The Monthly Recap is a recap of my previous month in all the things. You’ll see what I read, what I watched, and if I loved or hated them here. Each month will look different but everything I’m loving and everything I’m hating will definitely be here.

This is my first monthly recap back in my blogging home and it’s a doozy. I went from reading less than 2 books a month to reading almost 20 this past month. Sure, a lot of them were re-reads but I blame my hyper fixation on the Off Campus series for making me want to go back and re-read all of the books again. I’ve been having a blast with this re-read and discussing my progress with my friend that I reconnected with after a long time apart has been a lot of fun for me.

I missed our family reunion last week and while I was bummed out and suffered a severe case of FOMO, I’m not sorry that I chose to stay behind. Bren is having her baby next week and I’ll be flying to Utah for that instead and staying a week to help her get back on her feet after labor and delivery. I’m excited to be a grandma and I think I’m a little more excited to see Bren step into her Mom era. I’m sure she’s gonna be one of those fun Moms. I’m hoping that she’ll have an easy delivery so fingers crossed. But yeah, while everyone in my family was having fun at the reunion, I was reading all the books and I even watched some shows…so here’s what my month of June looked like…

What I Read

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros | 4.5 out of 5
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros | 4.5 out of 5
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros | 4.5 out of 5
Mile High by Liz Tomforde | 4 out of 5
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs | 3.5 out of 5
The Deal by Elle Kennedy | 4.5 out of 5

Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs | 4 out of 5
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy | 4.5 out of 5
The Score by Elle Kennedy | 4.5 out of 5
The Goal by Elle Kennedy | 4 out of 5
The Chase by Elle Kennedy | 4 out of 5
The Risk by Elle Kennedy | 4.5 out of 5

The Play by Elle Kennedy | 3 out of 5
The Dare by Elle Kennedy | 2.5 out of 5
Only on Gamedays by Kristen Callihan | 3 out of 5
The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy | 3.5 out of 5
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry | 4 out of 5
Sure Shot by Sarina Bowen | 3 out of 5

I’m pretty confident that I won’t pull these kinds of numbers in the coming months but I can’t deny that I’m happy to be reading on a regular basis again. My favorite read of the month was Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Xaden is everything and Violet is the best so I’m looking forward to book 4..whenever we get that. My least favorite read of the month goes to The Dare by Elle Kennedy. The constant miscommunication and all of the insecurities made me want to jump off a moving train so I was glad to see the end of that book.

What I Watched

In Pieces the Musical | 5 out of 5
Voicemails for Isabelle | 4 out of 5
My Oxford Year | Dropped
Teach You a Lesson | 4.5 out of 5
My Royal Nemesis | Dropped
Doctor on the Edge | Dropped

My obsession with Off Campus made me fall into the rabbit hole of Antonio Cipriano and he’s a singer, a really good singer that sang in a musical called In Pieces the Musical. I rented that sucker once I found it online and I’m not mad that I paid $19.99 to watch it because I loved it. It was so good that it’s my favorite watch of the month. I also really liked Teach You a Lesson too. My best friend had a hard time watching that because the bullying and just overall school violence was hard to get through but I didn’t have that problem. The more violent the student, the more violent I wanted their punishment to be so I was a happy camper, LOL. My least favorite watch was My Oxford Year. The acting was terrible, the dialogue was cheesy as shit and I dropped it like a hot potato like 40 minutes in. I just couldn’t do it. My biggest disappointment of the month goes to My Royal Nemesis. It started out so strong and I loved the beginning so much but once we got past the halfway mark, I stopped caring until finally I just dropped the entire thing before the finale. Oh well.

What I Posted

Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros | 5 out of 5
Review: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros | 4.5 out of 5

That does it for the month of June. I’ve got my eye on a few things releasing in July so hopefully I dig right into all the things..wish me luck!