Month in Review: July 2018

Well, I guess we can check yet another month off our calendars. Summer is slowly starting to wrap up, but I really wish the weather followed that as well because these hot temperatures will last at least through October, I'm sure. But regardless of the weather, let's talk about books!

I had a much more productive reading month than I figured I would. I read a lot of really fantastic books in July, and I'm hoping August has much of the same in store. In addition to my regular reading during July, I was also doing a read-a-long, beta reading, and working my way through Jerusalem by Alan Moore. On a positive note--I finished Jerusalem! I had initially planned to read this 1200+ page tome through August as well, but I got overwhelmed with reading so many different books that I just wanted to finish it sooner, so I shortened it from three months to two months. I don't know if I'll get around to a review for it, but I do definitely want to discuss it in some way because it was one crazy book, but overall I actually found it pretty enjoyable. I'm still working on the Kushiel's Dart read-a-long and beta reading, but I am enjoying both of those as well. 

I hope everyone else's July was good to them--let me know what you read or what you plan to read!

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Books read: 12

      
         

Lost Gods by Micah Yongo ★★★★
You Were Made for This by Michelle Sacks (mini-review) ★★★★
The High Season by Judy Blundell (mini-review) ★★★★
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik ★★★★★
Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen ★★★★
Suicide Club by Rachel Heng ★★
I Was a Teenage Weredeer by CT. Phipps & Michael Suttkus ★★★★
The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente (mini-review) ★★★★
The Language of Spells by Garrett Weyr (mini-review) ★★★★★
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson ★★★★★

(this month)

      
 
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan ★★★
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski (re-read) ★★★★
Vox by Christina Dalcher ★★★★
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir ★★★
Ody-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa by Matt Fraction ★★★
Jerusalem by Alan Moore ★★★★

Non-European-Inspired Fantasy Recommendations

Best Backlist Titles I've Read in 2018 (So Far!)

Currently Reading + A Few Books I Plan to Read

Anticipated August 2018 Releases!

Top Ten Tuesday:
 Red, White, & Blue Book Covers
Best 2018 Releases of the Year (So Far)!
Some of My Favorite Short Story Collections & Novellas
Book Memories
Popular Books that I Think Lived Up to the Hype

Waiting on Wednesday:
 

Blood of the Gods by David Mealing & The Court Dancer by Kyung-Sook Shin
Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson & The Future is Blue by Catherynne M. Valente

Darksoul by Anna Stephens & Mirage by Somaiya Daud
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett & The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

The Friday Face-Off:
Covers with Snow and Ice! (featuring A Cavern of Black Ice by J.V. Jones & East by Edith Pattou)

Have you read any of these? What books did you read this month? I hope you all had a great month-- comment below!

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