June Wrap Up & July TBR

June was such a month! I took a two week long vacation and it was glorious, but now I’ve got a cold because of course I do. Anyway, I read 30 books so we’ve got a lot to talk about. Let’s dive in.

June Wrap Up || firewhiskey reader

A Visual Representation of the Books I Read in June

5 Stars

Covers of Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh, Maybe This TIme by Cara Bastone, Exit Strategy by Martha Wells, Coming Home by Kennedy Ryan, The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill, Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings, Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing by Jessa Hastings, Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings

Before I move on from my five stars, I just need to be SO clear that the three books in the Magnolia Parks Universe that I read were absolutely everything and are so far beyond five stars that I can’t really explain it to y’all. I can’t read anything since I finished Into the Dark. I’m limping my way through The Mirror by Nora Roberts, which is one of my most anticipated books of the year because Jessa Hastings broke my brain. Truly. Shattered it, alongside my heart. Also, if she doesn’t tell me a release date for Daisy 3 soon, I may die. Not to be dramatic. But Julian Haites. I LOVE that man so much. Fictional character aside. I don’t care.

4.5 Stars

Covers of Only for the Week by Natasha Bishop, The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells, When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker, The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O’Neill, Pointe of Pride by Chloe Angel, and Right Where We Left Us by Jen Devon

4 Stars

Covers of Crossroads by Devney Perry, Doughnuts and Doom by Balazs Lorinczi, In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation by Alexandra Vasti, Maybe This Time by Christina C. Jones, Snow Place Like LA by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone, The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren, Timeless by Devney Perry, Romancing Miss Stone by M. C. Vaughan, and Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

3.5 Stars

Covers of Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North, Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon, and Lucy on the Wild Side by Kerry Rea

3 Stars

Cover of Here We Go Again by Alison Cochran, Capture the Sun by Jessie Mihalik, Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells, and Riot Baby by Touch Onyebuchi

statistics

Read: 30
13 Audiobooks
10 Ebooks
4 Physical
3 Mixed Format Reads

July TBR

I somehow wound up with seven July ARCs, oops. I am truly just so behind on my ARCs anyway and cannot seem to resist requesting new ones. So anyway, here are the seven ARCs I have that I need to read coming out this month:

Covers of The Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Arias, Just Playing House by Farah Heron, Ne’er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti, Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto, The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gomez, Fated by Sarah Ready, and Do Me a Favor by Cathy Yardley

And then three of my most anticipated releases come out this month…

Covers of Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh, The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harness, and Business Casual by B.K. Borison

So, here’s hoping once I shake this cold, I can get through some more of my ARCs and get some more blog posts ready to share with y’all.

In the meantime, please share with me your favorite thing you did in June. I would love to know!

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