Oops, somehow I completely missed my June wrap-up!

My goal for June:

June’s goal is 5 books. I’m already 69% and 29% through two books and I should have more quiet time than usual with my husband traveling two weeks this month.

What I read: (Link to my Goodreads 2018 Reading Challenge)


Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
Sunil Yapa
5* (June 5)
Review
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell
5* (June 19)
Review
The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile-by-Mile Guide 
Joe Upton, Eric Wohlforth
4* (June 20)
Review

Excuse(s) for Not Reading More: So I guess I didn’t read 5 books. But this doesn’t represent the other two Alaska travel books I read or the hours I’ve spent reading the slush pile since I started as a short story editor at a literary journal.

Diversity? Contemporary thriller, a fictionalized account of a real event, and a travel guide.

Star Ratings: I base this on the flat stars Goodreads displays in list-view, not the quarter-star system I assign in my reviews.

  • 5 stars:  5 books
  • 4 stars:  2 books
  • 3 stars:  8 books
  • 2 stars:  1 books
  • 1 star: 0 books
  • 0 stars: 0 books
  • Abandoned: 5 books

Pages Read: (does not include abandoned books)

  • January – 849
  • February – 1122
  • March – 1268
  • April – 980
  • May – 915 (ugh, it gets worse and worse)
  • June – 759 (keeping the trend alive!)

Reading Goals:

1. Read 40 books – I believe as of July 1 I was still on track. I’m ahead by one book right now.

2. Decrease my TBR – As of May, I’m trying to be more ruthless about abandoning books that have been on my shelf for a long time and/or that don’t draw me in quickly when I pick them up.

  • Jan 1 – 88 physical19 Kindle
  • Feb 1 – 89 / 19
  • Mar 1 – 80/20 (I purged a LOT of books, but some were previously read and 3 were gifts)
  • Apr 6 – 85/22 (It was my birthday and I like to buy books as souvenirs)
  • May 1 – 86/21
  • June 4 – 81/22
  • July 6 – 80/22

July’s goal is 4 books. I’d like to finally finish up the short story collection I’ve been reading forever and I’ve already finished two other books. Plus, I have a novel I want to read before traveling (again) at the end of the month.

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