June was such a lovely month, filled with plenty of sunshine and some excellent reads! I read 29 books this month, including my TBR. I was also sent so many brilliant books, which you can see in my two Haul sections further down.
Recent Reads:
Reviews:











- Private Rites
- Four Eids and a Funeral
- Horror Movie, A Sea of Wolves & Hearts That Cut
- I Died on a Tuesday, The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby & Sleep Like Death
- Two Sides to Every Murder, Hell Followed With Us & Murder on a Summer Break
Haul:

I have been abolsutely spoilt with such fantastic bookmail this month – thank you so much to all the mentioned publicists and publishers!
Walker Books kicked off the month by sending me Last Seen Online by Wren James, while First Ink surprised me with When Haru Was Here by Dustin Thao. Headline also surprised me with The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. Sarah Doyle at Penguin Random House Children’s UK sent me The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington, while Katie Cregg at Ed PR sent me Seven Lively Suspects by Katy Watson. In addition to this, Hachette Children’s Group sent me Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma and A Sea of Wolves by Sarah Street.
The lovely Hannah Penny at Farshore (Electric Monkey) sent me Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood and Murder on a Summer Break by Kate Weston. Finally, Chloe Rose at Bantam sent me Bad Tourists by Caro Carver, Titan Books sent me I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones and while I was working at the London Festival of Writing last weekend with Jericho Writers, a very kind author insisted on purchasing me a copy of The Short Straw by Holly Seddon!
Digital Haul:






- How to Survive a Horror Movie by Scarlett Dunmore
- The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
- Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
- You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Our Wicked Histories by Amy Goldsmith
- Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
Ohh i love the cover of how to survive a horror movie. The body on the Juliet book looks so off- iknow its supposed to be a shot upward from a staircase but.. the way her arm is turned up looks wierd 😂
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I love that cover too and since reading a sample at YALC last year, I need it! Also, I totally understand – the composition is a little bit odd but I think it’s meant to make you ask questions, like the book is always unlocking the art and its meaning.
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Ahhh ok yeah that makes sense
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