June's reading material...

Wow... we're half way through the year, and the days are now getting shorter again... it doesn't seem
two minutes since it was the end of January!

We are enjoying (?!) something of a heatwave at present... last week we had a day where it got to 33c here .. it's a bit cooler now, but really muggy, which leaves me wanting to do nothing but impressions of a wilting damsel forced to lay upon the chaise longue and and read...

Anyway, June was a month of re-reads... for some reason I needed comfort reads and familiar books - though for once I didn't automatically go back to the Falls Chance Ranch series - probably because I'd only re-read them a month or so ago (though I did dip in and out of the short stories).

Leaving re-reads aside, my absolute stand out favourite this month was Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan - an excellent portrayal of characters who suffer from ASD and severe depression, and a minor paraplegic character.  Hard to read in places but so, so worth it.

Honourable mentions to Life, Some Assembly Required by Kaje Harper and The Art of Breathing by T.J. Klune (which I am hopeful will get it's sequel and the final book in the Bear, Otter and the Kid series soon).

I haven't included in the list the 23 DRiTC stories from this year's Love is an Open Road event that I have also read.  I will do a follow up post when I've read a few more to record my favourites.

So the full list...

1. Bear, Otter & The Kid - T.J. Klune (r)
2. Who We Are - T.J. Klune
3. The Art of Breating - T.J. Klune
4. Knight of Ocean Avenue - Tara Lain
5. Carry the Ocean - Heidi Cullinan
6. Murder & Mayhem - Rhys Ford
7. Life, Some Assembly Required - Kaje Harper
8. Inherit the Sky - Ariel Tachna (r)
9. Chase the Stars - Ariel Tachna (r)
10. Outlast the Night - Ariel Tachna (r)
11. Conquer the Flames - Ariel Tachna (r)
12. Cherish the Land - Ariel Tachna
13. My Cowboy Promises - Z.A. Maxfield
14. Saving Faithless Creek - Andrew Grey
15. Caught! - J.L. Merrow (r)
16. Slam! - J.L. Merrow (r)
17. Let it Snow - Heidi Cullinan (r)
18. Sleigh Ride - Heidi Cullinan (r)
19. Strength of the Pack - Kendall Mckenna (r)
20. Strength of the Wolf - Kendall McKenna (r)
21. Strength o the Mate - Kendall Mckenna (r)