June Reading Wrap-Up

Goodbye June, Hello July….5th! Holy Moly time is flying by and I have no idea how to slow it down just a little. I’m shocked that June went by in a blink, and that it was my best reading month this year. Can’t wait to share what I read!

Is this real life? Haha. I read a total of 32 books, a mix of physical/ebook/audiobook, in June 2023. That is by far my best reading month ever!! Not sure I can top it for July, but I’m going to try my darnedest.

I always get asked, “What books did you love?” Or “What did you think of this book?”, so here are my star ratings in order of 5 star and down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
• Mastodon by Steve Stred
• Crave by Tracy Wolff (reread)
• Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
• The Return by Rachel Harrison
• The Serpent & The Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
• The Cherished by Patricia Ward
• The Foreboding by M.J. Foley
• This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham
• The Inmate by Freida McFadden
• Survive the Night by Riley Sager
• The Unblessed Witch by Miranda Lyn

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• The Chaperone by M. Hendrix
• Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella
• Wasps in the Ice Cream by Tim McGregor
• Brother by Ania Ahlborn
• Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves by Quinn Connor
• Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke
• Bound & Barbed by Samantha R Goode
• The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard by Kate Robards
• My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham
• A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting
• The Archive Undying by Emma Meiko Candon
• An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo
• The Suffering by MJ Mars
• Those We Drown by Amy Goldsmith

⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Augustina Bazterrica

⭐️⭐️ & less (listed in descending order)

• Woven in Darkness by Lucy Holden
• Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi
• The Night it Ended by Katie Garner

So there ya have it folks! the new authors I have added to my auto-buy/auto-read list are Steve Stred (Horror), Ania Ahlborn (Horror), Freida McFadden (Thriller), Riley Sager (Thriller with horror elements), M.J. Foley (Scifi Fantasy), Carissa Broadbent (Adult Fantasy Romance), Kayla Cottingham (Sapphic YA Horror). I will recommend them to all, if it’s a preferred genre, and if it’s not I’m sure I have other authors to recommend!

Let me know if you’ve read any of these books, or if they’re on your radar! Also, let me know what you read and loved in June. I’m always looking to add to my never ending TBR.

Positive Vibes & Happy Reading!!