2016 Reading Challenges: June Update

Happy summer, everybody!

I don’t know about you, but I’m just so relieved it’s finally here. Not because of summer itself (can’t handle the heat and all that) but just because that means I can finally get back to reading as much as I want!

Whether I actually will get to reading remains, of course, to be seen – considering that I also finally have the time to laze around, read fanfiction and hang out with friends as much as I want now!
That being said, I did actually get some reading done this past month, so let’s get to that!

First things first, I read 20 books this past month, and somehow, all but 2 of them count for my GoodReads Reading Challenge – long live reading “different editions’ of the same book, right?

The Fill-In Boyfriend, Kasie West
The Fine Art of Pretending, Rachel Harris
Versailles, Opéra, Philippe Beausant
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society, Jürgen Habermas
Figures II, Gérard Genette
L’art de l’éloignement, Thomas G. Pavel
Phèdre, Sénèque
The Natural History of Us, Rachel Harris
The Distance Between Us, Kasie West
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
Vous Dites?!, Piet Desmet
Problems in SLA, Michael H. Long
L’approche actionnelle dans l’apprentissage des langues, Lucile Lacan
USA, 1927, Paul Morand
Vivre en Amérique, Denis de Rougement
Carry On, Rainbow Rowell
The Season of You and Me, Robin Constantine
Cette Grenade dans la main du jeune nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit?, Dany Laferrière
Volkswagen Blues, Jacques Poulin
The Next Together, Lauren James

Considering how that brings me to a total of 91 books read, I have for the third year in a row bumped up my reading challenge to 150 books – let’s hope I can keep the reading going!

As for my other challenges, relatively little seems to have changed, although I have finished the Modern Mrs Darcy Challenge with Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, which was recommended to me by my best friend. For the PopSugar Reading Challenge too, some progress was made:

A romance set in the future: The Next Together, Lauren James
A book with a protagonist who has your occupation: The Fine Art of Pretending, Rachel Harris
The first book you see in a bookstore: Carry On, Rainbow Rowell

As was the case for the STXRY Reading Challenge:

A non-fiction book about something you’ve always wanted to know more about: Problems in SLA, Michale H. Long (I want to be a teacher, okay? Don’t judge me!)
A book that makes you want to be a hero: Carry On, Rainbow Rowell

All I can say is: lucky that I (finally) read Carry On – it’s basically the only thing that got me any progress.

Unfortunately, because I was focused mainly on reading books for school or purely for relaxation, I didn’t actually make any progress on the Reading Around the World challenge – I guess I’ll just have to pay more attention next month!

So, there you have it, what I’ve been reading this past month – how about you? How are your reading challenges going? Are you also very happy to have the summer to get some more books in? Be sure to let me know below!

-Saar