June Monthly Wrap Up (2018)

Off the Blog:

Hey everyone! Another month has gone by so fast and I can't believe that June is already over!  Quite a bit happened in June in regards to my non-bookish life!  Every June, because my dad's birthday is in June and Father's Day is also in June, me, my mom and my sisters usually try to get my dad DOUBLE the presents for both days since it would seem wrong to not give him his gifts on the appropriate days (LOL)!  Anyway, to celebrate both Father's Day and my dad's birthday, we went to Texas Roadhouse where we got him steak.  My dad loves steaks, so we figured going to Texas Roadhouse would make him happy (which it did)!  We also managed to watch both "Black Panther" and "Thor: Ragnarok" on his birthday, which I really enjoyed both movies!  My dad always wanted to watch "Black Panther" and he finally got his wish to do so and he loved the movie!  And of course, we had CAKE for my dad's birthday and it was DELICIOUS!

On the Blog:

I went back to book binging on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and 2nd and Charles and I'm not ashamed to admit it!  I managed to buy a lot of awesome books for the month such as the "Illuminae Files" series, the Daughter of the Pirate King series and the sequel to "Caraval" Legendary!  I can't wait to dive into all of these books soon!  Unfortunately, I only managed to read 3 books for this month, which I was hoping to read more books for this month, since it's summer.  But, hopefully, HOPEFULLY, I'll be able to read more books in July, now that I bought even more books to read through!  Also, I FINALLY got a new bookshelf for my room!  My old (makeshift) bookshelf was too small to carry all the books I've been buying lately and I'm loving the size of this new bookshelf (although I am debating about buying another bookshelf in the near future once I get my room more organized).  Check out my new bookshelf down below:

Books Read this Month:

1.  Saga Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughan 

2.  This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab  

3.  I Hate Fairyland Volume 2: Fluff My Life by Skottie Young  

Other Reviews and Activities Completed this Month: 

MISCELLANEOUS

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GUEST POSTS

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BLOG TOURS

1. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: Looking for Dei by David A. Willson

2. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: Looking for Clutch by Lisa Becker

3. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: A Dead Ringer for Katie REAL TIME by Tia Brady

4. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: Relegation by Karri Thompson

5. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: Destiny Calls by Phenice Arielle

6. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: Go Home, Afton by Brent Jones

7. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: Galaxies and Oceans by N.R. Walker

8. [Book Blitz]  Book Blitz: Romancing the Pen by Kara Winters

BOOK MEMES

1. [Waiting on Wednesday]  Waiting on Wednesday #93: The Supervillain and Me by Danielle Banas

2. [Waiting on Wednesday]  Waiting on Wednesday #94: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

3. [Waiting on Wednesday]  Waiting on Wednesday #95: Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak

4. [Waiting on Wednesday]  Waiting on Wednesday #96: Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

5. [Sunday Post]  The Sunday Post Meme (138)

6. [Sunday Post]  The Sunday Post Meme (139)

7. [Sunday Post]  The Sunday Post Meme (140)

8. [Sunday Post]  The Sunday Post Meme (141)

9. [Book Photo Sundays]  Book Photo Sundays #81: June 10, 2018

10. [Book Photo Sundays]  Book Photo Sundays #82: June 17, 2018

11. [Book Photo Sundays]  Book Photo Sundays #83: June 24, 2018

12. [Stacking the Shelves]  Stacking the Shelves #52: June 16, 2018

13. [Stacking the Shelves]  Stacking the Shelves #53: June 23, 2018

14. [Stacking the Shelves]  Stacking the Shelves #54: June 30, 2018

15. [New Releases on the Horizon]  New Releases on the Horizon #46: June 17, 2018 - June 23, 2018

16. [Cover Spotlight]  Cover Spotlight #15: June 10th, 2018 - June 17th, 2018

17. [Cover Spotlight]  Cover Spotlight #16: June 24th, 2018 - July 1st, 2018

18. [Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays]  Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays #24: The Gingerbread Man

19. [Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays]  Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays #25: The Tiger and the Brahmin

20. [Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays]  Fairy Tale and Folktale Fridays #26: The Princess and the Pea

21. [The Friday 56]  The Friday 56 #13: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

22. [Book Blogger Hop]  Book Blogger Hop #46: June 15th - June 21st

23. [Book Blogger Hop]  Book Blogger Hop #47: June 29th - July 5th

DISCUSSIONS

1. [Discussion]  ☀Daily Book Chat #27:☀ Community Reviews…Do they help you decide what books you want to read?

OLD BOOK REVIEWS

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READING CHALLENGE UPDATES

2018 Comic Book Bingo Challenge: 4 

2018 Discussion Challenge: 6

Monthly Key Word Challenge 2018

2018 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge: 4

2018 European Reading Challenge: 1

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2018 : 3
Full House Reading Challenge 2018: 4

Humor Reading Challenge 2018: 5

2018 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge:
2018 Picture Book Reading Challenge: 10

2018 Beat the Backlist: 3

2018 Library Love: 4

Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge 2018: 5
2018 11th Annual Graphic Novel / Manga Challenge: 5

Book Bingo 2018: 4

Bookish's 2018 Reading Challenge: 2

2018 Color Coded Reading Challenge : 2

2018 Blogger Shame Challenge: 1

2018 Dystopia Reading Challenge: 1

2018 Reading Bingo Challenge: 3

2018 Reading Challenge Addict

2018 Read It Again, Sam: 5

2018 Try Something New Challenge: 4
2018 Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge: 2

Newbery Medal Challenge:

 Book Stats for June:

Total Number of Books Read: 3

Graphic Novels: 2

Young Adult Novels: 1

6 Star Reads: 1

5.5 Star Reads: 1

5 Star Reads: 1

Average Rating: 5.5

Male Authors: 2

Female Authors: 1

Unknown Authors: 0

Series: 3

Stand Alone: 0
Re-Reads: 0

Total NetGalley Books for the Year: 3

Total ARC Books for the Year: 1
Total Edelweiss Books for the Year: 2
Total Reading Alley Books for the Year: 1

Total OnlineBookClub.org Books for the Year: 2
Total Re-Reads for the Year: 5

Total Number of Books Read for the Year: 22

Genre Stats:

Humor: 1

Science Fiction: 1

Horror: 0

Fantasy: 0

Drama: 0

Romance: 1
Paranormal: 1
Contemporary: 0
Historical: 0

Total Science Fiction Books for the Year: 4

Total Humor Books for the Year: 10

Total Horror Books for the Year: 1

Total Fantasy Books for the Year: 4

Total Drama Books for the Year: 1
Total Romance Books for the Year: 2

Blog Stats for June: 

Most Viewed Post: Waiting on Wednesday #94: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman - 89 views

Most Commented Post: Waiting on Wednesday #94: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman and The Sunday Post Meme (134) - 32 comments

POST SPOTLIGHT:

☀Daily Book Chat #27:☀ Community Reviews…Do they help you decide what books you want to read?

BEST OF THE MONTH: TIE BETWEEN: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab and Saga Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughan

July TBR:

* I finally finished "This Savage Song" by Victoria Schwab and I loved it!  I'm hoping to read the sequel in July and read even more books for July!

Favorite Blog Posts from Around the Blogosphere: 

☀  Cait @ Paper Fury discusses about HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO A THOUSAND PERFECT NOTES!

☀  AJ @ Read All the Things! discusses about A Brief List Of Oddities Discovered In My Email Account
☀  Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addition discusses about My Personal Connection to Pride Month, Some Recent LGBTQ+ Reads, and Integrating My Faith and LGBTQ+ Issues

☀  Jessica @ a GREAT read discusses about Favorite Reads So Far in 2018
☀  Greg @ Book Haven discusses about Do You Search For Books?  

☀  Sam @ We Live and Breathe Books discusses about It's a Cliffy!

☀  Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight has a list of SOMETIMES I WATCH SHOWS (PART 2)  

☀  Elley @ Elley the Book Otter discusses about Writing diverse characters as a white author
☀  Kristen @ Metaphors and Moonlight discusses about DO YOU TALK ABOUT SEX SCENES IN YOUR BOOK REVIEWS?
☀  Evelina @ Avalinah's Books discusses about Quick Q&A With C.G. Drews, AKA Cait @ Paperfury!   

This will be linked to The Book Date's Month in Review and A Cocoon of Books Best of the Bunch!