It’s time for a look at my June reading life!
It’s time for another wrap-up/haul post — and some fun stats!
June was kind of a doozy of a month for me! My family stayed SO busy—we splurged on season passes to a nearby theme park and ended up going twice a week or so for the entire month. (I’m actually finishing up this post late Tuesday night after getting home from the theme park and I’m exhausted, so forgive me if I make any major typos lol)
June was my son’s birthday month (he turned 7) and we did a lot to celebrate that, plus we adopted a new kitten a week and a half ago! Her name is Ella (“the Purrbot 3000”) and she’s about 11 weeks old, and is the sweetest thing you could ever meet. 😭 She has us all wrapped right around her little paws!
What I read:
(each title link will direct you to my review for more thoughts!)
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✨ review copy → 💞 buddy/group read → 🔁 re-read → 🎧 audiobook → 🍰 graphic novel/manga
🤷♀️ TBR jar → 🗓️ 2023 TBR → 🌻 seasonal TBR
- House of Earth and Blood // Sarah J. Maas 💞🎧
- Jurassic Park // Michael Crichton 🎧
- Summer Frost // Blake Crouch 🎧🤷♀️
- Carmilla // J. Sheridan Le Fanu 🎧
- Artemis Made Me Do It // Trista Mateer
- The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel // Margaret Atwood & Renee Nault 🍰
- Northranger // Rey Terciero ✨🍰
- The Invasion & The Visitor: Graphic Novels // K.A. Applegate 🍰
- Stealing Home // J. Torres 🍰
- The Aquanaut // Dan Santat 🍰
- When Stars Are Scattered // Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed 🍰
- Creepy Cat, Vol. 1 // Cotton Valent 🍰
- Nimona // N.D. Stevenson 💞🔁🍰
- Wanted: Bone-White Skull-Patterned Lace Trim // Kelsea Yu (no cover)
- The Sleep Tight Motel // Lisa Unger 🎧🤷♀️
- Stepping Stones // Lucy Knisley 🍰
- Hide: The Graphic Novel // Kiersten White ✨🍰
- Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation // Anne Frank & Ari Folman 🍰
- Briardark // S.A. Harian 🎧🌻
- Gory Details // Erika Engelhaupt 💞🎧
- The Faint of Heart // Kerilynn Wilson ✨🍰
- Parasyte, Vol. 1 // Hitoshi Iwaaki 🍰
- Quietly Hostile // Samantha Irby ✨🎧🤷♀️
- Monster and the Beast, Vol. 1 // renji 🍰
- Everything the Darkness Eats // Eric LaRocca ✨🌻
- There’s a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed // Edgar Cantero 🎧🤷♀️
- nothing this month!
- She is a Haunting // Trang Thanh Tran ✨💞🎧
- The Luminous Dead // Caitlin Starling 💞🎧
And now, for some of my favorite recent hauls:
- Demon Theory // Stephen Graham Jones (SST Publications limited hardcover)
- Witch King // Martha Wells (Illumicrate edition)
- Evil Whispers // Owl Goingback (print purchase)
- Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts // Aaron Dries (print purchase)
- Role Playing // Cathy Yardley (kindle freebie)
- Narcissus // Adam Godfrey (kindle purchase)
- The First Bright Thing // J.R. Dawson (finished review copy)
- The Dead Take the A Train // Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey (print ARC)
- Scarewaves // Trevor Henderson (eARC)
- Mosaic // Catherine McCarthy (eARC)
- No Trouble At All // Alexis DuBon & Eric Raglin (eARC)
- Boys in the Valley // Philip Fracassi (eARC)
How was your month? What was your favorite book you read or hauled, or what was something nice that happened in your life?
— destiny ♥
confessionsofayareader
July 5, 2023Congrats on your new addition! She’s adorable.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023Thank you so much! We’re so happy to have her ♥
The Sassy Library Fox
July 5, 2023Happy belated birthday to your son and aww to Ella!! She’s adorable! <3 No wonder she has you wrapped around her paws. XD
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023Thank you so much! Right?! 😂 It would be impossible to say no to that face
Tammy
July 6, 2023Ella is adorable! And wow, your numbers are so impressive!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023Thank you! 😀 It was such a good month – I just wish July had been more productive so far to match it 😂
Tammy Brown
July 8, 2023What a cutie pie!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023Thank you! 🥰
Caro @ bookcheshirecat
July 8, 2023Ella is SO cute, thank you for blessing us with some more pictures 🥺💕 Looks like you had a fantastic reading month! I also reread Nimona last weekend! Did you already watch the movie? 🥰
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023Thank you! My phone’s photo album is nothing but books, kittens, and Isaac at this point 😂 And no, I haven’t seen the movie yet! Did you? I feel like you’ve told me you did watch it, but my memory is struggling right now 😂
Caro @ bookcheshirecat
July 30, 2023Yes, I saw the movie and I really liked it!! It was quite different from the graphic novel in parts, but still good 🥰
mistysbookspace
July 8, 2023Ella is adorable!! I miss having a cat. That trapdoor spider book creeps me out. I hate spiders!!!!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023Thank you! I love kitties so much! Though every time I see pictures of your puppy it makes me miss having a dog in the house too lol. And the cover for that one was creepy but the actual book had very little to do with spiders! 😂
mistysbookspace
July 24, 2023Maybe one day I will get another cat and you will get another dog. Oh well then maybe that wouldn’t be so bad.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023I hope so! I would love to have a pitbull in the house again, I grew up with a few of them and they’re just my favorites.
mistysbookspace
July 24, 2023My husband has always wanted a pitbill. I wouldn’t mind having another pug or a husky.
bookishinbed
July 9, 2023Ella is adorable and I am so obsessed. So happy for you guys! Also what a great reading month you had!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
July 24, 2023Thank you so much! She has fit right in with us!
Reg @ BookishInBed
July 24, 2023Aw yay, that makes me so happy!!