The Sunday Mix (9)

Well, well, two weeks has gone by pretty darn fast! I'm really starting to feel like summer is upon us, mostly because of the warmer weather and the summer Friday schedule at work. But seriously, it's my favorite of the seasons, and I'm determined to enjoy it as much as possible. On the other hand, can you believe June is very nearly over? It's crazy to me, but it's true! But before the month ends, it's going to be Rachel's birthday (tomorrow, to be exact) so don't forget to greet her. And since it's coming up, what are your plans for the Fourth of July? We're keeping it low-key this year and just hanging out with some of our friends.

WHAT I READ

• Josephine talks about multi-format reading.
• Grace thoughtfully talks about morality in YA.
• Estelle spotlights writing in young adult novels.
• Shae explains a little about what literary scouts do.
• Brittany imagines what American Hogwarts is like.
• Asti wrote about accepting changes in book blogging.
• Estelle touches on social media & life with the internet.
• The team at Epic Reads tells us all about book hangovers.
• Kim discusses fandoms and criticism in an extremely thoughtful way.
• Samantha Shannon discusses the Amazon development of paying per page read.
• Tamara Ireland Stone wrote about four of the people who inspired Every Last Word.

WHAT I ACQUIRED

from publishers and author (Thanks Macmillan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Harper Collins, Sourcebooks, Oxford University Press, Bloomsbury and Susan!)

physical: The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick / Seven Letters from Paris by Samantha Verant / Everything But the Truth by Mandy Hubbard / Red Girl, Blue Boy by Lauren Baratz-Logsted / Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino / Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary by David & Ben Crystal / Victorian Fairy Tales edited by Michael Newton / First & Then by Emma Mills / Tonight the Streets are Ours by Leila Sales / Dreamstrider by Lindsay Smith / Rules for 50/50 Chances by Kate McGovern / The August 5 by Jenna Helland / The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett / Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

e-galley: Truest by Jackie Lea Sommers / Racing the Sun by Karina Halle

borrowed from friends and the library (Thanks Rachel!)

physical: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen / Prodigy  by Marie Lu / Champion by Marie Lu / The Rift by Gene Luen Yang / Where Sea Meets Sky by Karina Halle

e-books: The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen / The Boleyn Deceit by Laura Andersen/ The Boleyn Reckoning by Laura Andersen

bought

physical: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone / Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone / Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone / Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway / The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley / Street Magic by Tamora Pierce / Cold Fire by Tamora Pierce / Shatterglass by Tamora Pierce

e-book: Love in English by Karina Halle / Love in Spanish by Karina Halle