Here’re recommendations for the best thriller books to read this summer from the misstery.
- More on recommendations — The Wordy Habitat lists some of her best book recommendations for different genres and moods!
- That Happy Reader recommends books we should look forward to in July.
- A Literary Escape lists the books we can look forward to in the third quarter of this year.
- The wonderful ladies over at Drizzle and Hurricane Books also share the best books they’ve read so far this year.
Here are a few awesome reviews that are specific to some books:
- Belle reviewed a bunch of June Hur’s books that are all on my TBR after I read A Crane Among Wolves and loved it!
- Caro read One Piece for the first time and shares all of her thoughts.
- Spaces and Sorcery made me want to read The Tainted Cup.
We also have some fantastic posts to check out on miscellaneous topics:
- Should Bookwyrming Thoughts go through a rebrand?
- Elsie talks about how she turned into a one-book-at-a-time kind of girl (like me)!
- I haven’t seen My Lady Jane yet, but Rissi basically says I should!
Let’s support our bookish author friends as well!
- Nicole announces that she’s self-publishing! Her book is coming out on October 2024.
- Taylor reveals the cover for her new book, and the vibes are perfectly eerie.
Let’s chat!
Any books on here that you’ve read or want to read? What was your favorite read of June (please pitch it to me)! 💖 Have an awesome July, loves!
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