June turned out to be a super productive month for me, even though it felt like it flew past. Does anyone else feel like this month was ridiculously short? I’ve been staying home a lot, especially since it’s been oppressively hot lately. I know the heat has been really bad everywhere (unless you’re lucky enough to be somewhere that isn’t having summer right now, in which case I’m super jealous of you right now). 

This year I vowed to focus on my goals for the year. So here we go:

• I got a few new followers this month, so I’m up to 384. I’m hoping to get to 400 soon!
• Blog posts have continued daily, and scheduling in advance was especially helpful. Rather than just scheduling posts one day in advance, I’ve been scheduling posts multiple days in advance, so that I have the time to plan out thoughtful posts.
• I read 9 NetGalley ARCs this month and got my list of ARCs down to a manageable number. However, I promptly went on a requesting spree, so I’m waiting for my ratio to go down any day now. The State of the ARC accountability post has been super helpful with that.
• I think I’ve done really well with continuing to diversify my reading, focusing on some LGBTQ+ books for Pride Month.

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

June Totals:

• Books read: 29
• Books DNF’d: 0
• Pages read: 5,766
• Hours listened: 123 hours, 12 minutes, 6 seconds
• Average pages: 360.4
• Average hours listened: 9 hours, 31 minutes, 29 seconds

Cumulative Averages:

• Days per book: 2.96
• Pages read per day: 191.41
• Books read per month: 25
• DNF’d books per month: 0.67

Genres Read in June:

• Fantasy: 7
• Folklore/Fairytales: 2
• General Fiction: 3
• Historical Fiction: 1
• Horror: 1
• Mystery/Suspense: 8
• Romance/Erotica: 5
• Sci-Fi: 1
• Travel/Food: 1

Backlist vs. New Releases:

• Backlist books: 12
• 2021 releases: 16

Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction:

• Fiction: 28
• Nonfiction: 1 

Format Read:

• Print: 5
• Digital: 11
• Audio: 13

Age Range:

• Adult: 19
• YA: 9
• MG: 1

My favorite books of the month were Malibu Rising and Capture the Crown.

Here’s what I read in June:

• Malibu Rising  by Taylor Jenkins Reid (ARC)
• Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi’s Guide to Understanding, Buying, and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients  by Christine Sahadi Whelan (ARC)
• House of Hollow  by Krystal Sutherland
• Capture the Crown  by Jennifer Estep (Gargoyle Queen #1) (ARC)

• Simon vs. the Homo sapiens Agenda  by Becky Albertalli (Simonverse #1)
• The Nature of Witches  by Rachel Griffin (ARC)
• Autoboyography  by Christina Lauren
• Spinning Silver  by Naomi Novik

• The Roommate  by Rosie Danan (The Roommate #1) 
• Sharp Objects  by Gillian Flynn
• The Hunger  by Alma Katsu 
• This Poison Heart  by Kalynn Bayron (This Poison Heart #1) (ARC)
• Neon Gods  by Katee Robert (Dark Olympus #1)
• One For the Money  by Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum #1)
• Two For the Dough  by Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum #2)
• Moshlekeh the Thief: A Rediscovered Novel  by Sholem Aleichem (ARC)
• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky  by Kwame Mbalia (Tristan Strong #1)
• Three to Get Deadly  by Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum #3) 

• The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales  by Emily Brewes (ARC)
• Five Total Strangers  by Natalie D. Richards

• For the Wolf  by Hannah F. Whitten (Wilderwood #1) (ARC)
• The Maidens  by Alex Michaelides (ARC)
• The Sanatorium  by Sarah Pearse
• Half Sick of Shadows  by Laura Sebastian (ARC) 
• The Echo Wife  by Sarah Gailey

• Where It All Lands  by Jennie Wexler (ARC)

• Color Me In  by Natasha Díaz
• The Wrong Family  by Tarryn Fisher

• The Lost Alliance by Cait Marie (The Nihryst #3) — this was a proofread.

How was your reading in June? Did you reach your goals?