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Monthly Roundup: June 2018



June was a bit slow in terms of books. I feel like June went by SO FAST but I was so busy I didn't get that much reading done. I mean, I still read 5 books (though one is technically a novella that I read in a day), so that's not nothing, but I definitely felt like my momentum from the previous months waned.
  1. The Queens of Innis Lear - Tessa Gratton (5 stars)
  2. Beneath a Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire (4 stars)
  3. The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater (4 stars)
  4. Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater (4 stars)
  5. The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater (3.5 stars)
  6. Geekerella - Ashley Poston (4 stars)

So first off, the Queens of Innis Lear was stunning. I did a buddy read and it was perfect! It's definitely going on my top books of 2018. You can read more on my full review, linked in the title above. Sugar Sky was the third novella in a series, and again some beautiful writing. I finished the Raven Cycle series and it was so good and unique. Look for a review of the series coming soon! And Geekerella was a super cute geeky romance!

There are some awesome books coming up in the next couple months! I wrote a post about which ones especially stood out to me. For July, I'm going to try and read some ARCs that I've gotten and catch up on some other library books I have!

What did you read this month?
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