The time it was a monthly recap {35}

You guys. I don’t understand how we’re officially in August.  This year has been flying by.

I’ve had absolutely no ambition for the blog lately.  There are a few factors, but that’s another story.  Regardless, I didn’t recap June, so this is going to be a two month recap.

Settle in.

In June I read a total of 18 books

• Rescuing the Receiver by Rachel Goodman — 4 stars
• Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West — 5 stars
• Ain’t She a Peach by Molly Harper — 3 stars
• The Glass Butterfly by AG Howard — 5 stars
• Mail Order Cowboy by Maisey Yates — 3 stars
• The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater — all of the stars {reread}
• The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood — DNF
• Untamed Cowboy by Maisey Yates — 3 stars
• Moonlight Seduction by Jennifer L. Armentrout — 3 stars
• Tempting the Laird by Julia London — 3 stars
• Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean — 5 stars
• The Highlander’s Promise by Lynsay Sands — 3 stars
• The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James — 2 stars
• The Brink of Darkness by Jeff Giles — 5 stars
• My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows — 3 stars
• Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen — DNF
• One Small Thing by Erin Watt — 3 stars

And in case you’re counting, yes. There are only 17 books listed there and that’s because after finishing Wicked and the Wallflower, I immediately read it again.  That’s how much I loved it.

In July I read a total of 17 books

• My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma — 4 stars
• When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn — 3 stars
• Save the Date by Morgan Matson — 2 stars
• Contagion by Erin Bowman — 2 stars
• The Broken Vow by Scott Westerfeld — 4 stars
• Hidden Pieces by Paula Stokes — 5 stars
• The Duke Buys a Bride by Sophie Jordan — 3 stars
• Darkest Night by Megan Erickson — 3.5 stars
• The Warrior of Clan Kincaid by Lily Blackwood — 2 stars
• A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole — 4 stars
• Born to be Wilde by Eloisa James — 4 stars
• The Impossibility of Us by Katy Upperman — 4 stars
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin — all of the stars {reread}
• True Blue Cowboy by Sara Richardson — 2 stars
• Vicious by VE Schwab — 5 stars
• Good Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates — 3 stars
• Hard Riding Cowboy by Maisey Yates — 3 stars

This was a lot better than I expected.  Between binging 5 seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine in a week and a half and SDCC, I was at 8 books a week ago.  Hubs went out of town for four days and I lived like a hermit, reading as much as I could.

• Paula Stokes sent me a signed arc of her upcoming book, Hidden Places
• The Green PSI mailing for The Darkest Legacy had a bound manuscript + a hand written note from Alex
• Nisha Sharma sent me a signed copy of her book, My So-Called Bollywood Life

• Mysterious Galaxy made me scream by giving me an arc of Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness
• The green PSI mailing for The Darkest Legacy had an early finished copy + swag {including a light bulb sippy I’m obessed with}
• Disney sent a “Witch, please” mailing with Hocus Pocus + delicious cookies + swag

I also got the orange psi mailing with candy and a gift card to see The Darkest Minds, Jimmy Patterson Books sent me Girls of Paper and Fire, the blue PSI mailing had a movie tie-in copy of The Darkest Minds + swag, I ordered and received the special edition of Legendary from Goldsboro Books, I got my greedy hands on an arc of The Dark Days Deceit, and 20th Century Fox sent me a dvd of Love Simon.

June:

Fangirled over:

• Claire Legrand for Furyborn
• Tamara Ireland Stone, Gretchen McNeil, and Robyn Schneider for the #LetsTalkYA tour

Interviewed:

• Adrienne Kisner for Dear Rachel Maddow

Special stuff:

• 5 Reasons to Read: Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh

July:

Fangirled over:

• a lot of people at SDCC

Special stuff:

• Review for The Broken Vow by Scott Westerfeld

• Fangirling over: Alexandra Bracken, Mary Pearson, Gretchen McNeil
  
• Interviewing: Roshani Chokshi, Kara Thomas, Mary Pearson
• Features: I’m trying to get back into things like doing a discussion post and Reading Rewind…so, hopefully?
• Special Stuff: I have a tattoo appointment to start my sleeve and I’m finally finally finally going to see Jack White
  

How about you? How was your July? Or your June? What was your favorite read for the month?