I’m resigned to the fact that 2020 is just a raging dumpster fire of a year. However, I find myself actively looking for the positives that I can find. Here’s what I came up with in June:

• My library opened up for curbside pickup, so I’ve been making use of that. The staff at the library knows me pretty well already.
• My reviews are being posted in a timely manner. I posted all my reviews from June already!
• I’ve seen a lot of people coming together, supporting each other, and lifting each other up through these difficult times. It’s a beautiful things to see people working together and to be a part of this.

My favorite book of June 2020 was You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson.

Here’s my breakdown of monthly/cumulative totals for June:

June Totals

• Books read: 23
• Books DNF’d: 1
• Pages read: 8,576
• Average pages: 372.9

Cumulative Averages

• Days per book: 2.27
• Pages read per day: 289.17
• Books read per month: 22
• DNF’d books per month: 1.25

Genres Read in June:

• Fantasy: 7
• General Fiction: 6
• Historical Fiction: 1
• Romance/Erotica: 2
• Sci-Fi: 6
• Social Science/Current Affairs: 1

Genres Read in 2020:

• Biography/Memoir: 1
• Fantasy: 61
• Folklore/Fairy Tales: 7
• General Fiction: 17
• Graphic Novels: 1
• Historical Fiction: 16
• Mystery/Suspense: 3
• Paranormal/New Age: 1
• Poetry: 1
• Romance/Erotica: 8
• Sci-Fi: 14
• Self-Help/Inspiration: 1
• Social Science/Current Affairs: 1

Backlist vs. 2020 Releases

• Backlist books: 95
• 2020 releases: 37
• 2021 releases: 1

Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction

• Fiction: 128
• Nonfiction: 4

Format Read:

• Print: 58
• Digital: 74

Age Range

• Adult: 47
• YA: 81
• Middle Grade: 3
• Children: 1

Here’s what I read in June:

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give #1)
• How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• The Last Summer by Cait Marie
• Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4)
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #1)

• The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)
• The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3)
• Day 21 by Kass Morgan (The 100 #2)
• Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch (Peter Grant #5)
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander #6)
• Rebellion by Kass Morgan (The 100 #4)
• City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

• The 100 by Kass Morgan (The 100 #1)
• Homecoming by Kass Morgan (The 100 #3)
• A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #1)

• If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
• The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Great Cities #1)

• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

How was your June? Have you read any of the books listed above? What did you think?