So… June was a month and I’m so glad that it’s over! I was plagued by intense work stress and anxiety for the majority of the month and it greatly impacted my reading. I couldn’t focus on anything for extended periods of time unless it was more visual than text, so I ended up reading a lot of graphic novels. Which was fine, and I enjoyed the ones I read, but I missed out on two buddy reads that I planned to join and I barely scratched the surface of my pride month book list–even though the majority were still LGBTQ reads. In the end I read 21 books:
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★★★★½☆ 
Overall: ★★★★☆ 
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★★★★★ 
★★★★½☆ 
★★★☆☆ 
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★★★★½☆
Of these reads, four were physical books, and the rest were Kindle books and e-ARCs. I’ve really slowed down with requesting ARCs and I’m so glad because with the month I had, I would’ve fallen even more behind and felt awful about it! There are a few that I still need to catch up on that I’ve been requested to read by the author, so I’m putting that as a priority in July! As for which one was my favorite book, I honestly can’t decide between The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah or Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Both books have been massively hyped and to me, they were worth ALL of it. Seriously, they were so good, and I’m sad that it took me so long to pick up The Nightingale because it did all the things to my feelings. I haven’t cried so hard reading a book in a long time and I’m a bit of a crier, friends!
With all the graphic novels I’ve read this month, I’ve surpassed my Goodreads goal of 90 books and I’m now sitting at 104. Although I know it’s not about the number of books I read, it’s still exciting to think that i’ve already read over 100 books and we’re only half-way through the year! I wonder how many I’ll end up reading this year?
I’ve written reviews for most of these so if you want to see what I thought of these books, you can follow the links below! That’s all for now though, folks. I hope everyone’s reading month was fab!
Review: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Review: What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Graphic Novel Review: The Woods (Vol 1-9) by James Tynion IV
ARC Review: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
ARC Review: When the Light Went Out by Bridget Morrissey
Review: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Review: Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
Review: The #UltimateBlogTour: The Written by Ben Galley
How was your reading month? What was your favorite read?
Come drop me a comment below and let’s chat books 🙂
I’m sorry you had a stressful month! I hope July is better for you ❤ And good job finding a way to combat a slump! Graphic Novels are awesome for that 🙂
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It was pretty stressful and mostly just full of anxiety, so I’m glad it’s over! 😅 Graphic novels really are the best and it’s so easy to spiral into reading comic after comic lol
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Well done going over 100 already! That is great. I hope July will be less stressful for you.
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Thank you 😃 Reading and counting graphic novels really boosts those books. But I’m hoping to read more novels this month, as it’ll be a lot less stressful!
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah or Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens are on my TBR. I’m glad to hear that they lived up to the hype for you. Congrats on surpassing your Goodreads reading goal! I hope July is less stressful and filled with plenty of books and rest for you 🙂
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Omgoodness, they’re absolutely my favorites this year. I really hope you enjoy them! They’re beautifully written books 😍 And thank you for the kind words, I hope July will be less stressful too so I can read more! Haha
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