Monthly Review – June 2016

This month I read 22 books.  You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading !

I started the following series:

• So You Want to be a Wizard (Young Wizards, Book 1) by Diane Duane (3.5/5 stars)
• Oddly Normal (Oddly Normal, Vol 1) by Otis Frampton (4/5 stars)
• The Sword of Mali Mani (Bird Boy Vol 1) by Anne Szabla (5/5 stars)
• Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire. Book 1) by Michael J. Sullivan (3.5/5 stars)
• Pandora Hearts Vol 1 by Jun Mochizuki (5/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• Forevermore (Darkest London, Book 7) by Kristen Callihan (5/5 stars)
• Ms. Marvel Vol 4: Last Days by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona (4/5 stars)
• Forest of Ruin (Age of Legends, Book 3) by Kelley Armstrong (4/5 stars)
• The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4) by Maggie Stiefvater (4.5/5 stars)
• Morning Star (Red Rising, Book 3) by Pierce Brown (3.5/5 stars)
• The High Lord (The Black Magician, Book 3) by Trudi Canavan (4/5 stars)
• Wicked Ever After (Blud, Book 4) by Delilah S. Dawson (4/5 stars)
• Island of Dragons (The Unwanteds, Book 7) by Lisa McMann (5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Forevermore (Darkest London, Book 7) by Kristen Callihan (5/5 stars)
• The Novice (The Black Magician, Book 2) by Trudi Canavan (5/5 stars)
• The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4) by Maggie Stiefvater (4.5/5 stars)
• The Sword of Mali Mani (Bird Boy Vol 1) by Anne Szabla (5/5 stars)
• Island of Dragons (The Unwanteds, Book 7) by Lisa McMann (5/5 stars)
• Pandora Hearts Vol 1 by Jun Mochizuki (5/5 stars)
• The Perdition Score (Sandman Slim, Book 8) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (42/52 books read)
– New Release Challenge (41/45+ books read)
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge (122/250+ books read)
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge (47/100 books read)
– Pick Your Genre (Steampunk) Reading Challenge (11/25 books read)
– Flights of Fantasy Reading Challenge (68/100 books read)
– Audiobook Reading Challenge (20/30 books read)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. So You Want to be a Wizard (Young Wizards, Book 1) by Diane Duane (3.5/5 stars)
2. Oddly Normal (Oddly Normal, Vol 1) by Otis Frampton (4/5 stars)
3. Forevermore (Darkest London, Book 7) by Kristen Callihan (5/5 stars)
4. The Novice (The Black Magician, Book 2) by Trudi Canavan (5/5 stars)
5. Ms. Marvel Vol 4: Last Days by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona (4/5 stars)
6. Forest of Ruin (Age of Legends, Book 3) by Kelley Armstrong (4/5 stars)
7. The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4) by Maggie Stiefvater (4.5/5 stars)
8. The Secret of the Time Tablets (Cleopatra in Space, Book 3) by Mike Maihack (4/5 stars)
9. The Sword of Mali Mani (Bird Boy Vol 1) by Anne Szabla (5/5 stars)
10. A Flight of Angels by Rebecca Guay and Various Authors (4/5 stars)
11. Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire. Book 1) by Michael J. Sullivan (3.5/5 stars)
12. The Haunting of the Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie (3/5 stars)
13. Home (Downside Ghosts, Book 3.6) by Stacia Kane (4/5 stars)
14. Kabuki Vol 1: Circle of Blood by David Mack (4/5 stars)
15. Morning Star (Red Rising, Book 3) by Pierce Brown (3.5/5 stars)
16. The High Lord (The Black Magician, Book 3) by Trudi Canavan (4/5 stars)
17. Wicked Ever After (Blud, Book 4) by Delilah S. Dawson (4/5 stars)
18. Profession Integrity (Riyria Chronicles, Book 2.6) by Michael J. Sullivan (4/5 stars)
19. Island of Dragons (The Unwanteds, Book 7) by Lisa McMann (5/5 stars)
20. Pandora Hearts Vol 1 by Jun Mochizuki (5/5 stars)
21. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, Narrated by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra (4.5/5 stars)
22. The Perdition Score (Sandman Slim, Book 8) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)