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That Was The Month That Was… June 2020!

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June was one of those strange months that has sped by whilst also going really slowly. Does that even make sense?!

I’m still shielding and it looks like I will be until 1 August so nothing has really changed for me even though from what I see on the news a lot of the country is slowly returning to some kind of normality. I haven’t left the house yet, mainly because my asthma is really bad at the moment and it’s impossible to wear a mask when my breathing is already bad. My husband is still on furlough and we still don’t know when he’ll be returning to work, we’re waiting to hear.

Football is back so we’re enjoying watching that. It’s great having all of the matches televised although it does mean that some days we’re in danger of having square eyes! The waiting to see what’s happening with Newcastle United is getting endless now but what can you do?! At least it looks like we’re not going to be relegated!

My reading mojo is back in full swing and I read 30 books in June! It was helped by some sunny days in the garden where I only take a book out with me (no phone or laptop!) so I’m not distracted by anything. I also treated myself to some new wireless headphones so that I can listen to more of my audio books.

The Books I Read

The Posts I Blogged

Mini Book Reviews: The Day We Met by Roxie Cooper, The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel, His and Hers by Alice Feeney, and Funny Weather by Olivia Laing

Monthly Wrap-Up: That Was The Month That Was… May 2020

Mini Book Reviews: The Babysitter by Phoebe Morgan, One Split Second by Caroline Bond, Living My Best Life by Claire Frost, and In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

Mini Book Reviews: You and Me, Always by Jill Mansell, When the Time Comes by Adele O’Neill, Evening Primrose by Kopano Matlwa, and Born Lippy by Jo Brand

Review: Picky Eaters by S. J. Higbee

Mini Book Reviews: The Old You by Louise Voss, Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan, While I Was Sleeping by Dani Atkins, and Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Review: Be Careful What You Swipe For by Jemma Forte

Mini Book Reviews: Heatstoke by Hazel Barkworth, Blurred Lines by Hannah Begbie, All The Lonely People by David Owen, The 24-Hour Cafe by Libby Page

Review: The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves

How was June for you? I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well and that June has been okay. What was your favourite book from June? I’d love to know what you’ve been reading so please comment below. 🙂

Stacking the Shelves with a brand new Book Haul (30 May 20)!

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality, which is all about sharing the books that you’ve acquired in the past week!


Purchased eBooks

Wintering by Katherine May

This is a book that I’ve wanted to read for a while now. It’s a book that follows a year in the author’s life that was winter. It’s partly a memoir but partly an exploration of the human condition. Right now feels like a good time to read a book like this so I decided to buy it and hope to read it very soon.

The M Word by Philippa Kay

This is a book all about the menopause and I’ve seen some really good reviews of it so decided to buy it. I feel like forewarned is forearmed and as I don’t have my mum to talk to through this next phase of life finding a book that gives me some good advice and guidance is really important.

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

I keep seeing this book around and have been thinking about buying it so when I saw it was only 99p yesterday I decided to download it. It’s YA murder mystery and just seems like an easy read for the moment when I’m just getting back to reading again after my slump of recent weeks.

You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley

I bought this one as I loved Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years so much that I want to read more books that are in a similar vein and this one was recommended to me. It sounds like a fun read where two people each dream about the other before they’ve ever met, I think it could be a really lovely summer read!

BorrowBox Books

It Should Have Been Me by Susan Wilkins

I downloaded this audio book on my library app BorrowBox this week as I’m in the mood to listen to a thriller and this one caught my eye. It’s about a murder that was committed years ago and someone was convicted of the crime and sent to prison. But now in the present day a documentary is being made about the case and all may not have been as it seemed in the past. It sounds gripping so I’m keen to listen to it very soon.

Review Books

Be Careful What You Swipe For by Jemma Forte

I was thrilled when the author offered me a copy of this book as I’d seen it online and thought it looked like a good summer read. It’s about a woman on a dating site looking for a man and she finds one but then it doesn’t work out. It’s a novel about the perils of online dating and trying to find Mr Right. I’m really looking forward to reading this one!

Have you acquired any new books this week? I’d love to know what you got. Or have you read any of my new books and recommend I get to any of them sooner rather than later? If you’ve shared a book haul post this week then please feel free to share you link below and I’ll make sure to visit your post! 🙂