June Wrap Up and July TBR

So in June 2017 I managed to read a total of 4 books. Which was much worse than I was hoping and was half of what I read the previous month.

In order of reading I completed The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon, A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire and Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire.

  

 

I enjoyed The Song Rising a lot, I absolutely love Paige and her story, though between this book and Lord of Shadows which I finished in May I succumbed to a massive book slump. Sadly this meant that I have given up on the Harry Potter readathon and that I didn't read anything during my two week holiday to America. However I did do a lot of book shopping, I came back with 9 books. Finally on the flight home I started A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet which actually got me hooked fairly quickly and I very much enjoyed. Then because I realised I had only read 2 books I decided to read Every Heart A Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire as they were both relatively short at around 170 pages each and I am so glad I did. They were very clever intriguing stories which gave me more feels than I expected.

So in July I am hoping to do much better than I did in June. I am going to YALC in London so there are a couple of books I want to read for that too. So my somewhat ambitious TBR for July is as follows; Spellslinger by Sebastian de Castell, This Savage Song and Our Dark Duet by VE Schwab, A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers and Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray.

Geekyclean Unboxing June 2017

So today I am going to be unboxing the June 2017 GeekyClean crate. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

Geeky Clean crate is a monthly box containing 5 products pertaining to a theme. The crate will always contain 1 x soap, 1 x bath product, 1 x candle and 2 x mystery items which could be bath or body products or related fandom items.

The theme this month was Game of Foams (Game of Thrones). (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Book Box Club Unboxing June 2017

In this post I am going to be unboxing the June 2017 Book Box Club box. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

Book Box Club is a monthly book subscription box. Each month you receive a specially selected YA book release and 2-4 hand picked goodies which fit in with the theme. Book Box Club also hosts a members only online book club where subscribers get a chance to chat to each other as well as the author about the book.

The theme this month was Schoolroom Scandals. (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Fairyloot Unboxing June 2017

This is the unboxing of the June 2017 FairyLoot box. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

FairyLoot is a monthly book subscription box mainly focusing on fantasy YA and YA crossovers. Each month you receive a new release book, mostly hardback and 4-6 bookish items which fit in with the theme.

The theme this month was Elementalists. (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review #33 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling

Details:

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Author: JK Rowling

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN 13: 978-0747538493

Synopsis:

Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last ...even getting there is an adventure in itself! The three firm friends, Harry, Ron and Hermione, are soon immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible and mysterious things begin to happen. Harry keeps hearing strange voices, sinister and dark messages appear on the wall, and then Ron's sister Ginny disappears...

Review:

Not so Mad May

This is my review of May.

May was a relatively quiet month which was nice after the busy time which was April.

Review #32 - Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

Details:

Title: Lord of Shadows

Author: Cassandra Clare

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN 13: 978-1471165269

Synopsis:

Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she'd be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past five years trapped in Faerie; can he ever truly be a Shadowhunter again?

And the faerie courts are not silent. The Unseelie King is tired of the Cold Peace, and will no longer concede to the Shadowhunters' demands. Caught between the demands of faerie and the laws of the Clave, Emma, Julian, and Mark must find a way to come together to defend everything they hold dear--before it's too late.

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Review #31 - The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon

Details:

Title: The Mime Order

Author: Samantha Shannon

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN 13: 978-1408857427

Synopsis:

Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London...

As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly. Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals prepare to take centre stage, but there are bitter fault lines running through the clairvoyant community and dark secrets around every corner.

Then the Rephaim begin crawling out from the shadows. But where is Warden? Paige must keep moving, from Seven Dials to Grub Street to the secret catacombs of Camden, until the fate of the underworld can be decided.

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May Wrap Up and June TBR

So in May 2017 I managed to read a total of 8 books. Which was so much better going than I expected.

In order of reading I completed Brother's Ruin by Emma Newman, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas, The Mermaid's Daughter by Ann Claycomb, The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling, The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon, Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling.

  

 

 

The Mermaid's Daughter and The Bone Season were audiobooks borrowed from my local library. I read The Bone Season on my kindle alongside listening to the audiobook and really liked doing it that way.

I enjoyed A Court of Wings and Ruin a lot, it wasn't perfect but it was a satisfying end to that trilogy and while I am very much looking forward to the three stand alone books in the world I was happy with the end of Feyre and Rhys' story. The Bone Season and The Mime Order were great books and I am loving the story of Paige and how she deals with learning that the world she knew is not what it seems. Of course the book I was most anticipating was Lord of Shadows and I absolutely adored it! For me Cassandra Clare's writing is improving with each book and I love so many of the characters in this series.

So in June I don't really have a set TBR, because I am going on holiday for 2 weeks and don't know how much time I will actually have for reading. So the only books I know I have to get through are for the the Harry Potter readathon and those are Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (29 May-4 June), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (5-18 June) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (19 May-2 July) by JK Rowling. I am also currently listening to The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon on audiobook and should get that finished before the end of the month too.