{"id":18660,"date":"2018-07-17T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bapl.org\/?p=18660"},"modified":"2018-08-03T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T19:49:57","slug":"jennes-quest-to-read-100-books-june-update-halfway-through-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/jennes-quest-to-read-100-books-june-update-halfway-through-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenne\u2019s Quest to Read 100 books: June update (halfway through the year!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Books read this month: 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Books read so far this year: 68<\/strong><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18661\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/jennejune.png?resize=393%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"330\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apparently this month\u2019s theme was love and murder, two of my favorite reading topics (help- I can\u2019t stop reading cozy mysteries!) Probably should spend this next month reflecting on how my voracious reading has given me unrealistic expectations for love (and a habit of jumping whenever I hear a noise at night). But instead I\u2019ll probably just keep reading cozy mysteries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>My favorites: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puddin\u2019 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Julie Murphy- This book is the sequel to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dumplin\u2019,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which for some reason I have not read, but that didn\u2019t hinder me from loving this one. Millie Michalchuk has spent every summer at fat camp for as long as she can remember. But she wants this year to be different. She wants to go to journalism camp to pursue her dream career. An incident at her uncle\u2019s gym, where she works part-time, throws her together with Callie, one of the popular mean girls at her school, a situation which neither girl is happy about. But Callie and Millie soon learn there is more to each other than meets the eye. And their unlikely friendship will help both of them improve their lives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Love on a Dime<\/em> (Ladies of Summerhill #1) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Cara Lynn James- I love a good romance (especially one where I can rage at the main character for being dense and missing the obvious love interest), and this definitely fit the bill. Lilly is a member of the elite upper class, vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island. She has a wealth suitor and a promising future. But what her family and friends don\u2019t know is that she is the writer of a series of very popular dime novels, an occupation not proper for a society lady. The threat of discovery and the reappearance of Lilly\u2019s former love begin to shake Lilly\u2019s picture perfect life. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>June reads: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/7977927?locg=431\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puddin\u2019 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0by Julie Murphy<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Love on a Dime<\/em> (Ladies of Summerhill #1) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Cara Lynn James<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Buttercream Bump Off<\/em> (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #2) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Jenn McKinlay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Death by the Dozen<\/em> (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #3) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Jenn McKinlay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/7344504?locg=431\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love and Other Trainwrecks<\/span><\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Leah Komen<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Love on Assignment<\/em> (Ladies of Summerhill #2) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Cara Lynn James<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love Finds You in Hershey, Pennsylvania <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Cerella Sechrist <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/7226831?locg=431\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gypped<\/span><\/a> <\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Carol Higgins Clark<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bethlehem.sparkpa.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/7703484?locg=431\"><i>Greetings from Witness Protection!<\/i><\/a> By Jake Burt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books read this month: 9 Books read so far this year: 68 &nbsp; Apparently this month\u2019s theme was love and murder, two of my favorite reading topics (help- I can\u2019t stop reading cozy mysteries!) 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