Monthly Roundup: June 2017

I read a total of 7 books this month! Fairly good, since I was traveling for the main part of June, doing photography and service work in Tanzania! Nevertheless, I still managed to read five books on my trip, in addition to a couple others!

1) Nevernight - Jay Kristoff (4.5 stars)
2) A Penny Lost - Aspen Bassett (2.5 stars)
3) Gemina - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (5 stars)
4) Dark Matter - Blake Crouch (4 stars)
5) Grave Mercy - Robin LeFevers (4 stars)
6) Dark Triumph - Robin LeFevers (4 stars)
7) Mortal Heart - Robin LeFevers (4 stars)

As you can see, I read the entire His Fair Assassin trilogy by Robin LeFevers during my trip. It was such a good series! I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it. I finally read Nevernight and it was amazing. I'm looking forward to the sequel! And Gemina was the sequel to Illuminae, which I read last month, and was just as amazing as the first. Can't wait for the third and final installment, Obsidio!

I'm currently reading Roar by Cora Cormack, which came in my June FairyLoot box, along with other fun goodies! Check out my Instagram, @booksviaashley, for photos!

For July, I'm going to focus on reading books I already have on my Kindle (Hint: there are a LOT). My library card in the US stopped working so I have to find a way to fix that... But this is good because I really do have so many books on my Kindle I want/need to read, but I always put the library books first since they have a time limit.

What have you read this month? What are you looking forward to in July?

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