June 2018 Reading Summary

I think I had a nice mixture of books in June and my overall reading totals are more than satisfactory. My June 2018 Reading Summary is below as well as my current reading and some future selections.

June 2018

General Info                  June                Total
Books Read -                     9                     59
Pages Read -                   2985                18960

Pages Breakdown
    < 250                             5                      21
250 - 350                           1                      16
351 - 450                           1                      12
   > 450                              2                      10

Ratings
5 - star                                                       2
4 - star                              6                      36
3 - star                              3                      20
2 - star                                                        1

Gender
Female                             2                      19
Male                                7                      30

Genres
Fiction                             1                      12
Mystery                           5                      33
SciFi                                2                      10
Non-Fic                           1                        1
Classics                                                     1
Poetry                                                        2

Top 3 Books
 (I've reviewed these books in previous entries if you are interested in checking them out.)

1. Who Killed Marilyn Monroe? by Liz Evans (4.5 stars)
2.  The Old Man in the Corner by Emma Orczy (4.5 stars)
3.  The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (4 stars)

12 + 4  Challenge (completed 9)

New Series (completed 16)
1. Kill Zone by Loren Estleman (4 stars) 
2. Peace and War by Joe Haldeman (4 stars)
3. Who Killed Marilyn Monroe by Liz Evans (4.5 stars)
4. To the Devil - A Daughter by Dennis Wheatley (4 stars)  

Ongoing Series (completed 12)
5. The Great Spy Race by Adam Diment (3.5 stars) 
6. Think Fast, Mr. Moto by John P. Marquand (3.5 stars)

Decades Challenge (completed 12)
7. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (4 stars)
8. John le Carre by Adam Sisman (3.5 stars)
9. The Old Man in the Corner by Emma Orczy (4.5 stars)  

Canadian Content (completed 10)

July Books

Currently Reading
1. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
2. Occam's Razor by Archer Mayor
3. flesh and blood by John Harvey
4. The Abyssinian Proof by Jenny White

In the Mill

1. A City Called July by Howard Engel (Benny Cooperman #5).














"When some very precious diamonds disappear from a Jewish synagogue, Benny Cooperman is hired to find them and the lawyer, a member of the congregation, who took them. But instead of finding diamonds, Benny finds trouble with the mob."

2. Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth















"Call the Midwife' is a most extraordinary book and should be required reading of all students of midwifery, nursing, sociology and modern history. It tells of the experiences of a young trainee midwife in the East End of London in the 1950's and is a graphic portrayal of the quite appalling conditions that the East Enders endured."

 

3. Haven by Kay Hooper (Bishop / Special Crimes Unit #1).





"After years away, Jessie Rayburn has finally returned home - unwelcomed - to a town of menacing whispers: Baron Hollow, North Carolina. It’s as though she never left. That’s why she’s so afraid.

She left behind her estranged sister, Emma, who has her own secrets to protect. But Emma is afraid to reveal what’s really troubling her and keeping her awake - strange dreams of women being murdered, brutally, viciously. Now, in this conspiracy of silence, Emma’s bad dreams are becoming more real than ever.

Even with the help of Noah Bishop, co-founder of Haven, the group of psychic investigators that Jessie works for, Jessie and Emma fear they won’t be able to outrun the secrets buried in Baron Hollow - or the evil targeting them one last time."

So there you go. I'm ahead of my Goodreads challenge total of 110 books and hope I continue to progress in July. Hope all Canadians are having a great Canada Day! Be safe!