I've been having quite a few busy weekends and haven't been able to post often on Sundays. Renovating I have dropped a teaser here a few times but here's the scoop finally - We are renovating a big chunk of our main level. We've been planning this for the past 6-7 months. It started as a kitchen renovation project but now includes flooring through the main floor and master bathroom. We will have the renovation crew start tomorrow and depending on when all the materials get in, it could be 1.5-3 months before they are done. I just hope the flooring is done quickly because then we can reclaim some of the main floor back. Not having a kitchen for 2-3 months is going to be very challenging but we've been promised a small work area on the main floor where we can cook early morning and later in the evening. But I'm thinking more about the little things - making coffee while I work, taking care of the day to day activities - the upstairs and the basement can be used b
In spite of a slow first half in June, I did read quite a lot more during the second half. It's nice to end a month joyfully! I also got a nook this month and had an awesome weekend getaway to DC! I'm still doing 12 challenges (one perpetual, and one my own summer challenge), and I am finally coming to terms with the possibility that I will not complete all of them by the end of the year.
Other posts
Did you miss my chat with Claire Avery, author of Hidden Wives?
I also listed five of my recent intriguing bookish book-loving characters.
Yay for challenges I am acing at
- 100+ Reading Challenge: 52/100
- Support your Local Library Challenge: 30/50
- Flashback Reading Challenge: 5/9
- Women Unbound Challenge: 4/5
- A to Z Challenge: 35/52
- POC Challenge: 8/10
- Awesome Author Challenge: 2/10
- 451 Challenge: 1/7
- Original TBR Challenge: 4/12
- Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge: 3/10
- Summer Reading Challenge: 1/6
- Orange Prize Project: 0
June Stats
Number of books: 10
Number of pages read: 2828
Number of Audio Books: 1
Hours listened to (completed audio books only): 11 hours, 9 minutes
Zero Re-reads | 7 New-to-me authors | 2 Male authors | 8 Female authors
Comments
You had such a good June! Congrats! It may have started slow but you finished STRONG!
Here's to a great July!!
Congrats on being half way to 100! Great progress.
Felicia, I'm definitely glad I finished strong, else I might have slipped into one of those nasty ruts.
Molly, I get some kind of pleasure by keeping track of those stats. LOL! There were more, but I thought I was overdoing. ;-)
Care, so long as you have a good quality month, I guess it doesn't really matter how many you read. :)
Belle, thank you! It truly was!
Stacy, I love my nook! I enjoy cozying up to it. I need to get through my current review books, so that I can get to reading it more.
Diane, thank you! I'm glad that my June was better than my May.
Vasilly, I LOVED Still Alice most of all. It was so beautiful!