Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne (audiobook)
Happy reading,
Dorothea 💜
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
booksbydorothea - June 2025 - Monthly Wrap-up
Hi, book blog friends!!
June 2025 is in the books! It was another busy and fun month for our family! My husband’s cousin celebrated his 90th birthday, my husband celebrated HIS birthday and Father’s Day, along with lunches with friends, movies, and school break for our daughter, and it is getting hot in Southern California (with high fire danger, already).
As you probably know from reading my blog, since November 2024, I have been living in a bubble by avoiding the news and social media (except book-related accounts). However, due to the chaos in my beloved city of Los Angeles, I was using my personal Instagram account, but I am tapering off again. I am still not watching the news or using Facebook (as it doesn’t work for me anymore). My best advice is to use social media judiciously, as it is a time vampire and a mental health destroyer.
June was a fabulous reading month with seventeen books (audiobooks and ebooks; no physical books).
In June, there were eight five-star books: seven ebooks, one audiobook, and no physical books.
BEST BOOKS FOR JUNE 2025 (plus previous months)
ebooks 2025
JANUARY (10)
The Love Elixir of Augusta
Stern by Lynda Cohen
Loigman
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
What Happened to the
McCrays? by Tracey Lange
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman
The Bookstore Keepers by Alice Hoffman
Come Fly with Me by Camille Di Maio
The Memory of Cotton by Ann K. Howley
The Secret History of
Audrey Jones by Heather Marshall
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
FEBRUARY (4)
The Sirens by Emilia Hart
Swimming to Lundy by Amanda Prowse
The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez
The Dressmakers of London by Julia Kelly
MARCH (4)
This One Life by Amanda Prowse
Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner
Isola by Allegra
Goodman
The Book Club for
Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
APRIL (7)
The Wandering Season by Aimie K. Runyan
The Girls of Good Fortune by Kristina McMorris
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe
Marsha by Tourmaline
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan
The True Happiness Company by Veena Dinavahi
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly
MAY (7)
The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper
Homeseeking by
Karissa Chen
These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
Before
Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor
Wayward
Girls by Susan Wiggs
The
Bookstore Family by Alice Hoffman
Under the
Stars by Beatriz Williams
Abscond by Abraham Verghese
Lightening
in a Mason Jar by Catherine Mann
The Eights by Joanna Miller
Smoke on
the Wind by Kelli Estes
The Names by Florence Knapp
A
Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan
The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
YTD TOTAL: 39
Audiobooks 2025
JANUARY (2)
Me by Elton John
Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen
FEBRUARY (3)
Never by Rick Astley
Unlovable by Darren Hayes
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't
Want to Come by Jessica Pan
MARCH (0)
-NONE-
APRIL (4)
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
The Next
Day by
Melinda French Gates
Time to
Thank by Steve
Guttenberg
Change
the Recipe by José
Andrés
MAY (3)
Medicine
River by
Mary Annette Pember
Read This
to Get Smarter by
Blair Imani
Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish
Boat Baby by Vicky Nguyen
Physical books
JANUARY-FEBRUARY; APRIL-JUNE (0)
MARCH
(1)
This
One Life by
Amanda Prowse
YTD TOTAL: 1
2025 READING GOAL
My goal is to read 101
books in 2025. As of June 30th, I have read 93 books, or 92.0% of my goal.
JUNE 2025 STATISTICS
17 total books
12 ebooks; 5 audiobooks; 0
physical books
4 books - ARC (Advanced
Reader Copy)
13 books - Library
0 books – Purchased
1 book - Amazon First
Reads
2 books - Book Club Girl
0 books – author gifted
0 books – friend gifted
JUNE 2025 BOOK RATINGS
with BOOK COVERS
ebooks 2025
5.0-star ebooks
Abscond by Abraham Verghese LINK
Lightening in a Mason Jar by Catherine Mann LINK
The Eights by Joanna Miller LINK
Smoke on the Wind by Kelli Estes LINK
The Names by Florence Knapp LINK
A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan LINK
The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman LINK
3.5-star ebooks
The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson LINK
The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin LINK
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick LINK
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig LINK
3.0-star ebooks
25 Alive by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
*PLEASE NOTE: There were no 4.5 or 4.0-star ebooks this month.
Audiobooks 2025
5.0-star audiobooks
Boat Baby by Vicky Nguyen LINK
4.5-star audiobooks
We Might Just Make It After All by Elyce Arons LINK
4.0-star audiobooks
The Parisian Chapter by Janet Skeslien Charles LINK
3.5-star audiobooks
Eternal Flame by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike LINK
*PLEASE NOTE: There were no 3.0-star audiobooks this month.
Physical books 2025
There were no physical books read this month.
If you want to read my full review of any of these books, there are individual review links for each ebook or audiobook next to the book title and author (under JUNE 2025 BOOK RATINGS with BOOK COVERS just above). Click on the specific book link to get to that book review.
What are the books you are reading by the pool, or audiobooks you are listening to on your vacation drive, or physical books you are reading at the beach? Please share!
Happy reading!
Dorothea 💜
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