June 2013 – In Review

This month I read 18 books.  A bit lighter than other months, but a lot of time was dedicated to moving my blog from Karissa’s Reading Review over to it’s new location here at Hidden in Pages.

You can check out all of the books reviewed below. Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:

• Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna Dressed in Blood, Book 1) by Kendare Blake (4/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• Dance of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, Book 2) by Bethany Griffin (4.5/5 stars)
• If I Should Die (Revenants, Book 3) by Amy Plum (4/5 stars)
• As Shadows Fade (Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 5) by Colleen Gleason (5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (5/5 stars)
• Dance of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, Book 2) by Bethany Griffin (4.5/5 stars)
• Kill City Blues (Sandman Slim, Book 5) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)
• The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo (5/5 stars)
• As Shadows Fade (Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 5) by Colleen Gleason (5/5 stars)
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (5/5 stars)
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge (0/100 books)
– Get Steampunk’d Reading Challenge (9/15 books)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (14/24 books)
– YA/MG Fantasy Reading Challenge (21/10 books) complete!
– Audio Book Challenge (16/12 books) complete!
– 150+ Reading Challenge (116/150 books)
– Debut Author Reading Challenge (13/12 books) complete!
– Paranormal Reading Challenge (11/12 books)
– Color Coded Reading Challenge (5/9 books)
– TBR Pile Reading Challenge (31/50 books)
– Young Adult Reading Challenge (53/50 books) complete!

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (5/5 stars)
2. Tides by Betsy Cornwell (3/5 stars)
3. Dance of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, Book 2) by Bethany Griffin (4.5/5 stars)
4. When Twilight Burns (Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 4) by Colleen Gleason (4/5 stars)
5. If I Should Die (Revenants, Book 3) by Amy Plum (4/5 stars)
6. The Assassin and the Empire (Throne of Glass, 0.4) by Sarah J. Maas (4.5/5 stars)
7. Three Days to Dead (Dreg City, Book 1) by Kelly Meding (3.5/5 stars)
8. Kill City Blues (Sandman Slim, Book 5) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)
9. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (3.5/5 stars)
10. Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna Dressed in Blood, Book 1) by Kendare Blake (4/5 stars)
11. The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo (5/5 stars)
12. Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton (4/5 stars)
13. Spartan Frost (Mythos Academy, Book 4.5) by Jennifer Estep (3/5 stars)
14. As Shadows Fade (Gardella Vampire Chronicles, Book 5) by Colleen Gleason (5/5 stars)
15. Angelfall (Penryn and the End of Days, Book 1) by Susan Ee (3.5/5 stars)
16. Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox (3/5 stars)
17. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (5/5 stars)
18. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (5/5 stars)