June 2021 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

I don’t think I’ve ever been this delayed at assembling and posting one of these since I started, but it’s been that kind of week. It looks like June was a pretty good month overall. I finished 26 books, 8,102 (or the equivalent) pages, with an average rating of 3.8. Nothing to complain about there, is there?

Compiling this was a strange experience—a combination of “I read that in June? It feels longer ago” and “How have I not written about that yet?” (a couple of times about the same book). My “to write about” list is getting truly terrifying, and I need to address that somehow. But that’s my issue. I think September is going to be all door-stopper novels just to give me the opportunity to catch up (I’d do it in July, but…well, I’ve got that 20 Books Challenge).

The other thing that jumped out at me this morning was that my charting of the books I buy and haven’t read hasn’t really helped the problem a whole lot—I’d figured seeing that chart once a month would be a push I need. Looking at my plans for the month, I think July’s should be interesting, though.

This introduction has gone on longer than it should have, so on with the show—here’s what happened here in June.

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	14 (!!)		0
	3		0
	5
		Average =	3.86

“Traditionally” Published: 19
Self-/Independent Published: 7

• Not Awkward by Matthew Hanover: Moving On by Looking Back
• Runaway Train by Lee Matthew Goldberg: It’s Just Easier than Dealing with the Pain
• The Christian’s True Identity by Jonathan Landry Cruse: An Introduction to the Glory that is Being “In Him”
• Morte Point by Rob Parker: Things Go From Worse to Worse to Much Worse for Bracken
• Creature Feature (Audiobook) by Steven Paul Leiva, Seamus Dever, and Juliana Dever:A 1950s Monster Movie Comes to Life in a 1960s Midwest Town
• On God and Christ by Gregory of Nazianzus: Classic, Orthodox, Passionate
• Million Dollar Demon by Kim Harrison: Cincy’s New Boss Vampire has Rachel on the Ropes
• Meat is Murder by Chris McDonald: Adam and Colin Look into an Activist’s Death
• A Good Kill by John McMahon: Crimes New and Old Rock a Small City
• I Have Mostly Good Things to Say about The Mostly Invisible Boy by A.J. Vanderhorst
• What Happens When We Worship by Jonathan Landry Cruse: An Introduction To or Gentle Reminder of The Supernatural Event of Worship
• The Keepers by Jeffrey B. Burton: A Sequel Stronger than its Predecessor—a Real Treat for Fans.
• The Penny Black by Rob Parker: Ben Bracken Takes a Breather (for a bit)
• 99 Poems to Cure Whatever’s Wrong with You or Create The Problems You Need by Sam Pink: The Cartoon Continues
• The Bounty by Janet Evanovich with Steve Hamilton: Fox and O’Hare are on the Hunt for Nazi Gold
• Death in Adam, Life in Christ: The Doctrine of Imputation by J. V. Fesko: Careful Words on an Important Topic
• Till Morning is Nigh by Rob Parker: It’s Not Quite the Employee Party in Nakatomi Plaza, But It’s Close
• Dog Eat Dog by David Rosenfelt: Man Defends Dog, Andy Carpenter Defends Man

Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (for the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th), I also wrote:

• The Last 10 Books Tag
• As Close as I get to a “Review Policy”
• A Few Quick Questions…with John McMahon
• WWW Wednesday for June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23, and June 30, 2021
• The Friday 56 for 6/4/21 (Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal) and 6/25/21 (Till Morning is Nigh by Rob Parker).

That’s my June in a nutshell—how was your month?