Month in Review: June 2012

Wow, what a month June has been! It was my birthday – Woot Woot! I have an Amzn gift card to spend so if you have any recommendations, please let me know in the comments. Right now I’m in the mood for contemporary romance and romantic suspense. I just read my very first Nora Roberts book (Angels Fall) so I’d love some recommendations for her books as well.

I attended ALA Annual last weekend, which was the first bookish convention I’ve ever been to. I saw HD from Reading Writing Breathing a couple times. I met Christin from Portrait of a Book while in line for an author signing. And I meet up with Kai from Fiction State of Mind and Lisa from A Life Bound by Books. It was nice to meet fellow book bloggers and to put some faces to a few names. Big thanks to Kai and Lisa, whom both were a BIG help in navigating the floor. And here are the books I got:

Every Day by David Levithan –  Amazon | Goodreads
Angelfall by Susan Ee – Amazon | Goodreads
Safekeeping by Karen Hesse – Amazon | Goodreads
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr – Amazon | Goodreads
The Dead Girls Detective Agency by Suzy Cox – Amazon | Goodreads
The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna – Amazon | Goodreads
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas – Amazon | Goodreads
Rift by Andrea Cremer – Amazon | Goodreads
The Diviners by Libbra Bray – Amazon | Goodreads
The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block – Amazon | Goodreads
More Than One Night by Sarah Mayberry – Amazon | Goodreads
Better Than Chocolate by Sheila Roberts – Amazon | Goodreads
Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl – Amazon | Goodreads
Angel’s Ink by Jocelynn Drake – Amazon | Goodreads
Barefoot Season by Susan Mallery – Amazon | Goodreads
What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton – Amazon | Goodreads
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer – Amazon | Goodreads
Crewel by Gennifer Albin – Amazon | Goodreads
Eve & Adam by Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate – Amazon | Goodreads
Breathe by Sarah Crossan – Amazon | Goodreads

 

I’m taking a twittercation for the month of July. Twitter is the BIGGEST time sucker for me and it really cuts down my reading time. I will be replying to @replies and DMs as well as scheduling tweets (for promos and the like) but I won’t be reading my timeline. I’ll probably tweet some Kindle deals and freebies once in a while as well. I will miss my twitter tweeps but I’ll be back in August.

 

Books Brianna Read:

1. Summer Days by Susan Mallery
2. Angels Fall by Nora Roberts

Books Reviewed on TBV:

1. The Gladiator’s Master by Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe – 4 frogs
2. Hot for Fireman by Jennifer Bernard – 3 frogs
3. A Perfect Storm by Lori Foster – 3 frogs
4. Summer Days by Susan Mallery – 4 frogs
5. Stunning by Sara Shepard – 4 frogs
6. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks – 3 frogs
7. His Heart’s Obsession by Alex Beecroft – 4 frogs

Posts:

• I updated my Magic Mike post with a NSFW trailer
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (6)
• Robert Browne shared an excerpt from his story in the Love is Murder anthology
• J.R. Ward reveals the cover and book title for BDB #11!!
• Jaye Frances shares an excerpt from her novel The Cruise – All That Glitters
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (7)
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (8)
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (9)
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (10)

Current Giveaways:

• Tons of Birthday Extravaganza giveaways – all end 12:01 am (EST) on 7/8
• Caressed in Moonlight and Caressed by Night by Amanda J. Greene – ends 12:01 am (EST) on 7/14
  
  

2012 Reading Challenges Status Report:

• Outdo Yourself – 22/101 books
• Men in Uniform – 3/5 books
• eBook Challenge – 18/5 books
• TBR Pile Challenge – 3/10 books
• 100+ Books in a Year – 22/100 books

How was your June? Leave a comment with the link to your wrap up post and I’ll stop by.