Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Wrapping up ALL THE BOOKS I read in June: book battle style, where I pick the best book of the month. As always, lots of fantasy and sci-fi books :)

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Age of War (Legends of the First Empire) by Michael J. Sullivan
2:56 The Reindeer People by Megan Lindholm / Robin Hobb
5:31 Gifted and Talented by Olivie Blake
8:48 The Book that Held her Heart (Library Trilogy) by Mark Lawrence
11:49 Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
15:16 The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makareti
18:36 Home Before Night by James Pomare
20:04 Trapdoor by James Pomare
21:46 Karen's Prize (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphics) by Shauna J. Grant
23:31 Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
25:36 BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH
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