100 Book Challenge: June Update

Apparently I am the biggest blog slacker in the world, but guess what I've been doing instead? Well, duh, reading! For the first time this year I am exactly where I should be on the road to my goal! Halfway through the year and I've just finished my 51st book (though 51 counts for July). Go me! In order to reach the midpoint at the midpoint, I had to complete 10 books in June. The books I read were:

1. The London Eye Mystery, by Siobhan Dowd
2. The 39 Clues: Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson
3. Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart
4. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
5. Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lyn Childs
6. The Late Bloomer's Revolution by Amy Cohen
7. Privilege by Kate Brian
8. Heaven Looks a lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass
9. The Beach House by Jane Green
10. Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles

Three of these books were parts of series that I really enjoy and one was by an author whose books I have read all of. Don't Judge a Girl... was my favorite. This was the third entry in the Gallagher Girl series and it didn't disappoint. The only disappointment was that I missed my chance to go to the Bay Area to meet the darling and talented Ally Carter! I can't wait for the next book to come out! Goddess Boot Camp was another fun book. I'm actually not so sure if it's a series that is going to continue, but this is at the very least, a sequel. My friend Lisa got me into the Percy Jackson series, and this story follows the trend of a child finding out s/he is a child of a Greek god. This book is much different from Percy because it's much more light and fluffy. These 2 books came together from Barnes and Noble.com and I couldn't read them fast enough. The other series book was The 39 Clues. I have been enjoying this series and the 4th installment, set in Egypt, was another fun and quick read. The Beach House by Jane Green was not part of a series, but I have come to look forward to Green's new books once a year. I'm always a year behind since I wait for paperback, but I guess it's ok since I still get a new one each year! The Beach House started off pretty slowly for me, but then I finally got pulled in and couldn't put it down. Parts were fairly predictable, but it was still thoroughly enjoyable.

By far, the worst book read this month, if not this year, was Dear American Airlines. I found it to be so boring. It is a long rambling letter to American Airlines after a man's flight is cancelled or delayed on his way to his estranged daughter's wedding. There are 2 things I think are somewhat ironic when it comes to this book - 1. During my days of travelling back and forth between Boston and Sacramento, I always wanted to write a book about sitting around in the airport (I so would have done a better job!) and 2. My mom was stranded for about a day and a half in O'Hare (the setting of the delay) on the way to my college graduation. It's ironic because, while these kind of major delays seem so crazy sometimes (I mean, we've all had delays, but I'm talking an overnighter), they really do happen, and it's probably going to start happening even more frequently. So the call to his daughter, her disappointment, these are things I can sort of relate to even though I am not estranged from my mom and she did make it in time. Anyway, I've brought too much attention to this awful book.