June felt like it was here and gone in a blink. I reconnected with an old friend and went to a couple of local fairs, and my youngest nephew graduated high school! So there was some more social stuff going on in June, meaning I didn’t have as much time to read as usual. There’s also something going on with my focus, so I’m struggling to sit down and read digital or print books for as long as I’m used to. 

Here’s an update on my June highlights:

• My blog gained 13 new followers, for a grand total of 782. Still making progress towards that short-term goal of 800.
• I’ve been trying to make progress on my physical ARCs, but I’m still behind. I’m doing better with NetGalley ARCs, reading through my August ARCs. I’m hoping to get on track this month.
• Of the 26 books I read in June, only 2 were nonfiction. One was true crime, and the other was a social justice book. 
• I didn’t read any of the books that I own this month, unfortunately.
• As far as diverse voices, I read 3 books by Black authors, 5 by Jewish authors, 4 by LGBTQIA+ authors, 2 by Asian/Pacific Islander authors, 1 by a SWANA author, and 3 by Latine authors.
• I’ve been trying to read genres outside of my comfort zone, so in June I read 2 horror books, 1 social science book, and 1 true crime book.
• Once again, I didn’t read any 12 in 12 challenge books or PopSugar reading challenge books.

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

June Totals:

• Books read: 26
• Books DNF’d: 2
• Pages read: 3,625
• Hours listened: 2 days, 4 hours, 18 minutes
• Average pages: 402.8
• Average hours listened: 8 hours, 46 minutes

Cumulative Averages:

• Days per book: 3.42
• Pages read per day: 160.39
• Books read per month: 33.33
• DNF’d books per month: 2.2

Genres Read in June:

• Fantasy: 5
• Folklore/Fairytales: 1
• General Fiction: 2
• Historical Fiction: 4
• Horror: 2
• Mystery/Suspense: 7
• Romance/Erotica: 3
• Social Science/Current Affairs/Politics: 1
• True Crime: 1

Backlist vs. New Releases:

• Backlist books: 2
• 2023 releases: 24

Fiction Vs. Nonfiction:

• Fiction: 24
• Nonfiction: 2

Format Read:

• Print: 4
• Digital: 5
• Audio: 17

Age Range:

• Adult: 22
• YA: 2
• Middle Grade: 1
• Children’s: 1

My favorite book of the month was Vengeful by V.E. Schwab.

Here’s what I read in June:

• Don’t Want To Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton (NG ARC)
• Caesar’s Soldier by Alex Gough (Mark Antony #1) (Author ARC)
• Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (Villains #2) 
• Engines of Chaos by R.S. Ford (The Age of Uprising #2) (Publisher ARC)
• Pedro & Daniel by Federico Erebia (ALC)
• Before She Finds Me by Heather Chavez (ALC)

• Rubi Ramos’s Recipe for Success by Jessica Parra (ALC)
• Noa: A Story of Courage by Jasmine Lawi (Author ARC)
• What Remains by Wendy Walker (ALC)

• The City of Dusk by Tara Sim (The Dark Gods #1) (Publisher ARC)
• Super Bloom by Megan Tady (ALC)
• Someone Just Like You by Meredith Schorr (NG ARC)
• Love Betrayal Murder by Adam Mitzner (ALC)
• I Got a Name: The Murder of Krystal Senyk by Eliza Robertson and Myles Dolphin (ALC)
• The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor (ALC)
• Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism by Magda Teter (ALC)
• Engines of Empire by R.S. Ford (Publisher ARC)
• Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair (Fairy Tale Retelling #1) (ALC)

• Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca (ALC)

• Notalus: Lord of the South Wind by A.E. Via (Lords of the Wind #1) (ALC)
• Halifax: Transgression by Roger Simpson (ALC)
• A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poison by Kate Khavari (Saffron Everleigh Mystery #1) (ALC)
• Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig (ALC)
• The Traitor Beside Her by Mary Anna Evans (ALC)

• Drowning by T.J. Newman (ALC)
• House of Marionne by J. Elle (House of Marionne #1) (YABC ARC)

• Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey (ALC)
• Killingly by Katharine Beutner (ALC)

How did June go for you? Did you read any great books or do anything fun?