On the heels of my busy and packed April reading habits, May came in a little quieter, but I’m ok with that. I only read three books, but all were fantastic and two were part of getting ready for our Scotland trip. You see, we’ll be living in Edinburgh during the festival season and one of those, is the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I bought tickets to a few Front Line talks (like key note speakers) and wanted to read books by those authors in particular. I also am making an effort to specifically read novels that have won the Booker Prize or the International Booker Prize, just as a personal goal.
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The June Book Round Up
I know we are eking closer August, which will call for the July Book Round Up, but summer has been keeping me very busy so far. I cannot believe it is almost August – for so many reasons. Since we got back from Germany, I have been very busy with work (in good ways!) and keeping up with the summer plans of a rising first grader (cannot believe we are done with kindergarten already!). Camp and extracurriculars and play dates and a LOT of swimming, plus spending time with family and friends. Because of our travel in June and the amount of time we spent with family, I didn’t get to nearly as many books as I would normally. Fear not, I am making up for it in July now! I just finished a 10 book series by my favorite, CJ Archer.
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Ahh May – a slower month for reading but I read all available in one series (more to come) and a rather large tomb at the end, so I feel good about it all. There was a lot of rain this month and a lot of distracting myself, so I’ve also played a lot of video games (Disney Dreamlight Valley, if you’re curious) while listening to these. All of these were audio except for This is Pleasure and Bad Behavior, though the latter is included in the Audible Plus library, if you’re curious, and I think Gaitskill’s reading of “Secretary” is excellent (though found her difficult as a reader of other stories in the collection).
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