June 2016 Wrap Up + 6 month Check In

June is over and now onto July! We survived Julia's birthday and now hopefully we can relax for a while.

Not too long ago, I was sure that June would be my worst reading month for the year. I hit a major slump for the first half of the month and just wasn't loving anything I was reading. Surprisingly enough, I managed to read 8 books this month which I'm super happy about! My reading goals for the month were to read two books I own and two non-fiction books; I didn't read anything I own but I did manage to read two non-fiction books so I'm feeling good about that. I also wanted to try to post on the blog at least once a week and I managed to get that done as well. So overall June hasn't been too bad.

For the year, I am at 34 books completed and my goal is 52. I'm sure I'll exceed that goal but by how much, I'm not sure. Some of the books on my TBR list for the rest of the year are pretty long so we'll see how it goes. I know I'm really behind on my main goals of focusing on non-fiction and books I own but I'm hoping to make a comeback in the second half of the year. I only have two more review books that I have committed to and I'm hoping to not take on much more in the coming months.

For July, my reading goals are again to read two non-fiction books and two books I own. I have about 19 books that I want to read and then get rid of so I need to get working on that pile. I also want to try to post on the blog at least twice a week. I'm enjoying slowly getting back in the groove of blogging!

My reading stats for June:

-8 books read

-2 non-fiction

-4 historical fiction

-5 review books

-3 library books

-0 books I own
-4 ebooks

In June, I read:

1.) The Imperial Wife by Irina Reyn
2.) The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*** by Sarah Knight -2 stars
3.) The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen
4.) The Obsession by Nora Roberts- 3 stars
5.) Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir
6.) Karolina's Twins by Ronald H. Balson - 5 stars
7.) The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner - 4 stars
8.) The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring - 4 1/2 stars

My reading stats for the year so far:

-34 books read

-8 non-fiction

-20 historical fiction

-13 review books

-4 library books

-15 books I own
-21 ebooks

How was June for you? Are you on track to meet your reading goals?

Comments

Review and Giveaway: "Distant Signs" by Anne Richter

Synopsis: Distant Signs is an intimate portrait of two families spanning three generations amidst turbulent political change, behind and beyond the Berlin Wall. In 1960s East Germany, Margret, a professor’s daughter from the city, meets and marries Hans, from a small village in Thuringia. The couple struggle to contend with their different backgrounds, and the emotional scars they bear from childhood in the aftermath of war. As East German history gradually unravels, with collision of the personal and political, their two families’ hidden truths are quietly revealed. An exquisitely written novel with strongly etched characters that stay with you long after the book is finished and an authentic portrayal of family life behind the iron curtain based on personal experience of the author who is East German and was 16 years old at the fall of the Berlin Wall. Why do families repeat destructive patterns of behaviour across generations? Should the personal take precedence over

Mailbox Monday (49)

It's time for another Mailbox Monday post! Once again I could not resist the cheap ebooks that Amazon and Barnes and Noble were promoting this week. I really need to stop! I already have more than I can read. I also was able to spend a little time browsing at the library and I came home with a nice stack of books. These days, I hardly ever get to spend time at the library by myself for more than a minute or two so it was wonderful to have time to just wander and see what I could find. Purchased (for kindle): The Color of Secrets by Lindsay Ashford The One I Was by Eliza Graham House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty Purchased (for nook): One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams From the Library: The Messenger by Daniel Silva The Ripper's Wife by Brandy Purdy Hotel Moscow by Talia Carner Brazen by Katherine Longshore What books did you get this week?

Mailbox Monday (78)

Happy Sunday everybody! September is over and I can hardly believe it. It seems as though the month has flown by. Now I'm excited for fall and all of the upcoming holidays. October is the start of my favorite time of year and I'm hoping there will be plenty of room for reading in between all of the upcoming events. I requested some new holiday books from the library and had no idea all of my holds would come in at once so I need to get moving on these. I'm really excited to dig into some sweet, fluffy reads and these will do just the trick. From the Library: A Snow Country Christmas by Linda Lael Miller This is the fourth book in a series that I really enjoyed so I'm eager to get started on it. Holly and Ivy by Fern Michaels The Christmas Room by Catherine Anderson I was so intrigued by the cover on this one that I had to pick it up. For Review (from NetGalley): I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon I really need to st

So Many Books, So Little Time

Search This Blog