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Belated June Wrap-Up and TBR

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So June did not go according to plan at all when it came to reading. I didn't get to any of my NetGalley ARCs. Between vacation, job interviews, Summer Reading programs, and trying to get out of a reading slump, I couldn't bring myself to read any of the ARCs even though there were several that I really did want to read but I just didn't have the energy or willpower to do so. I'll just have to get the books at the bookstore.

Despite that, I did manage to read 9 books this month.
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Agatha H and the Airship City by Phil and Kaja Foglio
A Cave in the Clouds: A Young Woman's Escape from Isis by Badeeah Hassan Ahmed and Susan Elizabeth McClelland-- I had to DNF this one for my emotional health. I do want to read this but I couldn't handle it right now.
Bad Call by Stephen Wallenfels
Wolf's Rain volume 1 by Bones, Toshitsugu Iida, Keiko Nobumoto
The Ancient Magus' Bride volume 1 by Kore Yamazaki, Arienne Beck (translator)
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
Fudoki by Kij Johnson-- DNF'd. I wasn't a fan of the writing style.
The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
The Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher

As for my TBR. . . I'm going to take July slow as well. I do have a few ARCs to attempt to get to. They include:
Sea Change by Sylvia Hehir (available June 24th)
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim (available July 9th)
The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World by Amy Reed (available July 9th)
In the Woods by Carrie Jones and Steven E. Wedel (available July 16th)
The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen (available July 30th)
Ever Alice by H. J. Ramsay (available August 1st)
Here There are Monsters by Amelinda Berube (available August 1st)

While making my way through these, I'm also reading Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink. A friend also told me to read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett so I'll try to get to that as well.

We'll see how I do this month. I'm still getting out of a slump and I might be moving house soon so July may be sparse when it comes to posts.

What are you reading this month? How is your reading goal going? Let me know in the comments.

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