June 2014 – Monthly Review

This month I read 26 books.  You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

The reading challenges I am participating this year were all updated as well.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:

• Unwept (The Nightbirds, Book 1) by Track and Laura Hickman (4/5 stars)
• Sparrow Hill Road (Ghost Stories, Book 1) by Seanan McGuire (4/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

•  Fury of the Seventh Son (The Last Apprentice, Book 13) by Joseph Delaney (4/5 stars)
  
•  Split Second (Pivot Point, Book 2) by Kasie West (5/5 stars)
• Of Neptune (Serena Legacy, Book 3) by Anna Banks (4/5 stars)
• The Jedi Doth Return (William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, Book 3) by Ian Doescher (5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Agatha Heterodyne & The Clockwork Princess (Girl Genius TP, Book 5) by Kaja Foglio and Phil Foglio (5/5 stars)
• Claymore, Vol 8 by Norihiro Yagi (5/5 stars)
• The Kraken King Part V: The Kraken King and the Iron Heart (The Iron Seas, Book 4.5) by Meljean Brook (5/5 stars)
• Split Second (Pivot Point, Book 2) by Kasie West (5/5 stars)
• Flora and Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo (5/5 stars)
• Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen (5/5 stars)
• The Jedi Doth Return (William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, Book 3) by Ian Doescher (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:

– Series Reading Challenge (18/12 books) complete!
– Ebook Reading Challenge (40/50 books)
– Chunkster Reading Challenge (9/20 books)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (53/24 books) complete!
– Audio Book Reading Challenge (12/25 books)
– Fairy Tales Retold Reading Challenge (8/12 books)
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge (148/200 books)
– 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge (104/100 books) complete!

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Dragon on Trial (The Menagerie, Book 2) by Tui T. Sutherland and Kari Sutherland (4/5 stars)
2. Fury of the Seventh Son (The Last Apprentice, Book 13) by Joseph Delaney (4/5 stars)
3. Agatha Heterodyne & The Clockwork Princess (Girl Genius TP, Book 5) by Kaja Foglio and Phil Foglio (5/5 stars)
4. Claymore, Vol 8 by Norihiro Yagi (5/5 stars)
5. The Kraken King Part V: The Kraken King and the Iron Heart (The Iron Seas, Book 4.5) by Meljean Brook (5/5 stars)
6. Shattered (The Iron Druid Chonicles, Book 7) by Kevin Hearne (4.5/5 stars)
7. Split Second (Pivot Point, Book 2) by Kasie West (5/5 stars)
8. Flora and Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo (5/5 stars)
9. Chi’s Sweet Home Vol 10 by Konami Kanata (4/5 stars)
10. Finnikin of the Rock (The Lumatere Chronicles, Book 1) by Melina Marchetta (3/5 stars)
11. Sorrow’s Knot by Erin Bow (4/5 stars)
12. Claymore Vol 9 by Norihiro Yagi (4.5/5 stars)
13. Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Volume 2 by David Petersen (4.5/5 stars)
14. Landline by Rainbow Rowell (4/5 stars)
15. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Lesley Walton (4/5 stars)
16. Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica (2/5 stars)
17. Unwept (The Nightbirds, Book 1) by Track and Laura Hickman (4/5 stars)
18. Soulless: The Manga Vol 2 by Gail Carriger and Rem (4.5/5 stars)
19. Of Neptune (Serena Legacy, Book 3) by Anna Banks (4/5 stars)
20. Sparrow Hill Road (Ghost Stories, Book 1) by Seanan McGuire (4/5 stars)
21. Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen (5/5 stars)
22. Thorn Jack (Night and Nothing, Book 1) by Katherine Harbour (4/5 stars)
23. Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo (4/5 stars)
24. The Jedi Doth Return (William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, Book 3) by Ian Doescher (5/5 stars)
25. Where Silence Gathers (Some Quiet Place, Book 2) by Kelsey Sutton (4/5 stars)