June 2025 Reading Recap

Wrapped up the month with 22 audiobooks! 🎧

🌟 Top picks (tie):
The Lantern’s Dance and A Case of Mice and Murder. I did a review on both already. The Lantern’s Dance is the 18th book in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series that starts with A Beekeepers Apprentice.

🙅‍♀️ Biggest letdown:
The Maze — definitely not for me. It was advertised as a book about the Gilgo Beach murders, but it barely mentioned them. It was the last book in the series and was a big letdown.

🔁 I revisited If It Bleeds to re-read The Life of Chuck before watching the film adaptation — and they absolutely nailed it.

🤖 Started The Murderbot Diaries thanks to the show, and I’m happy to report he’s just as adorable (and emotionally avoidant) in the books.

• The First Gentleman Bill Clinton ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder at Hambledon Hall (Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Book 10) C.J. Archer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Busybodies: There’s a Mystery Around Every Corner (Busybodies Collection, #1-6) Elle Cosimano ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Knave of Diamonds (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #19) Laurie R. King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Lantern’s Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) Laurie R. King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) Martha Wells ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) Martha Wells ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) Martha Wells ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) Martha Wells ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• A Murder for Miss Hortense: A Mystery Mel Pennant ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Panther  (John Corey, #6) Nelson DeMille ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Lion (John Corey, #5) Nelson DeMille ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Wild Fire (John Corey, #4) Nelson DeMille ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Night Fall (John Corey, #3) Nelson DeMille ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Lion’s Game (John Corey, #2) Nelson DeMille ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Radiant Angel (John Corey, #7) Nelson DeMille ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Maze (John Corey, #8) Nelson DeMille ⭐️ ⭐️
• Kill Your Darlings Peter  Swanson ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• With a Vengeance Riley Sager ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Four Queens of Crime: A Mystery Rosanne Limoncelli ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• A Case of Mice and Murder: The Trials of Gabriel Ward, Book 1 Sally Smith ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• If It Bleeds Stephen King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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