June 2021 Currently Reading & TBR

Whether you read a few books a year or a few hundred, time is your most precious commodity. Check in monthly for my notes on new and backlist books I’m currently reading to find out whether or not they’re worth the time and worthy of your TBR list!

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Read in June 2021:

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho | Pub Date: 11/10/20
- Hardback gifted from work! | Rating: 5.0 | Amazon
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo | Pub Date: 6/26/18
- Audiobook via Libby | Rating: 5.0 | Amazon | Bookshop.org
Love in Color by Bolu Babalola | Pub Date: 4/13/21
- Hardback gifted via publisher | Rating: 4.5 | Amazon
The Beach House by Jenny Hale | Pub Date: 6/9/21
- Digital ARC via NetGalley | Rating: 4.5 | Amazon
The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery | Pub Date 5/25/21
- Digital ARC via NetGalley | Rating: 4.5 | Amazon
Hunger: A Memoir of My Body by Roxane Gay | Pub Date: 6/13/17
- Audiobook via Libby | Rating: 4.5 | Amazon
Emma’s Laugh by Diana Kupershmit | Pub Date: 6/15/21
- Paperback via She Writes Press | Rating: 4.5 | Amazon
Open Book: A Memoir by Jessica Simpson | Pub Date: 2/4/20
- audiobook borrowed via Libby app | Rating: 4.0 | Amazon
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy | Pub Date: 3/14/17
- Audiobook via Libby | Rating: 3.5 Stars | Amazon
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher | Pub: 12/2/08
- Audiobook via Libby | Rating: 2.0 | Amazon

Currently Reading & Listening

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Pub Date: 7/14/15
- Hardback purchased on Amazon | Rating: Pending | Amazon
The Energy Paradox by Steven Gundry | Pub Date: 3/16/21
- Hardback gifted via publisher | Rating: Pending | Amazon

Top of the TBR: Recent Publisher Gifted Book Mail

Stick a Cork In It by Rich Amooi | Pub Date: 4/24/21
- Paperback gifted from the author | Amazon
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner | Pub Date: 5/11/21
- Paperback ARC gifted from the publisher | Rating: Pending | Amazon
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot | Pub Date: 6/1/21
- Paperback gifted from the publisher | Rating: Pending | Amazon
A Not So Lonely Planet Italy by Karina Kennedy | Pub Date: 6/8/21
- Paperback gifted from the publisher | Rating: Pending | Amazon
What’s the Difference? by Brette Warshaw | Pub Date: 6/8/21
- Hardback gifted via Bibliolifestyle | Rating: Pending | Amazon

Top of the TBR: Backdated Publisher Gifted Book Mail

An Ordinary Age by Rainsford Stauffer | Pub Date 5/4/21
- Hardback copy gifted from Harper Perennial | Amazon | More Info
Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin | Pub Date: 5/4/21
- Hardback copy gifted via Bibliolifestyle | Amazon | More Info
The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews | Pub Date: 5/4/21
- e-book ARC via NetGalley | Amazon | More Info
You Love Me (#3) by Caroline Kepnes | Pub Date: 4/6/21
- e-book ARC via NetGalley | Amazon | More Info
Slay Like a Mother by Katherine Wintsch | Pub Date: 3/19/20
- Paperback copy gifted | Amazon | More Info
Simply Julia by Julia Turshen | Pub Date: 3/2/21
- Hardback copy gifted | Amazon | More Info

Read in May 2021:

Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park | Pub Date 6/1/21
- Paperback copy gifted via the author | ♥♥♥♥♥ | Amazon | More Info
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo | Pub Date: 5/7/13
- Paperback boxed set copy purchased from Barnes & Noble | ♥♥♥♥.5 | Amazon | More Info
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala | Pub Date 5/4/21
- Hardback copy purchased from BOTM | ♥♥♥♥.5 | Amazon | More Info
Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner | Pub Date: 6/6/17
- Audiobook borrowed from Libby app | ♥♥♥♥.5 | Amazon | More Info
You (#1) by Caroline Kepnes | Pub Date: 8/28/18
- Audiobook borrowed from Libby | ♥♥♥♥ | Amazon | Details & Recs
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry | Pub Date: 5/11/21
- e-book ARC via NetGalley | ♥♥♥.5 | Amazon | More Info
Maybe One Day by Debbie Johnson Pub Date: 3/2/21
- Paperback copy gifted via publisher | ♥♥/DNF | Amazon | | More Info

Fun National & International ‘Holidays’ in June:

There’s so many foodie related holidays this month!! Check out the full list below of National Day Calendar holidays I’m looking forward to celebrating. #CelebrateEveryDay with #NatDayCal

I love finding ways to celebrate every day which is why I’m thrilled to announce that I’m now a National Day Calendar Ambassador! Check out my profile over on their website to learn more: National Day Calendar