June Wrap-Up & July TBR

Hello my beautiful doves! I had a VERY busy reading month. I can’t believe everything I was able to get through. I hope to be more chill in July..

June Wrap-Up

ARCs

• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams – ★★★½
• Last Girls by Demetra Brodsky – ★★★★
• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – ★★★★★
• How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right? by Pandora Sykes – ★★★★
• The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas – ★★★★★
• Darling by K. Ancrum – ★★★★
• All Men Want to Know by Nina Bouraoui – ★★★★★

Audiobooks

• The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite – ★★★★
• The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – ★★★¾

Stats

• Total books read: 9
• Total pages read: 3.3k
• Average rating: 4.25

I wanted to read at last 10 books, but to be fair, I am in a middle of a lot so combined it would equal well over 10! I am very proud of my reading month and hope to carry that energy into July!

Did you read any of these books? What was your favourite June read?

July Readathons

I only plan to take part in one readathon, but I may participate in 24 hour or weekend ones. We shall see!

Olympic Games Readathon

aphrodite challenges

prompt	book
read a romance	one last stop by casey mcquiston
read a book with a beautiful cover	animal by lisa taddeo
read a book with a strong, independent, female main character	transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi
read a book that features a battle	the atlas six by olivie blake
read a book that has been adapted into a tv show or film	pride and prejudice by jane austen

bonus challenges

prompt	book
read a book featuring a character whom you would not get along with	cursed bunny by bora chung
read a book shorter than 200 pages	come closer by sara gran
read a book published within the last 5 years	kingdom of the wicked by kerri maniscalco
read a book that takes place near a body of water	the one’s we’re meant to find by joan he
read the next book in a series	gilded serpent by danielle l. jensen
read one of your most anticipated books	the five wounds by kirstin valdez quade

PopCulture Readathon

Y’all time really flew by, but I’m happy to announce IT’S TIME FOR ROUND 3 OF POPCREADATHON!!!! Our third full round will take place throughout the month of July and this time we’re focusing on….MOVIES FROM THE 2000s!!!! pic.twitter.com/FLBNUYL7oA

— PopCulture Readathon (@PopCReadathon) June 21, 2021

I am going to try to get bingo from this board.

teenage dreams

prompt	book
set in high school	cool for the summer by dahlia adler
name in title	elena knows by claudia piñeir
book takes you to another time/place	the dangerous kingdom of love by neil blackmore

July TBR

I think I managed to fit my whole tbr into the readathon prompts! I am really impressed with myself. I think there are only 3 that didn’t quite make it.

• The Mismatch by Sara Jafari
• Adorable by Ida Marie Hede
• Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn

As always, I have an ambitious tbr. I am actually quite hopeful because I am finally out of my slump! Who knows though, because Love Island is now back and that cuts a bit into my reading time as well as the Euros. BUT I AM HOPEFUL.

What are you most excited to read this month?

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