It’s Reading Report Time! (June 2016) #amreading
Happy First Monday of June, everyone.
It’s Reading Report time!
Open Book by Dave Dugdale
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Tell us what you’ve finished over the last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links!
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- What book(s) did you finish reading (or listening to) since the last update?
- What are you currently reading and/or listening to?
- What’s the next book on your To Be Read stack/list?
Here’s my report:
What book(s) did you finish reading (or listening to) since the last update?
As always, click through on the title for my review.
- Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray, audiobook read by January LaVoy (SFF/Star Wars | 4 stars).
- A Noble Masquerade (Hawthorne House #1) by Kristi Ann Hunter (Inspy historical romance–Regency | 3.25 stars)
- “Some Desperado” by Joe Abercrombie, audiobook read by Stana Katic (Short story in Dangerous Women, Martin & Dozois, Eds. | 3 stars).
- “My Heart is Either Broken” by Megan Abbott, audiobook read by Jake Weber (Short story in Dangerous Women, Martin & Dozois, Eds. | 4 stars).
- Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Autobiography w/biographical & historical annotations | 5 stars).
- Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (YA historical fiction–American Frontier | 4 stars).
- Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (YA historical fiction–American Frontier | 4 stars).
- On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (YA historical fiction–American Frontier | 4 stars).
- By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (YA historical fiction–American Frontier | 3.5 stars).
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (YA historical fiction–American Frontier | 4 stars).
- Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (YA historical fiction–American Frontier | 4.5 stars).
- These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (YA historical fiction–American Frontier | 5 stars).
What are you currently reading and/or listening to?
- Only Beloved (The Survivors’ Club #7) by Mary Balogh, audiobook read by Rosalyn Landor (historical romance–Regency)
- The Curse of Lord Stanstead (The Order of the MUSE #1) by Mia Marlowe (historical paranormal romance–Regency)
What’s the next book on your To Be Read stack/list?
Here are the books I’m hoping to get around to soon—pre-orders, recent purchases, or checkouts/downloads from the library:
- Summer of Dreams (From This Moment #0.5) by Elizabeth Camden (Inspy historical romance novella–1880s America | free Kindle download)
- Until the Day Breaks (California Rising Book 1) by Paula Scott (Inspy historical romance–1840s America | borrowed through Kindle Unlimited)
- The Anatomy of Death (Dr Dody McCleland Mysteries Book 1) by Felicity Young (Historical mystery–Victorian | library book)
- Laird of the Mist (The MacGregors Book 1) by Paula Quinn (historical romance–1600s Scotland | library book)
- Not Another Bad Date (Writer Friends Book 4) by Rachel Gibson (contemporary romance | library book)
- The Witches of Cambridge by Menna Van Praag (romantic contemporary fiction | library book)
- The Wild Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Defiant Daughter by Mary Hart Perry (historical fiction–Victorian | new book purchase)
- Gambled Away: A Historical Anthology by Joanna Bourne, Isabel Cooper, Rose Lerner, Jeannie Lin, Molly O’Keefe (historical romance anthology | new book purchase)
- Journey’s End (Gilded Promises) by Renee Ryan (Inspy historical romance–Edwardian America | Kindle First book)
Other than that, my next reading selection will most likely be from the 2016 Reading List that I put together for myself on Goodreads for my A to Z reading challenge for this year.
2016 A–Z Reading Challenge Update
Here are the letters (author last names) I haven’t fulfilled yet: E, I, J, L, O, Q, U, V, X, Y, Z (oh, if only I could count the author of the Little House books by her maiden name!).
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My rating matrix:
5 STARS = one of the best I’ve ever read
4 STARS = a great read, highly recommended
3 STARS = it was okay
2 STARS = I didn’t enjoy it all that much, not recommended
1 STAR = DNF (did not finish)
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I’m currently reading Justified by Varina Denman and Scene and Structure by Jack Bickham, and next up is the new Karen Witemeyer.
Here’s my best-of reads for May:
Think and Eat Yourself Slim by Dr Caroline Leaf
Mail Order Surprise by Lucy Thompson
Someone Like You by Victoria Bylin
Her One and Only by Becky Wade
My reviews are linked at http://www.iolagoulton.com/what-did-you-read-in-may-2016/
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