I read a decent chunk of things — and rated most of them pretty well. I don’t think I had anything under a 3 — which is the first in a few months (this year, maybe?). The only regret I have is that while the spirit was willing, the flesh was weak and tired, and the writing about what I read just didn’t get done. I’d also planned a few posts that weren’t just reflections on a particular reading experience that didn’t get finished enough to see the light of day. Maybe July will be more productive. Regardless, I’m calling June a winner.
So, here’s what happened here in June.
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Reviews Posted:
- Born to the Blade 1.7: Dreadnought by Cassandra Khaw
- How It Happened by Michael Koryta
- Trouble Makes a Comeback (Audiobook) by Stephanie Tromly, Kathleen McInerney
- Rubicon by Ian Patrick
- Rescued by David Rosenfelt
- Brief Cases by Jim Butcher
- Born to the Blade 1.8: Refugees by Malka Ann Older
- The Incredible Ordinary Hero or The Brave Bystander: Burns by Aida Rascanu, Beatrice Magrini (Illustrator)
- Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
- Born to the Blade 1.9: Assassination by Malka Ann Older
- Go Home, Afton by Brent Jones
- This Thing of Darkness by Harry Bingham
- The Last Cleric by Layton Green
- The Wrong Side Of Goodbye by Michael Connelly
- Born to the Blade 1.10: Shattered Blades by Marie Brennan
Book Challenge Progress:
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Any Other Name (Audiobook) by Craig Johnson, George Guidall Dry Bones (Audiobook) by Craig Johnson, George Guidall The Highwayman (Audiobook) by Craig Johnson, George Guidall The Eyre Affair (Audiobook) by Jasper Fforde, Susan Duerden The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Audiobook) by J. K. Rowling, Jim Dale |
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The Incredible Ordinary Hero or The Brave Bystander: Burn s by Aida Rascanu, Beatrice Magrini (Illustrator) Jesus and His Enemies by Paul F. Yeulett Superheroes Can’t Save You: Epic Examples of Historic Heresies by Todd Miles Dead in the Water by Simon Bower |
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The Incredible Ordinary Hero or The Brave Bystander: Burns by Aida Rascanu, Beatrice Magrini (Illustrator) |
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Another month with nothing for this one…not feeling good about it. |
How was your month?
allysonyj
You read but did not review “The Eyre Affair”? I read that and thought it tremendously clever, but found I had exhausted my taste for that sort of cleverness when I tried to read the next book in the series. Would be interested in your thoughts.
HCNewton
I’m still trying to decide what I thought of it, really. I mean…I liked it, but . . . I think there was just too much going on. If he’d left out the Kitchen Sink, but left everything else in, it might have been okay (whatever the kitchen sink may be). Have you tried Jodi Taylor’s Just One Damned Thing After Another? I just finished it, and it’s like a restrained version of this — without the literary references. Sorta.
(sorry it took so long to reply, I only gave up on trying to do a whole post on The Eyre Affair a couple of days ago)
dpranita583
Very nice post
HCNewton
Thanks!
dpranita583
Hello , how many days have you started blogging ?
HCNewton
About 5 years here