The Quiet Concert: June 2015 Recap

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June 2015 Recap

Nicole Read

Ashley Read

June Favorites

Nicole's Pick

Ashley's Pick

June Reviews

What's New With Nicole

June marked the beginning of my Summer of craziness. My weekends were PACKED and so June FLEW by for me. But despite all the craziness I still managed to read a lot and even completed my Summer of Series Challenge for June by completing the Mistborn trilogy! (*pats self on back*). The big event this month was the celebration of my best friend’s birthday – our day was supposed to start with trampoline dodgeball and end with the Taylor Swift concert but my friend who was visiting sprained her ankle during dodgeball and so we spent a good chunk of the afternoon in the hospital… but we DID make it to T. Swift and she was amazing! During the other weekends, I spent some time in New York and by the pool and even bought a new bookshelf which I DESPERATELY needed (I already filled it up with the books that were lying around my room)! And then as this post goes live, I will be in Europe traveling to Budapest, Vienna and Prague! I post most of my travel pics to my personal instagram so if you want to follow me there just DM me on Twitter and I’ll give you my instagram name! Talk to you when I get back!

What's New With Ashley

June was a busy yet relatively quiet month. Justin bought me tickets to see Potted Potter for my birthday, so we went and saw the show, it is a funny Harry Potter parody. The show was cute; there were lots of corny jokes but I still enjoyed it! That same weekend I headed to a YADC book party hosted by the lovely Hannah from The Irish Banana, it was a great time full of books and dramatic readings. I also got to see Mumford & Sons in concert; they were FANTASTIC live! I just bought their first album on vinyl and have been enjoying that lately. I celebrated Father's Day with both my dad and the father-in-law, always a good time! Justin happened to score me a free ticket to join him for a One Man Star Wars Show in Baltimore. To end off the month, Justin and I have joined his family on a vacation. As I type this I have just finished a day of Frisbee golf, mini-golf, basketball, tennis and a nature walk. My feet will need a vacation from my vacation :)

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littlebookstar 68p · 508 weeks ago

Congrats on completing your Summer of Series goal, Nicole! I always find it hard to complete challenges when I'm super busy. and a Harry Potter parody sounds epic, Ashley. If I finished the HP series, I'd definitely go to a show like that. Both of you read so many books during June! I only read 2 ahaha stupid reading slump ugh.

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Nick · 508 weeks ago

You guys read some great books! I'm really curious to see what you thought of Legacy of Kings, Nicole. And wooo! You sound like you'll be having an awesome time in Europe! :)
Ahh, Ashley! You're so lucky you got to see Mumford & Sons! Sounds like you had a great time. And it's so true about feet needing a vacation from vacation!
Have a great July as well, ladies!
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Kay · 508 weeks ago

You both read so many amazing books! Ashley I'm so glad you read and loved Mosquitoland!

June just flew by for me too! Soooo busy! Sadly, it wasn't because I had some fun trips or anything but I am getting a house so that is exciting. You both got to go to concerts that sound amazing and I just realized I haven't been in forever. Maybe I should change that.

Nicole, I hope you are having an amazing trip! I can't wait to hear about it when you get back. I live vicariously through your travels. :D
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inspiringinsomnia 26p · 508 weeks ago

I'm happy to see Illuminae as one of the favorites. I'm really excited for this one. I tried reading Mosquitoland, but I just couldn't get into it.

Nicole: What an exciting trip you've got coming up. Prague is one city I desperately want to visit. Hope you have an amazing time! And I'll be DM'ing for your personal IG to see those pics!

Ashley: Enjoy the rest of your vacation, and take care of those feet! :)
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mgracewhite 27p · 508 weeks ago

Both of you read such wonderful books this month? Will you be posting a review of Illuminae closer to publication? Because I have seen the book around, but no actual thoughts on the book. Also, how Nicole read the ENTIRE Mistborn trilogy this month is beyond me. Hope you enjoyed all your books!
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loveatfirstpage 73p · 508 weeks ago

Glad to hear you guys are having a good summer so far! I so wish I could have gone to that Taylor Swift concert with you! :P
Soooo your enthusiasm for Illuminae has me so excited, Nicole. I'll be reading it this month!
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Pam@YA Escape · 508 weeks ago

Ashley, sounds like a great summer so far, and Nicole, Budapest, Prague, and Vienna…wow, that should be so much fun!

Illuminae…I LOVED IT.

Mosquitoland…I still need to read it, I've had it forever. I need to move it up the TBR list.
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joyousreads 92p · 508 weeks ago

So many good books among your list, ladies. A couple of books that's on my target this month are Mosquitoland and Finding Audrey.

I wish the best of July, ladies!
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Wendy @ Book Scents · 508 weeks ago

So many great books read!! Nicole -- I hope you are having an amazing trip!! And omg I bet TSwift was awesome! What a fun month!! Ashley-- busy month for you as well!! Yay for mumford and sons! And hope you're enjoying the vacation!!

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lisalostinlit 58p · 508 weeks ago

Looks like it was a fabulous month in books for both of you! And Mumford & Sons and TSwift I can imagine were awesome!! Hope you both had a great holiday weekend! :)
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