If you didn’t know, we decided to buy a house at the beginning of June without any real planning. A house we have always liked hit the market and we decided to jump on it. We spent much of the month of June trying to purge some of our items and started the processes of sprucing up the home that we would need to sell. We actually closed on our new home on July 13th and spent a lot of time painting and having carpet installed so we could get moved in. Once we had everything moved, the real work started. We had hardwood floors refinished, vinyl flooring installed, and carpet in our basement areas. The interior of the entire house was painted and new baseboards were put down. Our former house hit the market the last weekend of August and we are now under contract.
I miss reading and blogging. I miss being able to focus for more than 5 minutes at a time on anything other than all of this house business. I want to stop obsessively cleaning everything and I really want to retire from home improvement. Oh, I want to stop writing checks to everyone!
Thanks for hanging in there with me! I did enjoy reading everyone’s comments even though I was usually too exhausted to reply or blog hop.
I am linking this post to the Monthly Wrap-Up at Feed Your Fiction Addiction.
June Books
Sisters in Bloom by Melissa Foster – Review
Broken Stories by Kate L. Mary
Dragon Unleashed by Grace Draven
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
July Books
Skin by Kylie Scott
Star Compass by Anthea Sharp
August Books
Midnight’s Son by Nazri Noor
Playing to Win by Stacey Lynn
What I’m Looking For by Karen Grey
Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews
Digital Books: 3
Re-Reads: 1
Book Source for Books Read in June, July, and August
NetGalley: 2
Edelweiss: 1
Direct from Publisher/Author/Narrator/Publicist: 5
Purchased/Freebie: 1
Kindle Unlimited: 0
Borrowed/Library: 1
*Some books may fit into more than one category
Challenges
Goodreads: 86/100
Library Love: 1 read toward the challenge in June, July, and August / 10 total for the year
Audiobook Challenge: 7 read towards the challenge in June, July, and August / 41 total for the year
New Release Challenge: 5 read towards the challenge in June, July, and August / 39 total for the year
End of the Month NetGalley Stats
Feedback Ratio: 88% (Down 1%)
582 Approved | 514 Feedback Sent
End of the Month Edelweiss Stats
11 books to review (10 to read) | 99 downloaded
It'll be great to have you back and I hope your house sale goes through quickly so you can relax again!
You did really well, especially considering all the house and moving activities. Enjoy settling in and relaxing…eventually.
Congratulations on getting a bite so quickly on your house. Hooray! I hope all goes smoothly.
Glad to see you back. I've seen some of your progress on Facebook and you're new house looks lovely. Moving is such work. Hope you can relax now.
moving can be a wonderful adventure and at least you did it right by having your new house like you want it before moving in. all your hard work on your old house must have paid off to get an offer so quickly and i have my fingers crossed that you can wash your hands of all that soon. hang tight
sherry @ fundinmental
Yes! You are nearly through it. I'm glad you can have a break now and do something else. At least you read some great books when you did read this summer.
Anne – Books of My Heart
Bet it feels good to finally put all that behind you. I shudder to think about doing something similar. 🙂
Yay for some good books read and doing a little toward your challenges.
Have a great September, Carole!
Welcome back, and congrats on the new house. I hope you have a great September!
Its good to have you back.
What a summer you've had! Congrats on the house being under contact so quickly! It must feel great to almost be at the finish line. 🙂
Dragon unleashed!Eeeeeeek
Congratulations on the new home and sale of your old one. Oh I loved Dragons Unleashed on audio!
I am glad things are finally settling down for you. You've been going nonstop with the houses! Hopefully you can rest now. At least a little. 🙂
Ooo! Dragons Unleashed! What did you think of that one? I have it on my TBR pile. I like the first book. I have my eye on Emerald Blaze. I really need to dive into that series.
I hope you have a great weekend, Carole! Take care and happy reading!