Hello and welcome to my June wrap up, wow it feels so weird typing that. Already halfway through 2020. This month was quite an improvement reading wise for me, I actually did some reading. I am not quite sure what happened in May and what put me out of the mood to read, but thankfully it has passed and I ended up reading quite a bit. Here are the books I read, my backlist checkin and my monthly stats!
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Overall, I felt that this book was average for me. Not amazing and not bad at all, it was just in the middle. I enjoyed the world, but I was not invested in the plot or the characters. I was just someone following along. Now, this could be because as I stated earlier I don’t read a lot of YA anymore and I am annoying specific when it comes to fantasy. I really did enjoy the world building in this novel and I feel like Schwab has a lot of talent when it comes to this. I will say I am happy that I gave it a try and finally read it. I always had the feeling of “Fear of Missing Out” when it came to this series, now that question has been answered. Thank you for picking my book Melinda!
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very interesting collection of stories to make up the author’s memoir. I found the stories shared to be heart warming and raw. The author really sharers herself with her readers, but also gives them something to reflect on.
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Review to come!
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Overall, I felt that this novel has a lot of potential, it was dark, twisted and let’s face it inspired by one of the most popular horror novels of all time. I really enjoyed a lot about this book, but what lost me was the characters actions. Sometimes I just felt like, wow, they are meant to be detectives? Their actions just were not believable. That aside, I did enjoy parts of it and I am curious enough to be thinking about continuing this series. That is a big deal for me, because I tend to hate series.
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
1922-5/5 psychological and dark real world horror
Big Driver-2/5 the assault is r*ape.
Fair Extension-3/5 – interesting, but I wasn’t really feeling it.
A Good Marriage-5/5 Just when you thought you knew someone completely, another story were man is the true monster.
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a really interesting story sett in the same world as American Gods. It was a twisting tale and as always Gaiman has a way with words. As always the writing was done very well and the story was imaginative to say the least. The reason I took a few stars off it because there were a few parts I became bored with, but over all I really did enjoy it. If you liked American Gods, I think you will like this as well.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this and I really want to read more from this author. I really liked how the author mixed the magical with the mundane to create such a heart warming story.
- I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi, My rating: 5 of 5 stars
- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, My rating: 3 of 5 stars
- Quichotte by Salman Rushdie, My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Start of 2020: 51
Current: 6
What was your favorite book this month?
Classic Bhaer 
My favorite book that I read in June was Crooked Kingdom 😍
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Looks like a good reading month! I hope July is even better!
I love the stats at the end!
(www.evelynreads.com)
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Thanks so much, yeah I was really happy that this month ended up having more amazing books as compared to May. Also, thanks! I love stats so I figured I would share them since I am collecting them. I hope your reading month is wonderful!
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No reading this last month ☹️ I would love to hear the Twelfth Night review, I actually haven’t read that one.
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Yay for 5 stars for Untamed! That’s one of my fave books this year! I read so many great books this month, and one of my new faves is Lovely War.
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It was such a great one for sure! I am glad you liked it too. So glad to hear you enjoyed Lovely War so much!
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