According to the temps (and my reading choices), it’s definitely summer!
June goal:
I’m in the middle of 2 books right now and I’m excited about a few upcoming reads, so I’ll commit to 4 books in June.
What I read:
- Invisible Girl—Lisa Jewell
- Kindle / 416p
- May 29 – Jun 5
- 3.75⭐
- Review
- How to Solve Your Own Murder—Kristen Perrin
- Kindle / 358p
- Jun 6 – 9
- 3.75⭐
- Review
- The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading—James Patterson & Matt Eversmann
- Audiobook 🎧 / 5h 57m
- May 10 – Jun 15
- 3.5⭐
- Review
- The Secret Life of Violet Grant—Beatriz Williams
- Kindle / 432p
- Jun 12 – 21
- 3⭐
- Review
- The Stolen Queen—Fiona Davis
- Kindle / 339p
- Jun 23 – 29
- 3.5⭐
- Review
In-progress:
- Murder Your Employer—Rupert Holmes
- Kindle
- 4%
- I’m not enjoying this so far and may DNF after another try
2025 Note: I quit linking titles to that big site that funds the rich dude and fascism a while ago—and the same guy owns Goodreads, so now I link to Storygraph. Regardless, I recommend supporting independent bookstores. My favorite is Old Town Books (they ship!). You can also support my favorite podcast through their Bookshop.org link at KickBezosInTheBalls.org (or pick a local shop of your choosing). And you can never go wrong with your local library!
2025 Progress
Star Ratings:
Based on the flat stars, not the quarter stars I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 1 book
- 4 stars: 7 books
- 3 stars: 13 books
- 2 stars: 1 book
- 1 star: 0 books
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 1 book
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read/Hours Listened:
(Does not include partial books, abandoned books, or edited manuscripts)
- January – 1359p, 4h 13m
- February – 766p, 8h 0m
- March – 1475p*, 15h 49m
- April – 0p, 4h 22m
- May – 1840p, 8h 57m
- June – 1861, 5h 57m
*Note: Storygraph has a slightly different number because they count what they think I actually read each day based on when I update my progress. I always count the entire book in the month it was completed, even if I read everything but the last page in the previous month.
Reading Goals:
Read 36 books
I finished 5 books toward my Goodreads Challenge and I’m 4 ahead.
- Audiobooks: 8
- Kindle: 13
- Physical books: 0
*Note: I edited a book in April/May and read the 297 pages 3 times in the process, so I feel like I could count another 3 books and 891 pages toward my total.
Decrease my TBR
- Jan 1: 59 physical / 20 digital
- Feb 2: 59/20
- Mar 2: 59/20
- Apr 6: 59/20
- May 2: 59/20
- Jun 4: 59/21
- Jul 5: 59/21
Read 25 minutes per day
Jun 30 was Day 1384 of my reading streak.
June was a decent reading month. I’ve given up trying to read anything heavy, at least for the summer. It’s all summer fun and romances and murders.
I’m probably going to DNF the book I started yesterday, and I’ve already finished 1 in July. I’m going to stick to super readable summer fare, so I’ll commit to 4 books this month.
As always, you can find me online to see what I’m reading:
