June has been very nice weather, which means more hiking, and less time for reading.

Here is what I read in June:

4 books only!!
with 1,280 pages, that is:  42.6 pages/day, lowest average of the year so far
I have not finished any audiobook. I’m almost done with All The Light We Cannot See, and am really enjoying it

1 mysteries:

1. The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, by Joel Dicker – certainly the best mystery I have read this year so far! The link goes to my vlog when I received the book, not my review yet!

1 nonfiction:

1. Confessions of a Paris Potty Trainer, by Vicki Lesage – ebook. sorry Vicki I have not yet taken time to post my review of your awesome book!

1  literary fiction:

1.  Kira-kira, by Cynthia Kadohata – for the Japanese Literature Challenge

1 play:

1. The Jedi Doth Return, by Ian Doescher

My favorite this month:

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Reading Challenges recap

Audiobook: 6/12
Books on France: 29/24
Ebook challenge: 12/25
Historical fiction: 17/25
Japanese literature: 1/6
New authors challenge: 33/50
My Kind of Mysteries: 11/20
TBR challenge: 1/12
What’s in a Name: 3/5
Where Are You Reading?: 15/50 – to be finished in 2014
Australian Literature Month: 0/1

Total of books read in 2014 = 45

Number of books added to my TBR in May = 21

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Blog recap

1. 2  of the 4books read this month were received for review

2. Already 44 reviews for my Books on France Challenge, don’t forget to link yours.

3. I organized 4 giveaways this month. There’s always one going on at France Book Tours, be sure to check the July Giveaway! an awesome memoir of life on a barge in France! Can life get better than that??

4. There were some great events this past month: I took part in the fun Literary Blog Hop Giveaway
5. I posted some of my Eiffel Tower hand-painted rocks for sale,
6. I finally did my first 3 vlogs
7. I posted about the first novel I translated from English to French – if you want to support a translator, encourage all your speaking French to read it plea, it’s just a few $, available in the US,Canada,UK and France
8. I have now my own online newspaper at paper.li
9. and I joined the fun Japanese Literature Challenge

So that was actually a busy blogging month

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Most popular book review last month

click on the cover to access my review

Most popular post last month – non book review

Literary Blog Hop Giveaway

Book blog that brought me
most traffic this past month

Leeswammes’ Blog

please go visit

Blog milestones

over 1,770 subscribers
over 63,100 hits

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Blog plans for July

I’m taking part in Paris in July.
Apart from that, I do hope to post reviews on awesome books I read these past 2 months, and do more vlogs

 

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How was YOUR month of  June?