I feel like I cheated y’all on the June TBR. I went on vacation and didn’t take any of the books I planned on reading. Instead I went to the library and checked out every cozy I could find set in Texas. Bonus points for those set in San Antonio.  When I returned I tried to pick up a few of these to read. Let’s see how I did.

June TBR List

Borrowed:

• Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez– Nope to heavy for summer. DNF.
• A Highly Unlikely Scenario or, A Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World by Rachel Cantor- do I need to give a reason. The title is awesome. DNF
• Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier-  Great read. Read it in 3 days and loved it.

Mine:

• The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester- This was a cute read. Great for comic book readers.
• A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd- This was recommended to me by my oldest daughter. She also says I will love it.
• Pushing Up Bluebonnets by Leann Sweeney
• Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement- This is book 1 in the Dixie Hemingway series. I loved the last one.

Kindle:

• Short & Tall Tales in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz
• Changing Habits by Alice Loweecey
• Whiskey Sour by J.A.Konrath
• The Housewife Assassin’s Handbook by Josie Brown
• Murder in the Library by Steve Demaree
  Nice cozy read. New take on a locked room mystery.

Others I read:

• Black Cat Crossing ( A Bad Luck Cat Mystery #1) by Kay Finch- I loved it. For many reasons. One, I have a black cat who is plotting to take over the world. No bad luck with her.  The protagonist is an aspiring mystery writer, so I could really identify. Book 2 isn’t out yet, but I plan on reading it when it is published.
• Revenge of the Chili Queens by Kylie Logan- I grew up hearing stories about the chili queens of San Antonio. The cover has a lovely picture of the Alamo. Yes, that’s why I check it out. It was good. I did get turned around a few times over characters but it was entertaining.
• Murder with a Twist by Tracy Kiely- This book was witty and fun. I loved it.
• 179 Ways to Save a Novel by Peter Selgin- This book was okay there were a few things inside I found helpful. It leaned heavy on literary fiction.

Wow. Don’t you love it when you surprise yourself? I do. I didn’t think I had read that many books.  7 books in June. That brings the grand total for 2016 to 38/52. For those of you with terrible math skills I have completed 73% of my reading goal for this year.

I think I enjoyed Ruby Red the most or Murder with a Twist. Both of those were great.

What’s your favorite book so far this summer?

-CK