June is done and we’re officially halfway through the year! This was a slower month for reading, a combination of my weekends being busy and my chosen books being a bit large and meaty. My backlist reading has suffered a little this month, but in the positive, one of my 2019 reads is a STRONG contender for Best Book of the Year! July I’m hoping to play whackamole with my ARCs and then free up some time for more backlist.
Great Series Read Project Update
Sigh….another month gone by, another month where I failed to tackle my series read goal. On the plus side, this month I will have read both released books in the the SHADOW OF THE FOX series, making me up-to-date on this trilogy! Next month I WILL read WORDS OF RADIANCE. Nothing is going to stop me, that is the true goal of July!
Noteworthy Posts
First Impression: THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS
Five Favorite Games From #E32019
Halfway There: A 2019 Reading Check-in!
Things I Love: CHILD OF LIGHT
Books Read/Reviewed
SNOWSPELLED by Stephanie Burgess – 4/5 Stars Really Liked It
SORCERY OF THORNS by Margaret Rogerson – 5/5 Stars – LOVED IT
VELOCITY WEAPON by Megan E. O’Keefe- 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It
SHADOW OF THE FOX by Julie Kagawa – 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It
EMPRESS OF FOREVER by Max Gladstone – 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It
NOT EVEN BONES by Rebecca Schaeffer – 3/5 Stars – Liked It
Beat the Backlist Bingo Progress – 17/24
- From Your 2018 TBR – SHADOW OF THE FOX by Julie Kagawa
- A Genre You Don’t Normally Read – NOT EVEN BONES by Rebecca Schaeffer
r/Fantasy Book Bingo – 11/25
- A Book Featuring Twins – EMPRESS OF FOREVER by Max Gladstone
- A personal rec from r/fantasy – SNOWSPELLED BY Stephanie Burgis
- Cyberpunk – Velocity Weapon (One of the POV storylines fits this description)
Retellings Bingo Progress – 5/24 – Silent Assassin Level Achieved!
- Asian Myth – SHADOW OF THE FOX by Julie Kagawa
- Beauty and the Beast – SORCERY OF THORNS by Margaret Rogerson
Realms of My Mind 
Goodness! Is it time to wrap up June already?! Yikes!!
Looks like you did well! Congrats! Also, I think its great that you’re setting goals for July as well. I think series are hard to tackle when so many good books are constantly coming out! I keep telling myself I’m going to catch up on series as well and I haven’t done very well with that either. Whomp-whomp!!
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Whackamole with ARCs, lol! You just summed my feelings exactly😁 I can’t believe it’s the end of June, why can’t time slow down??
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Loved the way you do your wrap ups!
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Thanks for checking it out!
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I’m also doing terrible with catching up on series, welp, lol. Didn’t realize you were doing retellings bingo too! I may have to try that next year, I have too many challenges going on this year, lol! Also, progress is progress, so even if it’s slow it’s still good. Hope July is a great one for you. 🙂
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Yeah, I’m still actually catching up on series, just never the ones I plan!
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