June Wrap Up

 Happy July!

I can't believe we're already half-way through the year. June was a roller coaster of a month for me, both personally and reading wise. We had some things happen with the world and politically that are just really disheartening and disappointing. I started in a really great reading zone and had quite a few good reads already under my belt by the middle of the month. My reading really slowed down after then, but there's been a lot going on with family and suddenly having to find a new place. In happier news though...

🎆🎆THE AVALANCHE WON THE STANLEY CUP!!! 🎆🎆

That's right, my boys, my team won the cup and it was such a fun run. I've already been joking with my boss that I won't know what to do with my free time since it's been all hockey for the last 9 1/2 months. But, we have the draft coming up soon and then off-season starts the 13th. It won't be as constant, but there'll be news and things happening over the summer for sure.

Back to reading though, I read a lot of really good books this month. I'm having fun in the summer reading challenges I've started and the readalongs I'm participating in. I also was able to successfully wrap up the Taylor Swift Quarterly Challenge earlier in the month! Okay, enough rambling from me. Let's get to the good stuff.

June 2022

💗 I read 15 books for 4,350 pages

💗 I averaged 1.07 days per book
💗 The average page count is 290.00
💗 I read 1 book under 100 pages, 4 in the 100s, 2 in the 200s, 7 in the 300s and 1 in the 600s

💗 I read 4 books for readathons, clubs and readalongs
💗 4 books I read had diversity
💗 I read 2 new authors
💗 I didn't reread any books

💗 I previously owned 8 books and added 6 to my wishlist
💗 I read 8 books in paperback and 7 in eBook
💗 I read 8 books traditionally published and 7 from indie authors
💗 I read 1 book published in the 2000s, 5 in the 2010s and 9 in the 2020s

💗 My average rating is 4.60
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 8 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 - 2 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 5 books

💗 I read 5 contemporaries, 5 fantasies, 3 historicals, 1 paranormal and 1 sci-fi romances
💗 My contemporary breakdown was 1 normal, 2 rom-coms, 1 sports and 1 holiday

1. Tall Dork and Handsome by Allie York ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

2. Let's Geek It On by Allie York ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

3. Walking in a Geeky Wonderland ⭐⭐⭐⭐

4. Dukes Do It Better by Bethany Bennett ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

5. Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. How to Steal a Scoundrel's Heart by Vivienne Lorret ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. Wildfire by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

8. Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. A Daring Pursuit by Kate Bateman ⭐⭐⭐⭐

10. Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen ⭐⭐⭐⭐

11. Space Junk by Sara L Hudson ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

12. Master of Crows by Grace Draven ⭐⭐⭐⭐

13. Overlord by Anna Hackett ⭐⭐⭐⭐

14. Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

15. The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J Maas ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

💗 As you can tell from my rating stats, I had a lot of really great books this month. It's really hard to tell which one is my favorite of them, but I just was really great overall. If I had to pick a most disappointing book, it would probably be Walking in a Geeky Wonderland. It just felt a little disjointed compared to the earlier books in the series, but check out my review if you want to know more about why.

We'll see what July brings. I'm pretty excited for the next books in my Hidden Legacy and SJM readalongs. I'm not sure if there will be any summer readathons starting. I have a lot that will be going on though, so I'm not sure if I'm going to be getting to too much extra reading. At least with the hockey season over for now I should theoretically have more time I can allocate to reading.

How was your reading in June?

Bookishly Yours,

Stasi🍎