June Wrap Up!

Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you’re all doing well. It is now July which means it is time to talk about what we read in the month of June.

I think June may be my worst month for reading so far this year. The books haven’t been bad, actually some of them have been excellent, but I have had better books in other months and I have read more in other months.

How was everyone else’s reading in June? Any new favourite books or authors?

From my TBR:

• A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs: I did read this! Actually this was a five star read for me. This book is the fourth book in the Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and I read the third book in this series about four, maybe even five, years ago, so it has been a while and I was worried that I wouldn’t find it interesting anymore. I was very wrong about that. Reading this book reignited my love for the series and I have put the fifth book on my July TBR.
• Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell – I did not read this. I wanted to but I just didn’t gravitate to it at all in June. Some point this year I will definitely get to this book, just not yet.
• How To Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen Perrin – I did read this and I am conflicted. This series is very up and down for me. I hated the first book and I wasn’t sure I would continue the series but I gave the second book a try and loved it. So, I was nervous for this one. Honestly, the mystery element was good. Not mindblowing, but good. However, the end ruined this book for me. The way the relationships between the characters changed, I didn’t like it at all and I personally feel the writer threw this twist in there to create unnecessary drama. I am not sure if I will read the next book or not.
• The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig – I did not read this. I was hoping to get to it before the sequel comes out but unfortunately this month I didn’t have enough time for it.
• Murder at the Palace by N R Daws – I did read this and I will be sharing a full review for it on the 13th July.
• The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers – I did sort of read this. I started it but I did unfortunately DNF this book around 100 pages. I am thinking I might go back later in the year and try and finish this book but as it stands I just was not engrossed, actually I was a little bored and I couldn’t get behind the main character.
• Sabriel by Garth Nix — I did read this. I read Lireal a long time ago and I have been waiting for the time where I want to pick this book up so I am glad I finally got to this book.
• Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb – I did not read this. I just didn’t have the energy to start this series right now but hopefully I will get to it later in the year.
• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo – Again I did not read this, generally I haven’t been reading much fantasy at the moment and this book did not get read because of this.
• The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer – I am currently reading this book and I should have it finished by the end of the month.
• A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft – I did not read this.

Outside of my TBR I also read: The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea by C L Miller, Murder on the Rocks by T E Kinsey and The Defence by Rob Rinder

That means in June I read: 9 books which is pretty good, less than other months this year as I said but still pretty good – and I had two five star reads this month so I should not complain about that.

Has anyone else read any of these books? If you have, let me know what you thought of them!