Read Between the Spines

June Reading Wrap-Up

I am that person who loves data, charts, and lists. So every month, I recap what I read and what books I acquire along with anything else I think is of value or interest. Let me know if you have any ideas!

Despite doing a lot of activities in June, I was still able to read more than the past few months. (However, I am behind on writing and posting reviews.) I primarily read thrillers and contemporary fiction in June. I only read one nonfiction book and am still working through another on audio.

Breakdown

• Books read: 10

• Pages read: 3,555

• Percent female authors: 70%

• Percent BIPOC authors: 50%

These charts are primarily from the Storygraph app, which is an alternative to the Amazon-owned Goodreads.

Books read

Books in progress

I started two books in June that I plan to finish in July.

  • The People’s Hospital: Hope & Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila, MD
  • Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See

Books acquired

I acquired the following books this month:

Book of the Month

  • She Started It by Sian Gilbert
  • Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
  • The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
  • The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
  • My Murder by Katie Williams

PRH Reader Rewards

  • Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Brazier

Gifted Physical Copies

  • Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
  • The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni
  • Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens
  • Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes
  • The Camp by Nancy Bush
  • The Better Half by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans
  • Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
  • No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson
  • He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender & Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

NetGalley Approvals

  • Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie
  • Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
  • None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

Bookstore Buys

  • Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families–and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World by Dorothy Roberts
  • Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
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