June has been such a hectic month for me. I officially finished university, got my degree results (2:1!!!) and moved out of my student house. I’m now sat at home wondering what on earth is next. And admiring that adorable photo I got of my boyfriend’s notoriously camera-shy dog.
However, it’s also been a good month for my blog! It’s slowly growing, so thank you to everyone that’s followed, and I’m really enjoying running it. I have about 100 followers overall now if you combine my WordPress, e-mail and Bloglovin followers so thanks again! Now, without further ado, here’s my June wrap-up.
This Month’s Posts
- Waiting On Wednesday: The Fireman by Joe Hill
- Review: Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
- The Sunday Post #3
- Review: Half Way Home by Hugh Howey
- Stacking the Shelves | June TBR
- Book Recommendations: If You Liked That, You’ll Love This | Apocalyptic/Sci-Fi
- The Sunday Post #4
- Book-to-Screen Adaptations That Actually Work
- Review: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
- On Writing: How Do You Plan?
- Stacking the Shelves ft. my Hamster
- Review: Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan
- The Sunday Post #5
- My Long-Awaited Film Review for X-Men: Apocalypse
- Book Recommendations: If You Liked That, You’ll Love This #2
- Reader Confessions Tag
- A Novel Discussion: How Important Are Characters Clothes?
- The Sunday Post #6
- Waiting On Wednesday: Heartland by Lucy Hounsom
- Film Review: The Conjuring 2
I’ve had a few problems with Bloglovin not displaying my posts recently so, if you’ve missed any, you can catch up here!
Favourite Novels This Month
Least Favourite Novels This Month
Coming Up
I bought a fair few books this month so look out for reviews of books such as: The Girls by Emma Cline, Nightfall by Jane Halpern & Peter Kujawinski, The Next Together by Lauren James, Illuminae by Jamie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff and Nod by Adrian Barnes, just to name a few.
I also have a guest post coming soon where I’ll be reviewing Golden Son, the second novel in the Red Rising series, over on Ellie Maloney’s blog. Like I’ve said before, I’ll post a link to it here when it’s up!
And lastly, I’ll hopefully be posting more discussions on books and writing, so look out for those.
Are there any novels in my TBR you’d like me to review first? And how has June treated you? Let me know in the comments below!
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I hope you read Illuminae soon! I love it. 😀 I’ll be checking out your review for Daughter of Deep Silence. I’ve heard really mixed things about it and i have no idea if it is for me. Congratulations at finishing university!
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Hopefully should be reading it in 3 books time! I have an order set out haha but I’m very excited to read it! And thank you! I’ll check out your comment on the review in a sec haha!
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I have been meaning to read Daughter of Deep Silence for a while. Was it really bad?
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I gave it 3/5, so it wasn’t awful but it certainly wasn’t amazing. The characterisation was a bit of a let down and it wasn’t gripping enough for me. But it is just my opinion so don’t let that put you off, you might really enjoy it! 🙂
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Thanks for the heads up. I will probably still read it…. if I get around to it. My TBR is constantly in flux.
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No problem! And I know the feeling haha you mean to read something and then you keep finding more books that just sound better
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Yeah. It just keeps happening and all of those books I was super excited about get pushed further and further down the list.
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Yeah I keep finding books I’d totally forgotten about buried under other stuff in my room! It’s a struggle haha
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Me too! I’m like “Hey, when did I get that?”
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Haha it’s definitely a nice surprise though finding a forgotten book
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Absolutely!
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Congratulations on graduating and good luck with whatever is next. I had liked another book I read by Carrie Ryan but Daughter of Deep Silence didn’t appeal to me. Glad to know that skipping it was the right choice.
I Make a Big (for me) Decision | Sunday Summary #9
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Thank you! And yeah probably a good idea to skip it tbf, rather than have it dampen your opinion of her writing. Hopefully her future novels will be more like her previous stuff and Daughter of Deep Silence was just a blip.
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I love that you mention Least Favorite Novel as well! Good to have in mind when looking for TBRs
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Thank you! It saves people time haha so they can still read my review of it if they want to but they know it’s the book that got the lowest rating that month. Thanks for stopping by!
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