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 was hoping to read a little more in October but honestly 8 books is still great! I’m impressed that I stuck to my guns and binge-read TWO series in their entirety. That was my biggest goal for October. I managed to read those 7 books across two series, then read one standalone in between. I know November and December will be big reading months though!      8 books in October 8 read  •  0 reread  •  0 DNF Pages read: 3,360 •   Average rating: 4 stars Genres: 4 mystery/thrillers, 3 fantasy, 1 science fiction Formats: 5 mixed, 3 paperback Sources: 3 preordered, 1 review, 1 owned, 1 borrowed Age Target: 4 adult, 2 young adult      Here are all the books I read this month with ratings and one-line thoughts!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 74% 52 Book Club: 75% Must Read in 2023: 75% Romanceopoly: 23% Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 92%      Breakdown: 3 hardcovers | 3 egalleys | 3 ebooks All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review. For Review   From Penguin: Raiders of the Lost Heart […]

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. September, as always, wasn’t the best reading month for me. I always have travel and birthday plans on and off throughout the month. I did manage to finish 6 books and one of them was over 900 pages, so I will count it as a major win overall!      6 books in September 6 read  •  0 reread  •  0 DNF Pages read: 2,789 •   Average rating: 3.83 stars Genres: 3 mystery/thrillers, 1 contemporary, 1 fantasy, 1 nonfiction Formats: 2 hardcover, 2 mixed, 1 paperback, 1 egalley Sources: 3 preordered, 1 review, 1 owned, 1 borrowed Age Target: 4 adult, 2 young adult      Here are all the books I read this month with ratings and one-line thoughts!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 74% 52 Book Club: 75% Must Read in 2023: 67% Romanceopoly: 23% Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 92%      Breakdown: 4 hardcovers | 3 paperbacks | 1 egalley | 2 ebooks All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review. For Review / Ebooks From St. Martin’s Press: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Cosimano Kindle Monthly Freebie: Woke Up Like This […]

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. August was another good reading month and I met my Goodreads goal of 80 books in August! It’s really exciting to finish it early and read without pressure for the rest of the year… but let’s be honest: my good reading mood has continued so I’m sure I’ll still be reading a lot! I think the biggest difference is now I can read some of the longer fantasy/paranormal books that will take me longer this fall and not worry about quantity of books per month.      11 books in August 10 read  •  0 reread  •  1 DNF Pages read: 4,228 •   Average rating: 4.05 stars Genres: 6 contemporary, 3 mystery/thriller, 1 fantasy, 1 paranormal Formats: 5 egalley, 4 mixed, 1 ebook, 1 audiobook Sources: 6 review, 2 library, 2 borrowed, 1 BOTM Age Target: 8 adult, 3 young adult      Here are all the books I read this month with ratings and one-line thoughts!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 72% 52 Book Club: 71% Must Read in 2023: 58% Romanceopoly: 23% Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 85%      Breakdown: 4 hardcovers | 4 paperbacks | 4 egalleys […]

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 had most of my good luck in June because July was mostly just okay for reading. Not a lot of major standouts, with one or two exceptions. I did manage to read 12 books, which is always my secret goal in the back of my mind! (Usually monthly recaps on Instagram have either 9 or 12 book slots on them so I aim for one of those numbers lol.) I had a few disappointments and books I expected would go better for me as well.      12 books in June 12 read  •  0 reread  •  0 DNF Pages read: 3,932 •   Average rating: 3.83 stars Genres: 5 mystery/thriller, 3 contemporary, 2 fantasy, 1 nonfiction, 1 graphic novel Formats: 4 mixed, 4 ebooks, 2 paperbacks, 1 hardcover, 1 egalley Sources: 53 purchased, 3 review, 3 library, 1 owned, 1 borrowed, 1 BOTM Age Target: 9 adult, 1 young adult, 1 middle grade, 1 new adult      Here are all the books I read this month with ratings and one-line thoughts!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 72% 52 Book Club: 67% Must Read in 2023: […]

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!      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 […]

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 learned that I’m totally annoying anal about my reading wrap-ups. I either want to finish 9 books or 12 books because of the Instagram story template options. If I read 10 or 11 books, there are blank boxes on the template and I don’t like it! This led me to completely overachieve in May because I decided to bang out two books in the last two and a half days of the month to get to 12!      12 books in May 11 read  •  1 reread  •  0 DNF Pages read: 4951 •   Average rating: 3.96 stars Genres: 5 fantasy, 3 contemporary, 1 literary fiction Formats: 6 mixed, 3 egalley, 1 hardcover, 1 ebook, 1 audio Sources: 4 review, 3 purchased, 2 library, 2 owned, 1 borrowed Age Target: 7 adult, 4 young adult, 1 new adult      Here are all the books I read this month with ratings and one-line thoughts!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 62% 52 Book Club: 60% Buzzword Reading Challenge: 8% Must Read in 2023: 50% Romanceopoly: 8% Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 73%      Breakdown: 25 purchased  | 0 free/gifted | 8 review […]

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. April was a pretty good month again, all things considered! We went to the Bahamas with a couple of friends for 5 days so I did a little bit of reading by the beach… but not as much as I would have if we were solo! I definitely failed at my readathons and am just too busy over the next month to think about completing any others. In any case, let’s see how April went!      9 books in April 5 read  •  3 reread  •  1 DNF Pages read: 3310 •   Average rating: 4.25 stars Genres: 4 mystery/thriller, 4 fantasy, 1 contemporary Formats: 6 mixed, 1 hardcover, 1 ebook, 1 egalley Sources: 3 borrowed, 3 owned, 2 library, 1 review Age Target: 5 adult, 3 young adult, 1 middle grade      Here are all the books I read this month and the challenges they applied to! Kicked off the Series Reread Popsugar Reading Challenge: With a love triangle (TOG) 52 Book Club: High fantasy and April challenge – contains chocolate (TOG) Buzzword Reading Challenge: N/A Must Read in 2023: N/A Romanceopoly: N/A Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: N/A      Popsugar […]

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 really cruised in March! If I thought January and February were good reading months, March totally killed it. I’m excited to be at an even thirty books read to this point, averaging to 10 books per month. I really think I’m going to blow my reading challenge out of the water haha. I planned for 80 books but at this rate, I’ll hit the goal around August and keep rolling. The secret goal in my head is 100 books but I don’t want to update my Goodreads challenge.      12 books in March 11 read  •  1 reread  •  0 DNF Pages read: 3771 •   Average rating: 4.04 stars Genres: 5 mystery/thriller, 4 contemporary, 1 nonfiction, 1 historical fiction, 1 literary fiction Formats: 4 egalley, 3 mixed format, 3 paperback, 1 ebook, 1 hardcover Sources: 4 purchased, 4 review, 4 library Age Target: 11 adult, 1 young adult      Here are all the books I read this month and the challenges they applied to!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 50% 52 Book Club: 48% Buzzword Reading Challenge: 8% Must Read in 2023: 25% Romanceopoly: 8% Mystery/Thriller […]

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. Still in a great reading place this month! I managed to read the same number of books in February as January, even with 3 less days in the month! I also had a really great reading month overall with the vast majority of books at 4 stars and above. Feeling really great so far 🙂      9 books in February 9 read  •  0 rereads  •  0 DNF Pages read: 2894 •   Average rating: 4 stars Genres: 5 mystery/thriller, 2 contemporary, 1 paranormal, 1 fantasy Formats: 2 paperback, 2 egalley, 2 ebook, 2 mixed format, 1 hardcover Sources: 4 borrowed, 2 library, 2 review, 1 purchased Age Target: 7 adult, 2 young adult      Here are all the books I read this month and the challenges they applied to!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 34% 52 Book Club: 33% Buzzword Reading Challenge: 8% Must Read in 2023: 8% Romanceopoly: 8% Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 35%      Breakdown: 22 purchased  | 0 free/gifted | 5 review copies | 1 BOTM All review copies were provided for free in exchange for an honest review. For Review From Penguin: Meet Me at the Lake […]

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. 2023 started and it’s like I’m a new woman (or older version of myself from pre-pandemic days when I read a lot more than I have the last two years…)! I’m off to the races. 9 books may not seem like a lot when you think about my 17-book-January, but I’m currently 3 books ahead on my Goodreads challenge. That’s all I could hope for. Even better? I’m really in the MOOD to read. Like all the time! Books are exciting again!      9 books in January 9 read  •  0 rereads  •  0 DNF Pages read: 3056 •   Average rating: 4 stars Genres: 3 mystery/thriller, 2 contemporary, 2 fantasy, 1 nonfiction, 1 literary fiction Formats: 4 egalley, 2 paperback, 1 hardcover, 1 audiobook, 1 review audio Sources: 12 borrowed, 2 review, 2 purchased, 1 BOTM Age Target: 6 adult, 3 young adult      Here are all the books I read this month and the challenges they applied to!      Popsugar Reading Challenge: 16% 52 Book Club: 15% Buzzword Reading Challenge: 0% Must Read in 2023: 0% Romanceopoly: 5% Mystery/Thriller Reading Challenge: 12%      Breakdown: 10 purchased  | 1 […]