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Monthly Wrap-Up – July

July 31, 2017 / Jen / 9 Comments

Life:

This last month, my family and I did something we’ve never done before. A staycation. 🙂 We live near Tahoe, and while I take the boys to the beach a few times a week, we’ve never truly explored all the hiking trails here. And there are hundreds! So we pulled out our huge list of places that we’ve been wanting to visit/hike and we tackled a few of them. One of them was even a little over 5.5 miles on hard terrain and my 4 & 6 year old were able to do it, I was so shocked! The scenery was beyond gorgeous. In case you don’t follow me on Twitter, you can check out two of the pictures from one of our hikes here and here. We’re doing another staycation this week but it’ll be a mix of hiking, pool and landscaping our backyard…boo on the latter lol. Here’s hoping you all had a wonderful July too!

During our Monthly Wrap-Up we’ll take a look at what has happened around here in the last month. That’ll include what we read, any other posts we may have had, and books that we added to our ever-growing TBR.

♥ Enjoy!

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What We Read:

5 Stars:
✮Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
✮Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson

4.5 Stars:
✮Shag Lake by Susan McEachern
✮Anomaly (Schrodinger’s Consortium #1) by Tonya Kuper

4 Stars:
✮Enigma (Schrodinger’s Consortium #2) by Tonya Kuper
✮Shag Lake Prequel: The Kiss by Susan McEachern
✮Death, and the Girl He Loves (Darklight #3) by Darynda Jones

3 Stars:
✮Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

2 Stars:
✮The Hook Up (Game On #1) by Kristen Callihan

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Favorite Books of the Month:

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett (Chelsea’s Choice)
This book was one of those that you devour, inhale every word….and just, I don’t know, exhale slowly in a contented breath. It’s a book that not only makes you giddy and happy, but makes warmth radiate from the inside out. It fills your heart with something akin to true love-believable true love-and you can’t quite let it go.

Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson (Anna’s Choice)
Midnight at the Electric relates several stories entwined, stories about loss and courage and hope and choices. You jump straight into new characters’ lives and you just care instantly and isn’t it baffling? When I see that I can read an entire book without giving a damn whatsoever and that Jodi Lynn Anderson manages to create a connection between her characters and I in the span of 2 pages, I feel awed.

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Added To My TBR:

Here are some of the books I added to my TBR in July. I’ve realized that I always tend to add more books to my TBR than I’m able to read in a month lol. And just a heads up – I don’t include books that don’t have a cover yet.

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Did you read any of the same books we did? Or did we share the same favorite book? If not, what was your favorite? Or have you read any of the books I just added to my TBR?

Here’s hoping you all had a wonderful July and cheers to August being just as fabulous!

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Monthly Wrap-Up – June

June 30, 2017 / Jen / 20 Comments

Life:

I’m officially back! In case you don’t remember, or you’re new, I had surgery back in March. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. I had complications, horrific side affects from medicine at the hospital and then at home, I got extremely sick etc. I went into surgery thinking that it was going to be a piece of cake, and it wasn’t. Because of that, I needed a break. I needed time with my family, time to find my happiness again and time to heal. And the healing has been a lot slower than planned. But it’s summer now, and that’s my favorite time of the year! Not only have I found lots of time to read at night. But the days are the best! My two little boys and I spend every minute we can at the beaches in Tahoe, at the pools or at the parks. I love being outdoor in the sunshine and water! It’s my happy place. I’m so thankful it’s summer, and a hot one at that too woohoo!

I decided to start a Monthly Wrap-Up instead of our Weekly Wrap-Ups. We’ll take a look at what has happened around here in the last month. That’ll include what we read, any other posts we may have had, and books that we added to our ever-growing TBR.

♥ Enjoy!

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What We Read:

4.5 Stars:
✮I Knew You Were Trouble (Oxford #4) by Lauren Layne – Jen’s Review

4 Stars:
✮Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack – Brittney’s Review

2.5 Stars:
✮All the Stars Left Behind by Ashley Graham – Jen’s Review
✮Beauty of the Beast (Fairy Tale Retellings #1) by Rachel L. Dementer – Brittney’s Review

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Favorite Book of the Month:

I Knew You Were Trouble (Oxford #4) by Lauren Layne – (Jen’s Choice)
I’m a huge fan of the enemies to lovers trope! And this one was so much fun! It was sexy, angsty and had a fabulous epilogue. Also, it can easily be read as a stand alone, you don’t have to read the previous books. Although I do recommend them.

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Added To My TBR:

Here are some of the books I added to my TBR in June. No wonder my TBR is ridiculously long. I always add more books than I have read that month lol! And just a heads up – I don’t include books that don’t have a cover yet.

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Did you read any of the same books we did? Or did we share the same favorite book? If not, what was your favorite? Or have you read any of the books I just added to my TBR?

Here’s hoping you all had a wonderful June and cheers to July being just as fabulous!

I linked this Monthly Post to June 2017 Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up over at Feed Your Fiction Addiction. 🙂

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