June Reading Challenge Recap

Hello, Summer! We don't know about you but the Weres have been reading up a storm and making quite the progress on our reading challenges! We don't want to brag but we're killing it this year. Social distancing has been good to us when it comes to our reading.

 

This is how we did in June:

 Romanceopoly

Gretl

Completed:

✔️Fated Folly: PNR with MC in pack/coven/group
Alpha Night by Nalini Singh
✔️Emergency Services: MC is police officer
Rapture in Death by JD Robb
✔️Amour Ave: Age gap romance
Can I Come Over by Whitney G
✔️New View: Friends to Lovers NA
Love Machine by Kendall Ryan
✔️Campus Corner: NA w/ nerd MC
The Hookup Handbook by Kendall Ryan
✔️Flirt’s Corner - Contemp Romance with mature characters
Lowdown Dirty by Holley Trent
✔️Action Ave - UF w/ a kickass heroine on the cover
Sabotaged by CP Rider
✔️Fang Alley - Vampire or Shifter PNR
You Had Me at Wolf by Terry Spear
✔️Summer: Bright Colors, Beach, Sand or Sun on the Covers
Moti on the Water by Leyla Attar
✔️Killer Crescent - Thriller with a serial killer
Ceremony in Death by JD Robb

Coming Up:
I’m starting my second trip around the board, doing the Moon Pack mostly. I wound up doing a few of the Moon prompts the first time so I’ll do Sun for those.

Sun Board:
➖Beau Blvd - YA by new to you author
➖Lady Lane: Women’s Fiction

Moon Board:
➖Fated Folly - Fated Mates Romance
➖The Office - Romance where the couple meet at work
➖Burger Joint - Book on Book Boyfriend List

Rose Red

Completed:
✔️Lady Lane: Read a Women’s Fiction Novel
Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
✔️Passion Place- Read an Erotic BDSM Romance (Sun)
Angelo by Silvia Violet
✔️Coffee Shop - Read a Book That has Either Food or Drink on the Cover or a Foodie Word in the Title
Granddad's Cup of Tea by Amy Rae Durreson
✔️Rainbow Row - Read a M/M Romance
Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon
✔️Lover's Lane - Read a LGBT Romance Which Isn't Contemporary
Kings of the Mountain (Kings of the Mountain #1) by Morgan Brice
✔️Fanged Alley- Read a PNR with a Vampire or Shifter H/H
The Vampire's Familiar by T.J. Nichols
✔️Emergency Services - Read a Romance Where the H/H is a Fireman or Police Officer
How to Vex a Vampire by Alice Winters

Coming Up:
➖City Lane- Read an Urban Fantasy Published in the Last Five Years
➖Summer- Read a Book Where It: Has a Brightly Colored or Multicolored Cover; Has the Beach, Sand or the Sun on the Cover; Has a Summery Word in the Title; Is a Summer Holiday Read; Or All of/Any Combination/Any One of the Above!
➖Beau Boulevard- Read a Young Adult Novel by a New-To-You Author

 Beat the Backlist

Gretl

I’m playing Beat the Backlist Bingo and filled 1 square this month. It’s getting harder now that I don’t have as many empty.

Pirates or set at sea: Moti on the Water by Leyla Attar

Rose Red

I completed 2 squares on my Bingo Board this month.

Beat the Backlist Bingo

Wish It Had a Sequel- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Released in the 2010s- The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler

Non-Bingo Backlist Books

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassmen

I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Naoko Kodama

In Morningstar's Shadow by Aliette de Bodard

Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship by Aliette de Bodard

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

In the Vanisher's Palace by Aliette de Bodard

The Invitation by Nikki Woolfolk

Granddad's Cup of Tea by Amy Rae Durreson

Marine Biology by G.L. Carriger

The Sumage Solution by G.L. Carriger

The Omega Objections by G.L. Carriger

Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger

Library Love Challenge

I made my goal for the challenge! 🎉 I’ve read 39 library books so far this year on a goal of 36. 

This month I read:

Inappropriate by Vi Keeland

Rapture in Death by JD Robb

Lock N Load by Tee O’Fallon

Armed N Ready by Tee O’Fallon

Trap N Trace by Tee O’Fallon

Dark N Deadly by Tee O’Fallon

Irresistible Force by DD Ayers 

Love Machine by Kendall Ryan

The Hookup Handbook by Kendall Ryan

Rocky Mountain Cowboy Christmas by Katie Ruggle

You Had Me At Wolf by Terry Spear

Moti on the Water by Leyla Attar

Ceremony in Death by JD Robb

Tackle My TBR Challenge

After successfully completing the Safety level last month, my new goal for the year is to read 30 Books I Own for the First Down (25-36) level. I'm happy to report that I have read 15 TBR books for the year! I'm so happy with my progress!

This month I read 3 books that count for this challenge. I finally completed the challenges for April (New-to-Me Author) and May (TV/Movie Adaptation) as well as this month's challenge to read a LGBTQIA book.

 The books I read are:

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (New-to- Me Author)
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (TV/Movie Adaptation)
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (LGBTQIA Book)

How did you all do on your reading challenges this month?

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