Monthly Recap:
Monthly Reading Count - 19 - I'm hoping in July to beat this number but so far I've been pretty consistent at 19!
Print - 7
Ebook - 7
Audiobook - 5
Mystery - 14
Fiction - 3
Romance - 1
Nonfiction - 1
Favorite Books of the Month:
Favorite Audio: A Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose - I didn't liked but didn't love the first book in this series but I'd seen so many great reviews I had to keep going with it and I'm so glad I did! I thoroughly enjoyed this second book.
Favorite Read: Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy - This wasn't a perfect read but this was the book I looked forward to picking up the most. I loved the characters and Binchy's writing style.
Least Favorite Read of the Month:
Come Shell or High Water by Molly MacRae
Where My Books Took Me This Month:
Domestic Travel: The only new state I visited was Mississippi but I also visited Florida (twice), North Carolina, Arizona, and Vermont.
International Travel: I had a fairly big month internationally. I visited England 8 times in multiple different time periods, Scotland, France, and Greece. I also crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Luisitania.
Where did your books take you this month? What was your favorite read of the month?
I have not been reading consistently recently, hopping from one book to another, one genre to another. I will finish those books eventually, hopefully. So far, the books have taken me to WWII France, present day Paris, a Scottish island, Seventh Avenue NY, a road trip from the West to the East Coast USA. Enjoy your coming reads.
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You've been all over the world with book travel! I love it. Binchy is always a nice author with great stories.
ReplyDeleteI love Andrea Penrose! A good reading month for you.
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It looks like England wins for June, though you got in some other wonderful travels, too.
ReplyDeleteI think I have read one Binchy book, but am not sure. Think I have one of hers in my Audible library and if so might try that soon. Great month, all the best for July.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had a great reading month. I read one of Binchy's books a long time ago and now wonder why I haven't picked any up recently.
ReplyDeleteMurder at Half Moon Gate is a good one! I liked it better than the first one, too. I'm looking forward to reading her latest one this fall. :D
ReplyDeleteI'll keep that in mind when I get around to starting Andrea Penrose's series--to keep reading because it gets better. :-) I hope you have a wonderful July!
ReplyDeleteYou had an excellent reading month, Katherine. Thinking about where I've been on my reading travels during June - I've spent a lot of time in alternate, somewhat hostile countries, given my taste for fantasy. And endured time on a spaceship thinking I was going to be blasted out of existences. You'll be glad to hear I wasn't... I hope July is also a great reading month for you, too:).
ReplyDeleteJune was Carib-A-Thon, so I had one book set in Antigua, one set in both England and Jamaica, and one set in both the US and Jamaica. 🏝☀😎
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