July Wrap Up

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It’s been quite a good month of reading for me. I’ve managed to read 10 books including 3 more books on my #20BooksofSummer list. I also took part in my first ever readathon, 24in48 and managed to read for a total of 6 hours.

 

 

On a personal note I’ve started volunteering again for two afternoons a week at my local library. I’m listening to primary school aged children taking part in this year’s summer reading challenge, Animal Agents. I had such fun last year helping out that I couldn’t resist doing it again this year. 🙂

As planned, I joined in with quite a few different memes and tags including #IMWAYR?, Teaser Tuesdays, Wandering Wednesday, Waiting on Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, The Six in Six, Down The TBR, The Unique Blogger Award, Stacking The Shelves, Standalone Sunday, Bookstagram Sunday, First Line Friday, Six Degrees of Separation and the Mid Year Freak Out Tag.

Hope your July was good and that August is even better! 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June Wrap Up

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June Wrap Up

Where did June and the last six months go? I spent the last two weeks of June on holiday in Cornwall and didn’t actually read as much as I hoped to. Never mind, I did have a lovely holiday hiking with my husband and son, enjoying the wonderful views and sunshine, when it wasn’t raining.

I only read seven books this month, and only two of those were for the #20 Books of Summer challenge, a pity not all seven were for the challenge.

I enjoyed these audiobooks immensely and it’s confirmed that I really do prefer this medium for reading. You can read my review of English Lessons here, it’s a short memoir of an American student’s time in Oxford, England. I’ll be adding mini reviews of the other audiobooks soon.

I also read The Hate U Give by Angela Thomas, Nutshell by Ian McEwan and                        The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. These were all outstanding reads for me and I’ll be adding mini reviews for them soon.

 

As planned I joined in with quite a few different memes this month:

Standalone Sunday, First Line Friday, Top Ten Tuesday, Waiting on Wednesday, WWW Wednesdays!, Tuesday Tuesday, Throwback Thursday, It’s Monday What Are You Reading Now? and Goodreads Monday, Bookstagram Sunday and six Degrees of Separation which is great fun. I also took part Down the TBR Hole tag a few times and will keep on with this tag as it was strangely cleansing, even though it’s a virtual shelf.

How was June for you?

I’d love to hear about your month in the comments.

 

 

May Wrap Up

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It’s been quite a good month of reading for me with 5, 4 and 3 star reads and only one DNF.

Here are the 5 stars a mix of historical and contemporary fiction:

 

Here are the 4 stars a mix of thrillers and historical fiction:

 

This is my 3 star a contemporary YA novel set in Rome with strong themes of grief, relationships and LGBTQ running thorough it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As planned I joined in with quite a few different memes this month:

Standalone Sunday, First Line Friday, Top Ten Tuesday, Waiting on Wednesday, WWW Wednesdays!, Tuesday Tuesday, Throwback Thursday, It’s Monday What Are You Reading Now? and Goodreads Monday. I also took part in the The Greek Gods Book Tag, and Down the TBR Hole tag both of which were great fun.

 

How was May for you?

I’d love to hear about your month in the comments.

 

 

March Wrap Up

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February Wrap Up

 

Where did February go?  My reading last month started off slowly but definitely picked up, which I’m very relieved about. I read a collection of ARCs, library books and a short story. I read from different genres which I has helped me when I felt I was getting bogged down.

As planned I joined in with quite a few different memes Standalone Sunday, First Line Friday, Throwback Thursday, It’s Monday What Are You Reading Now? and Goodreads Monday. I also took part in the My Life in Books tag which was fun.

How was your reading last month and have you read any of these books?