June was great - I went to Book Expo America which was super awesome, gushed about audiobooks for an entire week & introduced a weekly-ish foodie feature.
June 2012 Recap
The Numbers
- Number of Books Read: 9
- Number of Authors New to Me: 9
- Number of Male/Female Authors: 3/6
- Places visited through reading: USA (OK, OH, OR, GA, NY, CA), Australia.
- I Read About: circus performers made of metal (1), a cyborg (1), bounty hunters (1), gamers (1), post-apocalyptic survivors (3), teenage high school girls (2).
Books Read in June
Favorites: God's War, Kameron Hurley. But I also really liked Cinder, Ready Player One, and Graffiti Moon.Least Favorite: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling - not that I didn't like this, but isn't a memoir supposed to have something poignant in it? Well, I didn't find it in this book - but there were moments that were really funny.
Special Bookish Blog Event
Bloggers Recommend
- {Bloggers Recommend} Favorite Audiobooks From Various Genres
- {Bloggers Recommend} Books That Are Short and Sweet
- {Bloggers Recommend} Inspiring Autobiography
Book Lists
- June Book Release Excitement and Going From Online to Offline {Armchair BEA Style}
- 10 Books On My Summer 2012 Reading List
- My 10 Beach Reads of Summer 2012 {Or 10 UnRead Books on My Shelves}
- 10 Gorgeous Book Covers of 2012 {On My Reading List - The July to December Edition}
- The 2012 Locus Award Winners {My Thoughts}
The Healthy Eats {Sharing}
- Apple Pear and Strawberry Summer Salad Loving and a Post-Apocalyptic Book {Reading and Eating}
- Oatmeal With Pepitas {Eating} and A Gritty Dystopian Novel {Reading}
- Kiwi, Mango and Pineapple Fruit Salad {Eating} Before I Fall {Audiobook Listening}
Reading Challenges {Updates}
- Audiobook Challenge - Finished Going Steady - 12 Audio Books
- The 2014 Winter Olympics Reading Challenge - Read 2 books set in Australia (6/26)
- What's In a Name Reading Challenge 2012 - Checked off 2 things - titles with a topographical feature & something you'd see in the sky in the title (5/6)
- The 2012 Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge - Finished 1 book (8/10)
- Total Number of Yearly Challenges Finished: 3/9
I'm intrigued to read the Mindy Kaling book, and it's been on my TBR list for a while, but I still haven't got around to it... Looks like some good books this month (well, last month!), I've heard a lot of good things about Jellicoe Road and Ready Player One.