Where did June go! Oh right, it went into my two weekends of camping. I leave straight from work on Thursday and return by Sunday evening. Then this past weekend (since June 28), we have family visiting from out of town so that has also kept me busy. But technically I met my blog post goal for this month so that’s exciting. 😛 I was reading my way through two +450 page books in June, but both had to go back to the library before I could finish them 🥲 So this month has turned out to be the month with the least books finished (in 2024). Anyway, to shake things up, here are a few photos from my camping trips:
Books Finished
- The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil by Lesley Choyce
- Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon
- Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu
Books Reviewed
- Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon (non-fiction)
Posts Written
- My sister and I discussed Kelly Barnhill’s When Women Were Dragons for ‘May’ Family Reads
- My dad and I discussed Lesley Choyce’s The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil for June Family Reads
Challenges Check In
- 7/30 middle grade fiction novels (excluding rereads)
- Have not yet had the ‘summer boost’ that I anticipated… but there’s still July and August! If you have any recs for lush compelling MG fantasy, please do leave them in the comments…
- 5/9 Family Reads
- Super pleased that I’ve basically stuck with the schedule on this one! Thank-you to my family for cooperating with my schemes haha.
- 2/6 “I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read that Yet”
- Been a bit stagnant with this one, but I do have the latest winner (The Prestige) currently checked out, so hopefully I’ll get the next post in this series up this month.
- 34/82 books read
- Six books behind now… if I hadn’t had to return those two chunksters, I would still only be four behind. Oh well!
- Reviewed 44% (15/34) of what I read (goal = 40%)
- I’m counting two of the five ‘reviews’ I wrote in a Round Up post for this stat
- Reread The Silmarillion,
The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings - 4/4 posts in June
- Goal is reduced in summer due to camping trips, so now I’m on track with posts per month 😎
- 2,529/2,200 views in June
On My Radar in July
Representation indicated below AFAIK (I haven’t read these books). Please notify me of any errors or places where I can be more specific.
- 2 July – Release date of Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton (MG contemporary supernatural, MC is queer Jewish boy – author is Jewish)
- 16 July – Release date of The West Passage by Jared Pechaček (adult fantasy, queer rep)
- 30 July – Release date of It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell (MG horror, Black rep – author is Black)
How was your June? Which new books, or bookish events, are you looking forward to this month?
