I read a surprising number of books in June. Possible because I rained and rained and rained and rained. Again.<\/p>\n
At this halfway point in the year, I’ve read 88 books, so I shouldn’t have any problems reaching my goal of 124 books. Can I beat last year’s count of 174? I dunno, but it’ll be fun to try.<\/p>\n
The best books of the month were:<\/p>\n
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal<\/em><\/a> by Mary Roach<\/a> (10\/10) If you’re looking for something to read, I highly recommend any of the above books.<\/p>\n Fantasy<\/a>: Anthology \/ Novella \/ Short Story<\/strong><\/p>\n Dangerous Women<\/a> (2013) edited by George R.R. Martin<\/a> and Gardner Dozois (5.5\/10) Fantasy<\/a>: Steampunk<\/strong><\/p>\n Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship\u2019s Curse<\/a> (2013) Lynn Viehl (4\/10) <\/p>\n Mystery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Angelica\u2019s Smile<\/a> (2010\/2014) Andrea Camilleri<\/a> translated by Stephen Sartarelli (5\/10) The Archangel Project<\/a> (2008) C.S. Graham<\/a> (8\/10)<\/p>\n Mystery<\/a>: Historical<\/strong><\/p>\n Silent in the Grave<\/a> (2007) Deanna Raybourn<\/a> (7.5\/10) <\/p>\n Non-Fiction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal<\/a> (2013) Mary Roach<\/a> (10\/10)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Comic \/ Graphic Novel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Fairest Vol. 3: The Return of the Maharaja<\/a> (2014) Sean E. Williams, Stephen Sadowski, Phil Jimenez (9\/10)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Audio Book<\/strong><\/p>\n Something from the Nightside (Audio Version)<\/a> (2003\/2008) Simon R. Green<\/a> narrated by Marc Vietor (8\/10)<\/p>\n The format I read most continues to be eBooks, with about 3\/4 of the books I’ve read this year being in electronic format.<\/p>\n Trade Paperback: 1 Multiple Formats: 1 As for genres read, mystery lead the pack this year, and is running neck-and-neck this year with fantasy.<\/p>\n Fantasy: 6 And the gender count this month has men slightly ahead in the count for the month, but women are still slightly ahead for the year, 45%:43% so that’s not too bad.<\/p>\n Male: 5 I read a surprising number of books in June. Possible because I rained and rained and rained and rained. Again. At this halfway point in the year, I’ve read 88 books, so I shouldn’t have any problems reaching my goal of 124 books. Can I beat last year’s count of 174? I dunno, but it’ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-34z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFairest Vol. 3: The Return of the Maharaja<\/a> (9\/10)
\nLegion<\/em><\/a> by Brandon Sanderson<\/a> (8.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nLegion<\/a> (2012) Brandon Sanderson<\/a> (8.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nDisenchanted & Co., Part 2: His Lordship Possessed<\/a> (2013) Lynn Viehl (2\/10)<\/p>\n
\nThe Draining Lake<\/a> (2004\/2007) Arnaldur Indridason<\/a> translated by Bernard Scudder (8.5\/10)
\nArctic Chill<\/a> (2005\/2009) Arnaldur Indri\u00f0ason<\/a> and translated by Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb (8.5\/10)<\/p>\n
\nSilent in the Sanctuary<\/a> (2009) Deanna Raybourn (7\/10)<\/p>\n
\neBook: 11
\nAudio: 1<\/p>\n
\nRe-read: 3<\/p>\n
\nMystery: 8
\nRomance: 2
\nComic: 1
\nAnthology: 1
\nNon-Fiction: 1<\/p>\n
\nFemale: 2
\nInitials: 1
\nJoint + Anthology: 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"