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Your task this month is to read at least 1 book that WON a book award in JUNE - any year.

Awards that have been announced in JUNE include:

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(1) the name book you're reading for the challenge,
(2) the name and year of the award it won
(3) CHALLENGE COMPLETE if you've finished reading the book

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

I selected Middlegame by Seanan McGuire for June. It won the Locus Award in the Fantasy Novel category in 2020.

This book is absolutely phenomenal! It blew my mind, and I highly recommend it.

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, which won the Locus award for Fantasy in 2014.

It was my first read by him. It was well-written and certainly unique.

My June read was a buddy read and I really needed that because this is a book worthy of book discussions. It won the Betty Trask Award in 1999: Tipping the Velvet