Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Lazy Summer Days...June 2014 in Review

Yes, things have been quite quiet around here for the last month.  Don't fret, I'm still here!  But after I stepped back from all of my ARCs, I decided to slow myself down (WAY down) with a chunkster I've been meaning to read for ages--Gone With The Wind!  And it's awesome!  It's also 1000+ pages, so I'm really taking my time with it.  This explains my lack of reviews around here.  However, it has been great to step back and lazily read one very long book, without any others pressing in with review deadlines.  I haven't done that since I started the blog almost two years ago, and I think I need to do it more often!  Very refreshing.  I highly recommend.

In non-book news, this month was a lot of fun.  Tons of outdoor time with my boys, a trip to Pennsylvania to visit my extended family, strawberry picking, Tater Tot turned 6 months old (WHAT?), and we even did a day trip to the beach.  Kind of.  Because growing up in New England, I'm rather a beach snob and find myself unable to really call the sand along Lake Ontario a "beach".  HA.
Our little crew picking "straw bee-dees" (according to Small Fry) last weekend
Also, I did start my half marathon training yesterday morning with an easy 3-miler.  Today was 4 miles.  I think my long run this weekend is supposed to be 5 miles, which will be the longest I've run in about 2 years.  YIKES.  Let the games begin!

Anyways, even though it was a light month, let's recap book activities in June...

In June I read/reviewed 4 books:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
The Hollow Ground by Natalie S. Harnett
The 3-Day Reset by Pooja Mottl

We also discussed the relative merits of book shaming, which got some pretty interesting comments.  Thanks for chatting with me, friends!

This month, I'm looking forward to finishing GWTW, and then moving into some suspenseful summer reads (namely Save Yourself by Kelly Braffett...tempting me currently from my nightstand!).  Also, this is the halfway point of the year, and I'm looking rather despairingly at my 2014 TBR Challenge.  Yeah, not going well again!  Guess I better get on that...

What's on your summer reading list??

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9 comments:

  1. Leah @ Books Speak VolumesJuly 1, 2014 at 8:33 AM

    Sounds like a really great month! Glad you're doing so many fun things with your family.

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  2. Monika @ Lovely BookshelfJuly 1, 2014 at 3:58 PM

    I didn't realize Gone with the Wind was that long, wow! Glad you had such a fun June. :)

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    1. Blogger10July 11, 2014 at 1:51 PM

      Oh yes, quite lengthy! But doesn't drag on at all. Loving it!

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  3. CaitlinJuly 2, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    Sounds like you've had a great month! Picking strawberries is so much fun :) And I agree with you -- I don't know if I could consider Lake Ontario a beach, after having lived in New England most of my life.

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    1. Blogger10July 11, 2014 at 1:52 PM

      Yup...when I lived in Albany, people used to call Lake George "the beach"...now it's Lake Ontario...lakes are not beaches!! haha.

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  4. Words for WormsJuly 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM

    Ahhhh I loved GWTW! I can't wait to hear all your thoughts! (And I love seeing photos of your little spuds, they are so dang cute!)

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    1. Blogger10July 11, 2014 at 1:52 PM

      The review is going to be SO HARD to write. So much material to cover and just so full of awesome.

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  5. Allison @ The Book WheelJuly 6, 2014 at 2:40 AM

    Awesome month! I loved the book shaming post ;)

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