What did you read in June?

[Vespasia]

Any favorites or duds? Any you would recommend to others? If you track reading goals, how do you stand now that we're halfway through the year?

[tacokick]

I’m at 146 for the year so far! I do track a lot! A spreadsheet, GoodReads, the summer reading program for my city and this year I’m doing StoryGraph. I’m also tagging books I didn’t finish this year in StoryGraph out of curiosity. I started and didn’t finish 83 books so far in 2022! LOL


June was a busy month! I did read a few graphic memoirs but still, I read a lot.

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (great book, awful story)

I Left the House Today! by Cassandra Calin (cute)

Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story by Debbie Tung (I have some questions about her, I think she has a new one coming out that might clear somethings up?)

Book Love by Debbie Tung (cute)

Happily Ever After & Everything In Between by Debbie Tung (still have some questions about her)

The Foundling by Ann Leary (promising but flat)

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz (I liked it! Love a messy family)

Under Her Care by Lucinda Berry (very bad)

Are You Awake? by Claire McGowan (fun)

Controlled Explosions by Claire McGowan (good backstory)

The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick (blah)

More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez (great and excellent research!)

Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse (I have questions about her too)

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen (cute)

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon (cute)

The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand (fun, easy, could have been a little tighter)

Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas (major disappointment)

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes (disappointing)

Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering (ok)

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager (very bad)

The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark (ok)

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (ok)

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (cute but I don’t understand the importance of Emily’s death date)

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (ok)

Hippie Woman Wild: A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon Commune by Carol Schlanger (surprise ending!)

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (still don’t understand the importance of Emily’s death date)

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han (both of these books are like 300 pages long but read like short stories IMO)

[travella]

5*
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hossein

4*
The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins

3*
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel

2*
The Sparring Partners by John Grisham

I've read 33/45 books.

[Vespasia]

June was pretty slow for me. I had a hard time getting into a few of the books so didn't prioritize reading. 

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill - 4.5* and definitely my favorite of the month

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel - 3* There was nothing really wrong with this book but I just could not bring myself to give a damn about the plot or characters. I ended up skimming the last 1/3, too stubborn to just put it down. 

For the Throne (Wilderwood, #2) by Hannah Whitten - 4* I struggled with the first half of this one but enjoyed the second. 



I'm at 39/62 for the year. 

[mrspez07]

Audio:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 4*

Visual:
Eleanor Ophilant is Completely Fine 4*
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 4*
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover 3*
Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb 4*
Life and Other Inconveniences by Kristin Higgins 3*

I just track through goodreads and vacation this month allowed me to get caught up. I’m at 30 of 62

[dearprudence]

4 stars for everything this month which means I liked them, didn't love them, but they were better than okay.

Moon Witch, Spider King
Shit Cassandra Saw
Lessons in Chemistry
Mary Jane
Big Summer
The Rose and the Dagger
Olympus, Texas
Four Aunties and a Wedding

I'm at 47/85 for the year, so very much "on track".

[minzy]

I think I only finished one in June, What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster. I’m not sure how I felt about it - I didn’t feel good about the main characters but I’d give a point for the twist near the end. I didn’t see it coming and felt kind of duped, but I thought it added a lot to the story.

I’m terribly off my usual annual pace of at least 52 this year… and am only at 12. 😫 Having a career again is definitely to blame. However, I have started commuting again some, so am trying to read for fun if I can on the days I take the train.

[tcu2003]

This month I read:

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth and Power by Deirdre Mask

The Heist by Daniel Silva

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley


I liked them all, but Project Hail Mary was my favorite of the month.

I am at 20 of 36 books, so slightly ahead of schedule. I track through GoodReads and a spreadsheet.

[charlatti]

I’m at 74 for the year. Read a lot this month:


2 stars
The Lioness Chris Bohjalian
Gold Diggers Sathian Sanjena
Under Lock and Skeleton Key Gigi Pandian


3 stars
One of Us Is Lying Karen McManus
Until the Last of Me Sylvian Neuvel


4 stars
The Key to Deceit Ashley Weaver
The Murder of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray
Circe and The Song of Achilles Madeline Moore (I liked these, but I didn’t find them as amazing as most other people seem to)
Vacationland Meg Mitchell Moore
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven Juno Dawson
Fellowship Point Alice Elliot Dark
The Merciless Ones Namina Forna


5
Such Big Dreams Reema Patel (4.5*)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

[litskispeciality]

Kind of a slow month for me. Read/finished:

Hooked by Sutton Foster 3.5*'s - very heavy topics, but also lots of light and fluffy Broadway

The Inheritance Games 2.5*'s - this book should have been 100 pages shorter. Took far to long to read.

I got about 50% of the way through "The Arrangement" (Kindle free book). I'll finish it, but not in a rush.

I'm 15/30 (raised my goal from 24) for the year. I track on Goodreads, and all but one of my books so far as has been e-book, so Kindle tracks that too. I may start something else as I worry I'm forgetting something.

[mie]

See You Yesterday Rachel Lynn Solomon 3*
Frayed Silk Ella Fields 3*
Letters to Molly Devney Perry 3*
Miles Apart Willow Aster 3*
Jack & Sadie JB Salsbury 3*
It's Not Home Without You C Lymari 3*
You Were Always Home C Lymari 3*
One True Loves Taylor Jenkins Reid 3*
Love on the Lake Helena Hunting 3*
My One Regret Claudia Burgoa 3*

After I Do Taylor Jenkins Reid 2*
Evidence of the Affair Taylor Jenkins Reid 2*
Forgiving Reed CA Harms 2*
Shame Ainsley Booth 2*
Crash Into Us Shana Vanterpool 2*
The First Husband Laura Dave 2*
For Three Secondss C Lymari 2*
Just the Way You Are Barbara Freethy 2*

The Woman He Married Julie Ford 1*
Breaking Old Habits Melissa Bender 1*
Lexi, Baby Lynda LeeAnne 1*

[rootbeerfloat]

Will by Will Smith - 3*
The Wolf by JR Ward - 3*
Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays by Minnie Driver - 4*

[kenny612]

Alice in Wonderland