Hello! I missed doing a monthly wrap-up last month, so this month I’m doing two months together.
Books Read:
Nine books seems to be what I’m reading every month right now. I’d like it to be more, but that’s not happening at the moment.
June
- The Splendid and the Vile – Erik Larson
- Fractures – Alice Reeds
- Twilight – Stephanie Meyer
- Divergent – Veronica Roth (reread)
- The Bell Curve – Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray
- King of Scars – Leigh Bardugo
- New Moon – Stephanie Meyer
- Eclipse – Stephanie Meyer
- Insurgent – Veronica Roth (reread)
July
- The Vanishing Deep – Astrid Scholte
- Jo & Laurie – Melissa de la Cruz and Margaret Stohl
- Breaking Dawn – Stephanie Meyer
- Allegiant – Veronica Roth (reread)
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The History of the Ancient World – Susan Wise Bauer
- 10 Things I Hate About Pinky – Sandhya Menon
- Amy & Rogers Epic Detour – Morgan Matson
- Four – Veronica Roth (reread)
Blog Stats:
Both Twitter followers and blog visits are slightly down. It might help if I’d post more.
Writing:
I haven’t been working on my fanfic, but there’s a good reason for that. I’ve been working with a critique partner to finish The Brightness of Shadow edits, so it’ll be ready for querying. I have about 100 pages left to edit with my critique partner’s input, then one final pass fixing up a few bigger issues, then it’s out to the agents. See where it goes after that. Then I can work on my fanfic, Saving Adelinetta, and start putting together my outline for NaNoWriMo2020. If I have time before NaNo, I should also do an overhaul of my NaNo2019 book, which is still untitled.
Life:
We didn’t get to visit my in-laws for my daughter’s 18th birthday, but we were able to visit them at the end of June (hence my not doing a recap last month). It was a good trip and I got a lot of swimming done.
I was going out running a lot, but maybe I was a little over-eager, because I seemed to injure my toes. So I’ve been going to the gym 3-4 times a week now instead of running. I ride on the bike for 15 minutes, work out my arms, and then swim until time is up. Due to the coronavirus, we have to make a reservation and our sessions last 90 minutes.
I will be on hiatus for a week starting on Tuesday. So… although I plan on putting up a Top Ten Tuesday post this upcoming week, I won’t be able to respond to posts. But my internet hiatus is for a good reason. I’ll be able to tell you about it next month (or maybe in posts before that).
My dh is still looking for a job. He passed an important certification exam, so hopefully it will help him get a job. So now he has over 15 years experience in human resources, a juris doctorate, and the SHRM-CP certification. Last time he was out of work he was unemployed for 10 months. He’s been out of work for 3 1/2 months so far–hope it doesn’t take him another 6 months or more to find work.
Well, that was the last two months. How has your summer been? Depressing because of coronavirus? Getting outside anyway? Hope you all have a great August!