Monthly Recap: June 2016

Happy June! I’m so happy it’s summer! Despite how much summer homework I have over these ten weeks, I’m thrilled to have more reading time. And more time to do things overall (without school taking over every part of my life). Without further ado, let’s get started with what I did this month!

This month, I read a total of 10 books, of which were quite diverse, I think. I read two required summer reading books (THE CRUCIBLE and 1984), some ARCs, and some backlist books I had been interested in for a while!

 REVIEWS:

• The Way to Game the Walk of Shame by Jenn P. Nguyen
• My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton
• Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh
• Change Places With Me by Lois Metzger
• How It Feels to Fly by Kathryn Holmes
• The Marked Girl by Lindsey Klingele
• Fire Falling by Elise Kova

For 2016, I signed up for 4 year-long challenges. You can see my overall progress here.

THIS MONTH

No challenges this month!

YEAR LONG

Flights of Fantasy | Goal: 20 | 7 read this month

• THIS SAVAGE SONG by Victoria Schwab
• END OF DAYS by Susan Ee
• FIRE FALLING by Elise Kova
• THE MARKED GIRL by Lindsey Klingele
• THE JEWEL by Amy Ewing
• THE WHITE ROSE by Amy Ewing
• THE BURNING SKY by Sherry Thomas

Contemporary Romance | Goal: 20 | 0 read this month 

• none this month! 😦

Debut Author | Goal: 20 |1 read this month 

• THE MARKED GIRL by Lindsey Klingele

Discussions | Goal: 25 | 0 written this month

• none this month! 😦

• This month, I got to interview Jenn Nguyen, author of The Way to Game the Walk of Shame not once, but twice! Once was for XPresso Tours and the other was for Nori @ Read Write Love 28‘s SST.
• I also participated in the 2016 Debut Authors Bash, hosted by YA Reads in which I interviewed with Laura Tims, author of Please Don’t Tell.
• I participated in two blog tours for Hannah @ Irish Banana Review for There Once Were Stars by Melanie McFarlane, Changes Places With Me by Lois Metzger, and Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee!

• I also decided to join the Make Me Read It Readathon so you can vote for what I should read; polls are still open!
• I posted my book haul from the past couple of weeks: A Winter’s B(Haul)
• Additionally, I admitted a few Literary Tropes That I (Secretly) Enjoy.
• I decided to create some wallpaper graphics for FIRE FALLING by Elise Kova for the Crystal Tour!
• I wrote a little tutorial and some tips for requesting physical ARCs.
• Finally, I participated in my only TTT this month: my Top Ten Favorite 2016 Releases So Far This Year!

For July, I’m planning to read NEVERNIGHT, an ARC I requested from the publisher. I’m actually 30 pages in so far, but I put it down to read THE LONE CITY series. I’m also thinking of reading some backlist books from Harper’s fall catalog before I go into fall 2016 ARCs!

• My birthday is July 2nd, so you’ll be getting a giveaway that day! Two actually! 🙂
• I’ll be interviewing Emily France, author of SIGNS OF YOU for Sunday Street Team on July 10th.
• On July 20, I also will be hosting Sonya Mukherjee, author of GEMINI, who will be presenting something super exciting!

How was your month? Let me know in the comments below or link me to your own monthly wrap-up post!