I took a week off last month, in the middle of nowhere, and surprised myself not reading 1 line, just enjoying bird songs and nature in all its beauty. Hence the poor monthly statistics:
My June total is only 4 books, with a total of only 1148 pages, that is, a pathetic 38.2 pages/day.
And I listened to 1 audiobook of 15:46 hours, which gives a 30 mn/day.
I have been listening to another very long audiobook, but I am not done yet!
I’m still trying to go on reading Proust, In Search of Lost Time. I am in Le côté de Guermantes; I am very far behind the weekly schedule, so not sure I will be able to cover all of Proust in 2013.
Here are the books I read/listened to:
2 historical fiction:
- Studio Saint-Ex, by Ania Szado – with giveaway
- The Nine Fold Heaven, by Mingmei Yip – with giveaway, will be posted tomorrow!
3 non-fiction:
- Taking Root in Provence, by Anne-Marie Simons. This book will be on Tour in November, we still have a few spots available if you would like to receive a free copy and review it.
- Midnight In The Garden of Good And Evil, by John Berendt- audiobook
- Paris, I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down, by Rosecrans Baldwin
My favorites this month:
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Reading Challenges recap
Around the World in 12 books: 2/12
Audiobook: 6/12
Books on France: 16/12 – COMPLETED
Cozy Mysteries: 3/10
Ebook challenge: 12/10 – COMPLETED
European reading challenge: 6/5 – COMPLETED
Historical fiction: 21/15 – COMPLETED
Japanese literature: 0/? (starts in June)
New authors challenge: 35/25 – COMPLETED
TBR challenge: 1/12
What’s in a Name: 4/6
Where Are You Reading?: 4/50
Australian Literature: 1/1 – COMPLETED
Total of books read so far in 2013 = 50
Number of books added to my TBR in June = 14
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Blog recap
- 4 of the 5 books mentioned here were received for reviews by author/publisher
- 31 readers signed up for my Books on France Challenge, and 71 reviews have already been posted. Don’t forget to post your reviews, and it is never too late to join!
- Every month, France Book Tours has a giveaway for the book of the month. Have you checked yet the July giveaway? 91 entries were received for the June giveaway.
- France Book Tours already completed 2 book tours, and there are many more already scheduled! If you are interested in reviewing books on your blog for France Book Tours, just fill in this short questionnaire.
- As we are talking about giveaways, you can see now current giveaways prominently displayed on the right side bar, to make your life easier as a reader.
- I participated in Audiobook Week.
- I visited The Cahokia Mounds, near Saint Louis, as featured in this terrific historical novel.
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Plans for July
- Nothing much, except read something for Japanese Literature Reading Challenge 7.
- TRY to get less involved in reviews for book tours, and work more on some of my reading challenges
- read more of Proust!
Words And Peace 
Nice month, whoo hoo! 😉 I enjoyed Cascade and I’ve been in love with the cover since I first saw it.
Here’s to an amazing July!
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well, great titles, but few.
yes Cascade’s cover is awesome.
by the way, how do you get the animation you used for the word June? so very cool! though i assume it’s Java and I probably couldn’t use something like that in a wordpress.com blog
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A poor month for you seems pretty good by my standards 😉
Happy July!
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lol, well I have often read 8 books/month, that’s why
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Wow…you are doing pretty good with your challenges. I’ve only completed 1 so far and have 2 I haven’t even started yet! I think I need to take a break from blog tours and focus on my reading challenges otherwise I’m not going to finish some of them!
Good luck with your reading in July!
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yeah, blog tours can get pretty tempting!!
well not sure I’ll be able to finish my 52 countries challenge started last year!!
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Loved reading your recap! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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thanks. just commented on yours!
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Taking a week off is always a nice thing! I keep telling myself I am going to do that, but then I remember all of the things that I need to do that require internet 🙂
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yes, that can be hard
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We seem to have a lot of books in common! I really enjoyed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and when I finished reading my copy (which was my grandmother’s) I realized it was SIGNED! I had no idea! Kind of a fun coincidence. Have you ever been to Savannah?
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wow, how cool! yes I have been in Savannah and loved the square plazas reminding me so much of France, my native country. and we even had a very spooky time in that famous St Boniface cemetery: there was a sudden mega thunderstorm,and it was getting very late, I was afraid we would end up trapped in the cemetery as we were so close to closing time.
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