Happy June! This is National Portuguese Heritage Month, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, National PTSD Awareness Month, Men’s Health Month, and National Great Outdoors Month. It’s also Pride Month and we are starting it off by reading a book by an LGBTQ+ author. What are you reading this month?
Here’s the books I’m looking forward to discussing with you this week. Grab your copies of these books by clicking the images below:
RWL Reading Challenge – Week 23: By an LGBTQ+ Author
The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
Posting on Monday, June 3rd
A few weeks back, I posted a list of LGBTQ+ authors and books celebrating their works. Steven Rowley is another to add to the list. This book felt like being in a room with one of my favorite high school friends, who is in media himself. I’m looking forward to sharing my full review with you tomorrow!
Here’s some other great books that would work for this prompt in popular genres:
- Bestseller: Mad Honey, Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
- General Fiction: The House at the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune
- Romance: Red, White, and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston
- Thriller: The Murder Between Us, Tal Bauer
- Nonfiction: Over the Top, Jonathan Van Ness
- Kids: My Shadow is Purple, Scott Stuart
June Theme
Posting on Wednesday, June 5th
Our theme for June is all things Dads! We’ll be listing out our favorite books about father/child relationships and our June reading playlist will be available!
US States Challenge – Week 22: Minnesota
The River We Remember
by William Kent Krueger
Posting on Thursday, June 6th
This was one of my Book of the Month selections last year. I had originally planned to read a different book by this author, but the cover on this one kept drawing my attention. I can’t get over how much I loved this book!
Here’s some other great books that would work for this prompt in popular genres:
- Bestseller: Rules of Prey, John Sandford
- General Fiction: Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
- Romance: Finding Home, Jackie Weger
- Thriller: Dark of the Moon, John Sandford
- Nonfiction: News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist, Laurie Hertzel
- Kids: Betsy-Tacy, Maud Hart Lovelace & Lois Lenski
Rotating Posts – Week 23: Sponsored
The Cicada Spring
by Carolyn McBride
Posting on Saturday, June 8th
This is another I chose based on the cover – how beautiful! McBride delivers a coming-of-middle-age story set amongst COVID restrictions and romantic betrayal.
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What I’m Reading
- Current print book: The Last Slave Ship, Ben Raines
- Current audio book: Enemy Women, Paulette Jiles
- Book I’m most looking forward to: Call Upon the Water, Stella Tillyard
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