This month has been one of the busiest months EVER, or at least in a long time. First I had to prepare for my trip and then I went to Croatia for a week. The day after I came home I went straight to west Norway to attend my grandmother’s funeral. The car ride took 8 hours one way. At the end of the month I participated in two readathons and moved some of my things into my BF’s apartment. We are planning on slowly moving in together. I also had one of my most successful reading months to this date.

I rated:

2 books

1 book

I read:

8 books read & 1 DNF

A total of 3.508 pages read this month

Challenges:

Beat The Backlist Challenge: The Titan’s Curse

American Gods (American Gods #1) by Neil Gaiman

The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan

Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist #1) by Renee Ahdieh

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

American Gods by Neil Gaiman – 1 star – DNF @ 18%

Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi – 3 stars

The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan – 3.5 stars

The Girls by Emma Cline – 5 stars

The Color Purple by Alice Walker – 3 stars

Binti (Binti #1) by Nnedi Okorafor – 5 stars

Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist #1) by Renee Ahdieh – 3.5 stars

Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire – 4 stars

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee – 4 stars

Books I didn’t manage to finish this month: The Book of Strange New Things 86% read – Milk and Honey 42% read – The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 59% read – Little Monsters 50% read – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) 84% read

The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2) by Patrick Rothfuss

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness

The Wise Man’s Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2) by Patrick Rothfuss

I finished my Goodreads goal of 50 books, so I bumped it up to 70.

What have you been reading this month?

❤ -Rakel

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The end of June is here, and it is time for yet another wrap up. Buuhuu, I don’t want the summer to end, I’m starting to dread it already. Since I had my big blog pause in May I didn’t do a wrap up for that month, so I’m including the books I read in May in this post.

The format of this post will be a bit different from how I used to do my wrap ups. Instead of writing my thoughts on every book I have read that month in one long post, I will do a summary of my month. My thoughts on the books I read will be in separate posts called 3 IN 1 MINI REVIEWS, that means I will post a blogpost of my thoughts every 3rd book I read. You can read my first 3 IN 1 post HERE.

In May I had my big blog pause. I only wrote 1 post on my blog to let you know I was ok. Even though I was in a blogging slump, I did quite a bit of reading. 7 books isn’t that bad for me. This was also the month I went on vacation to the West of Norway to visit my grandparents and other family. I celebrated 17th of May, Norway’s constitution day, with my family on the West side. It was such a fun day. I wore my Bunad and ate lots of good foods.

Reading Stats:

I rated:

2 books

1 book

4 books

I read:

Ca 2.297 pages

Since I didn’t take any notes from this month, I can’t add the pages I read from books I didn’t finish.

A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak #1) by Darren Shan

The Vampire's Assistant (Cirque du Freak #2) by Darren Shan

Tunnels of Blood (Cirque du Freak #3) by Darren Shan

Books I read:

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel – 3 stars

American Street by Ibi Zoboi – 4 stars

Stalker (Joona Linna #5) by Lars Kepler – 4 stars

A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak #1) by Darren Shan – 3 stars

The Vampire’s Assistant (Cirque du Freak #2) by Darren Shan – 3 stars

Tunnels of Blood (Cirque du Freak #3) by Darren Shan – 3 stars

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn – 3.5 stars

This month has been a roller coaster of anxiety and problems with my chronic illness. The start of the month was absolutely horrible, but thankfully it is better now. Besides not feeling great, I have prepared for my trip to Croatia next month. I have dragged my mom and my brother to the mall to buy things I need for the trip. I have shopped A LOT, and spent so much money. The weather has been absolutely beautiful this month and a lot of my time has been spent on the porch tanning and reading.

Reading Stats:

I rated:

1 book

2 books

1 book

1 I don’t want to star rate

I read:

Ca 2.885 pages

I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim #1) by Terry Hayes

An Introduction to the Lightning Process by Phil Parker

the-upside-of-unrequited-by-becky-albertalli

The Thief (The Queen's Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner

Books I Read:

To søstre by Åsne Seierstad – 4 stars

I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim #1) by Terry Hayes – 1 star

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli – 4 stars

An Introduction to the Lightning Process by Phil Parker

The Thief (The Queen’s Thief #1) by Megan Whalen Turner – 2 stars

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami – 5 stars

Books I didn’t manage to finish this month: Unravel Me 13% read – The Book of Strange New Things 86% read – American Gods 11% read – Milk and Honey 30% read – The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 59% read

Books Bought:

I have been really good with my book ban so far this year, but in June I got really shopping mad and bought so many things, including books. Here are the books I bought this month.