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What did you read in JUNE?
Wha did you read last month? How was it? The year is halfway over...how are you doing with your goal?
Re: What did you read in JUNE?
My True Love Gave To Me - Stephanie Perkins
Hello, I Love You - Katie Stout
UnStrung (UnWind #1.5) - Neal Shusterman - 3 stars
The Rosie Effect - Graeme Simsion - 2.5 stars
A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman - 4 stars
All The Bright Places - Jennifer Niven - 5 stars
53/100 books, 4 ahead of schedule
IVF w/ICSI - transferred 2; froze 3
Beta #1 150 Beta #2 320 - 7/16 124 bpm (6w5d) EDD 3/6/13
Our team green baby was a girl! Emma Lynn born 2/23/13
my read shelf:
2.) The Grip of God by Rebecca Hazel - 3.5 stars
3.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 5 stars
4.) American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus - 3 stars
5.) Season of Storms by Susannah Kearsley - 3 stars
6.) Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva - 3 stars
I am at 44/80 for the year (5 books ahead of schedule)
my read shelf:
Crossing the Line- Katie McGarry ***
Dare to You -Katie McGarry ***
Crash into You- Katie McGarry ***
Take Me On- Katie McGarry ***
The Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins **
Magic Hour- Kristin Hannah ***
The Last Echo- Kimberly Derting ***
The Promise of Amazing- Robin Constantine **
Dead Silence- Kimberly Derting ***
The Prayer Box - Lisa Wingate ***
Life Support - Tess Gerritsen ***
Your Next Breath - Iris Johansen ***
I am on # 65 out of 100. I may up my goal to 125 if I can continue at this pace.
2) As Love Blooms by Lorna Seilstad - 4 stars
3) 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross - 4 stars
4) Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke - 2 stars
5) Three Little Words by Melissa Tagg - 4 stars
6) A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - 3 stars
7) Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner - 3 stars
8) The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank - 1 star
9) From the Start by Melissa Tagg - 3 stars
10) The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan - 1 star
11) The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna - 2 stars
12) The Fall by John Lescroart - 4 stars
67/100
Books read in 2010: 153
Books read in 2011: 160
Books read in 2012: 134
Books read in 2013: 110
Books read in 2014: 151
Books read in 2015: 153
Books read in 2016: 31
The All You Can Dream Buffet - it was fine/good
Scott Pilgrim #1- didn't love it
The Walls Around Us -Suma - it was really great!
I made 30 books this month. I'm going for about a book a week so it's working for me!
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons *****
Thorn Queen (Dark Swan #2) by Richelle Mead *****
Colter's Lady by Maya Banks ***
Colter's Daughter by Maya Banks ***
Defy by Sara Larson ****
Iron Crowned (Dark Swan #3) by Richelle Mead *****
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by JG and DL *****
Noggin by John Corey Waley ***
9/100. I did some rereads this month to get my grove back
45/100 for the year so I'm a few books behind, but this month caught me up by a few.
my read shelf:
Wes: 10/8/2012
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - 5 stars
Revival by Stephen King - 5 stars
The Adoration of Jenna Fox - 2 stars
Paper Towns - 5 stars
It was a good month!
I'm at 27 books for the year right now. Last year I read 44, and I only hope to top that, so I'd say I'm on track. Although there's an Outlander and one or two presidential/historical biographies on my near horizon, so we'll see.
Sugar & Spice