The Bookmark Lit Bulletin wraps up the last month in reading and what was on the blog, as well as what’s coming up next. You can check out my book haul, books read, posts shared, challenge updates, etc. You can read past bulletins here. If you’re looking for more personal updates, you can check out my Lauren Lately feature; it highlights my life events and non-bookish fun from the previous 30 days.
I think June may be considered one of my best reading months ever from a rating perspective?! I have multiple new favorite books of all time, including multiple 4.5 and 5 star reads. I can’t think of a time where I had so much goodness in one month! Yes, I had one DNF and a couple of 3-3.5 star reads, but overall… I will definitely be happy with June when I look back on 2023!
11 books in June
10 read • 0 reread • 1 DNF
Pages read: 3,787 • Average rating: 4.3 stars
Genres: 6 contemporary, 2 fantasy, 2 mystery/thriller, 1 science fiction
Formats: 3 mixed, 3 ebook, 3 egalley, 1 audio, 1 hardcover
Sources: 5 review, 4 library, 1 preordered, 1 purchased
Age Target: 9 adult, 1 young adult, 1 childrens
Here are all the books I read this month with ratings and one-line thoughts!
Disappointing
Slow Start, Finished Cute
Major Favorite
Adorable!
DNF – Cringe!!
Surprising & Lovely
Another Poston Win
Romance Perfection
Exactly Like the Title
Another Henry Win
Big Final Twists
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Best Rated
Month Ever?!
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Popsugar Reading Challenge: 66%
52 Book Club: 65%
Must Read in 2023: 50%
Romanceopoly: 8%
Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 73%
Breakdown: 13 purchased | 1 free/gifted | 5 review copies
All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review.
For Review
From Harper Collins: The Blonde Identity by Carter, Birdie & Harlow by Wolfe
From Macmillan: The Heiress by Hawkins
From Hachette: Snowed in for Christmas by Snowe
From Bloomsbury: All That’s Left to Say by Lord
From Penguin Random House: The Wake-Up Call by O’Leary
Digital Books
Purchased for Kindle: Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries by Kappes, Salad Freak by Damuck
Audiobook via Audible: House of Sky and Breath by SJM
Physical Books & BOTM
Purchased from B&N: Once Upon a Broken Heart and The Ballad of Never After by Garber
BOTM: My Murder by Williams, She Started It by Gilbert,
The Wishing Game by Shaffer, Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Torzs
Purchased at Indies in Maine: Home Style Cookery by Matheson, A Fatal Grace by Penny,
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Espach, Eight Perfect Hours by Louis,
The Newcomer by Andrews, Death on Windmill Way by Doyle, Homicide and Halo-Halo
Purchased at Indies in NY/CT: A Flicker in the Dark by Willingham,
The Fiancee Farce by Bellefleur, Still Life by Penny, Falling by Newman
Purchased Online Used: True Crime Story by Knox
- [1 Jun] What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez ★★★½
- [1 Jun] Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ★★★½
- [1 Jun] The Last Word by Taylor Adams ★★★★½
- [5 Jun] Liar's Beach by Katie Cotugno ★★★★
- [5 Jun] Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron ★★★★
- [12 Jun] Something Close to Magic by Emma Mills ★★★★
- [15 Jun] Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale ★★★★½
- [19 Jun] The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston ★★★★½
- [22 Jun] Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman ★★★½
- [22 Jun] The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren ★★★★★
- [30 Jun] The Night It Ended by Katie Garner ★★★
- [2 Jun] Bookmark Lit Bulletin | May 2023
- [6 Jun] Top Ten Tuesdays #412: Summer Covers
- [7 Jun] Long-Term TBR Plotting
- [13 Jun] Top Ten Tuesdays #413: Bookish Wishes
- [20 Jun] Top Ten Tuesdays #414: Summer TBR
- [27 Jun] Top Ten Tuesdays #415: 2nd Half Releases
- [29 Jun] July TBR
How was your reading month?
What do you have up next?
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