Hey Bookworm friends! This June was another really busy and exciting month in the books! So much happened and I’m grateful for so many things this month. I didn’t have time to post as much as I would have liked and I’m making a small change in the way I’ve been doing my wrap-ups. I used to share my thoughts on each book but going forward, I’ll simply share which books I read and the ratings I gave them. Since I don’t read that many books per month, sometimes I feel like I repeat myself a bit too much within various types of posts. I want my wrap-ups to be quick and less wordy. That being said, let’s get into what I was up to in June!
June Highlights
- I’ve been way less active on Instagram; instead I revived my old Tumblr account to share pretty book pictures when I have them and I joined Mastodon. So far, this change has made a massive difference on my mental health. I was not aiming to get rid of social media as a whole because I find it’s a great creative outlet for me, but a lot of the pressures I was feeling are now gone or massively decreased.
- My best friend, who lives in The States, came to visit and I hadn’t seen her in a couple of years so I spent a few amazing days hanging out with my high school Besties 🖤.
- I bought my husband tickets to see Penn & Teller for his birthday because they were on their 50th anniversary tour and we had so much fun! We also went to dinner beforehand with friends who were also going to see the show, which made it even more exciting.
- We made guava ice cream, with Arequipe (Colombian Dulce de Leche) and it was incredible!
- We got Cheeto comfortable with his new backpack and explored a new-to-us neighbourhood in our city! Now I can carry him comfortably (as I could not with his old backpack), what a upgrade!
- My husband and I went to get our ears pierced again, very spur of the moment for me. There was a sale for International Piercing Day and it turns out he’d been thinking about it for a while but I jumped in and joined him! Two helixes for him, one lobe for me. (sidenote: ‘helix’ sounds so much cooler than ‘lobe’ but fine 😂)
- We made a different kind of puzzle I’ve never done before that includes a short mystery story you read before. Then you make the puzzle without knowing what it’s of, meaning the picture on the box doesn’t help at all. Once the puzzle is completed, the picture contains clues to help you solve the mystery. We caught all the clues just didn’t quite figure out how to string them together in the right way but it was such a fun experience!
What I Read
June Reading Stats
Total Books Read: 9
| Format Read |
|---|
| 📱E-Books: 3 |
| 📚 Physical: 2 |
| 🎧 Audiobooks: 4 |
| Genre |
|---|
| 🐲Fantasy: 3 |
 😱Horror: 1 |
| 🚀🕵🏼♀️Sci-Fi Mystery: 1 |
| 🖍️Children’s Lit: 1 |
| 💕Romance: 1 |
| ✒️Memoir: 1 |
| 🏠Literary Fiction: 1 |
| Book Format |
|---|
| Graphic Novel: 2 |
| Novella: 1 |
| Novel: 4 |
| Picture Book: 1 |
| LitRPG: 1 |
📱The E-Books 📱
🐲 Slime Sweets and Dungeon Treats by Pandora Pierce│LitRPG│3.5⭐
✒️ Us by Sara Soler│Graphic Novel│4⭐
😱 Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV with Martin Simmonds │Graphic Novel│3.5⭐
📚The Physical Books 📚
🖍️ The Outermost Mouse by Lauren Wolk with Kristen Adam│Picture Book│4⭐
🏠 The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna│Novel│Review │1 ⭐
🎧The Audiobooks 🎧
🐲 The Librarian of Crooked Lane (The Glass Library #1) by C. J. Archer │Novel│3.75⭐
🐲 The Medici Manuscript (The Glass Library #2) by C. J. Archer │Novel│ 4⭐
💕 SOS Hotel: Sleep With Us (SOS Hotel #3) by Ariana Nash as Adam Vex│Novella│4⭐
🚀🕵🏼♀️ The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton│Novel│3⭐
What I Watched
Steven Universe, Seasons 1-5
This is the main thing we watched in June, almost every night. I had tried to watch Steven Universe before but stopped in season one so now I’m watching it all the way through for the first time. I’m enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would and the story is getting really good but we’re almost done!
Witch Hat Atelier, Season 1
I watched the second half of WHA with my friends again and it was incredible! The season finishes in a huge cliff hanger so I’m mildly devastated because now we have to wait again! But if the quality stays this good all the way through, I don’t mind waiting. Highly recommend!
Taskmaster Australia, Season 5
As always, I enjoy watching all the Taskmaster I can get my grubby little hands on so now that Australia is in the middle of their 5th season, you can bet we’re waiting for each episode on Youtube.
Gaming Highlights of June
My Top Video Game of the Month
Overcooked: All You Can Eat
We were in the middle of our Overcooked 2 replay when a sale of Overcooked dropped and we couldn’t say no! It combines OC 1, 2, all the DLC plus new levels we’ve never played before. So of course we immediately restarted from the beginning! It’s my favourite game to play with my husband.
My Top Board Game of the Month
Castle Combo
This is a really fun card game that we’ve been picking up when we want something quick to play while we’re eating. The goal of the game is to collect a tableau of 9 cards that give you the most points possible and there are so many cards that it’s different every time. Cards give you points by combining in different ways so you have to pick cards that have good synergy together but sometimes that may not be possible. We played this one three times this month and I don’t see myself getting tired of it soon.
Let’s chat in the comments!
What have you been watching or playing lately? Or, have you read any of these books? How was your June?
