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Summer Book Challenge June Update

     I sort of forgot to post this update on June 1st. Oops. Oh well, I'm still quite satisfied at how many points I got. Too bad I missed the deadline for the link-up. 
    • 15 points: Read a book with "light" or "dark" in the title. (Or "lightness" or "darkness.")
      • Dark Fire, Christine Feehan, 4 stars
    • 20 points: Read a book with an animal on the cover.
      • Dark Blood, Christine Feehan, 5 stars. With all of Christine's books, there are some awesome sex scenes. If you don't like reading these types of scenes, this series is definitely not for you. But with this book, there was a HUGE fight, and it was very well planned before written. It was very detailed, and you could almost feel the intensity of the battles.
    • 25 points: Read a book that is part of a series with at least four books.
      • Dark Melody, Christine Feehan, 4 stars
    • 25 points: Read a book that is longer than 500 pages long.
      • The Face, Dean Koontz, 679 pg , 5 stars. This book was amazing, and creepy.
    • 30 points: Read a book with an alliterative title.
      • Sole Survivor, Dean Koontz, 3.5 stars. This was a re-read, and I was a little disappointed. I used to say this was the first Koontz book anyone should read, but it wasn't as great as I remembered from 10-15 years ago.
    Points: 115
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