June was such a busy month but also filled with such fun and amazing things! It’s been a great start to the summer! Tell me how your summer has been and what your upcoming plans are if you have any and/or upcoming summer reads!
Favorite Things in June:
As many of you may know, I had been training for my first full marathon for the majority of the year (for 3.5 months to be exact!) It’s been a hard, tough journey. Blood, sweat and tears and I’m so proud that I completed it after all the hard work I put in. Marathon training is super time consuming and not only physically but mentally exhausting too. The race was HARD and hilly but I did it! Originally I said I would be one and done and never wanted to do one again but a few days after the race I’m all, that was amazing, I’ll totally do another one! Ha! Runners are crazy.
I also got to go to ALAAC in New Orleans! I haven’t been able to go to a bookish conference since BEA in 2016 so I was so excited to be able to talk books and see my people that I haven’t seen in two years! It has been way too long. Not only was the conference great (I got to meet so many great authors, snag much anticipated books, hear about upcoming books that weren’t on my radar before) but exploring New Orleans with my good friends was the best. All the food!! Beignets from Cafe du Monde > Cafe Beignet in my opinion, not to mention I got to try po boys, oysters, jambalaya — yum! I wish we had more meals to eat even more food! Haha! There’s so much history in the city and I had a fantastic time! Shout out to my ALA roomies who I miss ever so much: Jess at Gone With The Words and Mary at Mary Had A Little Book Blog and it was so fun to finally meet Andi at Andi’s ABCs and Gail at Ticket To Anywhere
Month in Review:
So… I didn’t post at all in June? Ahh! Like I said – I was really crazy busy with marathon training and getting ready to go to ALA! I will be back on track this month!
Books Read In June: 6
Audiobooks Listened to in June: 4
Favorite read of the month: I loved rereading some faves: Since You’ve Been Gone, Breathe Annie Breathe but some new faves: The Program series by Suzanne Young! I’m currently binging my way through this series!
2018 Challenges Progress: 4
Goal: “Grand Slam” 21+
This month: 4
Progress so far: 13/21
I read Since You’ve Been Gone, Breathe Annie Breathe, Fall With Me, and Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour!
Wow! A marathon and ALA. What an amazing month. Congratulations on running your first (of many?) marathon. I want to get through Benway’s backlist. I fell in love with her via Far From the Tree, and have read a few others since, but not the AKA books (yet).
I still have to read far from the tree! I also loved Emmy and Oliver by her!