June Round-Up

It is July which means it is time for a look back at what June has brought of bookish stuff. Enjoy!

Books I have read

War Strom by Victoria Aveyard ★★★★

This was both a thrilling and at some point a disappointing final to the great Red Queen series. Overall I really liked this book, read my review here!

Emergency Contact by Mary Choi ★★★★

This was a read I had looked forward to a lot. Luckily it didn’t disappoint, this was such sweet but serious book which portrayed friendship and mother relationship in such a great way. You can read my review here!

Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne ★★★

When I started reading this book I didn’t have any particular expectations. It turned out I really enjoyed reading this! It had a bit slow start but I believe it just got better and better. I am still a bit in doubt about the number of stars… 😉
Anyway, you can expect my review in the next couple of days which I have tried to make a bit different from the usual way my reviews are.

Ace Of Shades by Amanda Foody ★★★★★

Wow! This was such a great and different YA fantasy read! I loved the world and the main characters! It was scary, mysterious and thrilling. I can’t wait for the next book… I want it now, please!

Other things on Bookish Stuff

In June I reach 50 followers on my blog and my current tally is 72!! 😀 Thank you so much for all the love! I really appreciate it! <3

Additionally, this month I was so lucky to be featured in Avelians new #NewBloggersWelcome feature Edition #2. This was the second feature where Evelina introduces new bloggers to the book blogging community. Can’t express how happy and thankful I am for this opportunity. Thank you, Evelina! Also thanks to all who stopped by my blog and twitter, you are really great <3

In June I also posted my Summer TBR / Reading challenge. Check out which ten books I hope to read this summer.

Slightly opposite from my summer tbr I also posted about the current status of My DNF Pile. Favourably there are not that many books in it yet, but as the more I read, I guess the pile will increase with time…

In June I also created an Instagram account for my blog. I haven’t decided if I am ready to join into the whole bookstagram thing but now I have an account so I can follow you guys! So please leave your insta name in the comments!

Great post from around the book blogging community

Chloe @ Bookdragons has written a lovely review/discussion post on the book The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed. Chole has some very righteous feministic points. Read it here.

@ New Writing North I read this great interview with Laura Steven author of The Exact Opposite Of Okay. Really interesting to hear Steven thought about TEOOO. Check it out here.

On the more personal front

I have been a bit absent from the book blogging community the last weeks time. This absent is due to another great passion of mind – rhythmic gymnastics. I do rhythmic gymnastics and I train about 20 hours a week. This week have been a bit more stressed and tight than usual due to a bit crazy experiment of mine. I am preparing for a big competition in two days time and I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to make my own leotards. Usually, I get these custom-made by a designer but I thought it could be a fun challenge to make one myself since I am finished with school. Anyway, this leotard-making has taken up a great deal of my time. I am finally finished with them and look forward to engaging more in the book blogging community this month :))

What’s up for July?

So whats up for July? I plan on reading Far From The Madding Crowd and P.S I still Love You, Laura Jean and probably one or two other books.
In July you can also expect my review of Am I normal Yet? and Ace of Shades and my first book tag! Can’t wait!

How has your June been? What have you read or written?