
My June was filled with author visits, delicious food, and hot weather.





Matt and some friends drove down from Chicago so I got some time after the conference to do some touristy things. We wandered to Bourbon Street and were scared so we ran away. We ate a lot of seafood, went on a swamp tour, and explored St. Louis Cemetary Number 1. I'm definitely coming back to New Orleans sooner than later. Just not in June. Maybe a nice February trip? I'm also not doing the 14-hour drive ever again.
I did a pretty good job of keeping up with blogging up until the week before ALA and then it all went to hell. I'm pretty on top of ARCs at the moment but definitely did not meet my goal of reading 12 books. I also couldn't imagine writing blog posts so close to ALA Annual so I took a bit of a break. And can I just say, that was heavenly. I need to start taking blogging breaks like quarterly. I was always one of those people who didn't like going on breaks, I believed in powering through. BUT HOW WRONG I WAS. I wrote two blog posts on Sunday and was actually happy to crank out reviews! So yeah, much needed blogging break. Although I missed interacting with all of you! You can expect me to start making up for it starting....now!









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I only read nine books, but it was a pretty good reading month! My lowest-rated books were only 3 stars which I consider a success!
My favorite books of the month were The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and The Mermaid (4.5 stars).
My least favorite reads of the month were Twelve and Grace and Fury (3 stars).
July is going to be me just getting my life together. I hope to get a head start on my August ARCs as well as just do some more reading in general. hope to read at least 12 books and power through my stack of library books which I'm sure are done fairly soon.
This month I'll also go see The Incredibles 2, drive up to RenFaire, and cry my way through the rest of the World Cup. This is a Team France and Team Brazil household.
Did you go to ALA? What was your favorite haul item?
Have you been to NOLA? What would you recommend to do/eat?
Are you watching the World Cup? Did you cry when Denmark lost? No? Just me. Cool.
Got any cool events happening this July?
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