June 2018 Wrap-Up

Once again its time for my monthly wrap-up. The year seems to be flying by. I can’t quite believe that we are already halfway through 2018 it only seemed like yesterday I was eating my weight in Christmas food!

– Books –

In June I read a total of 11 books.

1. Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
2. The Only Child by Andrew Pyper
3. Brave Enough: A Mini Intruction Manuel for the Soul by Cheryl Strayed
4. Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
5. The World’s Two Smallest Humans by Julia Copus
6. Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
7. The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
8. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
9. The Dalai Lama: A Call for Revolution
10. Bintin: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
11. Moonology: Working with the Magic of Lunar Cycles by Yasmin Boland

– Favourites –

• My first favourite thing of June was in fact my new glasses I finally bite the bullet and got some different style glasses compared to the style I normally go for. I am so glad I did as I absolutely love them!
• My second favourite thing of June was a podcast. I finally managed to get round to listening to Kalyn’s Nicholson’s Podcast ‘Kalyn’s Coffee Talk’ and I’m so glad as they are so good.
• My third favourite thing of June was my new plant baby (yes I have become a crazy pant lady lol). His name is Spike (clearly the Buffy nerd in my named this one :D).
• My fourth favourite thing of June was sushi – I have loved sushi for years now but June was the month for reigniting that love (lets say I’m slightly obsessed :D).
• My fifth favourite thing of June was yoga. I started doing yoga either every morning before starting my day or in the evening just before I go to bed and it really has been helping me sleep better and also been helping my back when it has been sore.
• My sixth favourite thing of June was actually a day out with an old high school friend which was really nice. We had lunch together and then went off to her first tattoo appointment.
• My seventh favourite thing of June was actually the last two books in the Binti Trilogy – one word: Amazing!

– Blog –

Here are some notable posts from my blog this month:

• May 2018 Wrap-Up
• The Bronte Sisters: Life, Loss and Literature Book Review
• A Pocketful of Crows Book Review

Here are some blog posts that I have enjoyed/loved this month:

• Holly’s ‘A Classic Couple: The Lost World and Jurassic Park’
• Sumaiyya’s ‘#LittleBlackSunday: No 01, Giovanni Boccaccio’
• Mia’s post on ‘How to read more books’
• Madame Bibliophile’s post ‘I ransack pubic libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure’
• Pippa’s post ‘5 reasons to read Persuasion by Jane Austen’
• Justine’s post ‘Blog Tour: Juliet and Romeo by David Hewson’
• What’s Nonfiction?’s ‘Favourites of the year so far’

– Bookish Videos –

Here are some of the bookish videos that I enjoyed/loved this month:

• Hannah’s Video: May Book Reviews 2018
• Adam’s Video: Memento Memo 01: An Interlude
• Jes’s Video: The Importance of Friendships| Mental Health
• Harriet’s Video: Getting rid of loads of books| Discussion

 

How was your month? Did you have any favourites of the Month? If so, please do leave me a comment below.

Lauren x