Month In Review: July 2015

It’s hard to believe that I’m putting this post together already.  Where has the summer gone?  I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump the past week so I was surprised to see how many books I got through this month.  Granted, I had a couple of DNF but I still wasn’t expecting to get through as many as I did.

# Books read in July: 15
# Pages read in July: 3,934 (does not include DNF)
# Books Read YTD: 85
# Pages Read YTD: 29,081
Challenge Updates:
Goodreads: 85/110
2015 TBR Pile Challenge: 5/12
2015 NetGalley & Edelweiss Challenge: 25/25 Silver Level Complete

20 Books of Summer: 9/20 plus 15 additional

Books Read:

• Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
• Dream Eater’s Carnival by Leslie Anderson & David T Allen
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford (audiobook DNF)
• Prisoner of the Queen by E. Knight
• As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka (DNF)
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (audiobook)
• Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
• Infinite by Erica Crouch
• Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
• Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
• The Mansion’s Twins by Rose M. Channing
• The Distant Hours by Kate Morton (DNF)

Best Book Read –

Honestly, I can’t choose just one for this month.  There were a few that I completely loved!

Made You Up, Eleanor & Park, Crown of Midnight, Black-Eyed Susans and Everything, Everything

Worst Book Read –

Definitely the three DNFs I had this month.  Everybody Rise (only because the narration was so bad), As Red As Blood and The Distant Hours.

I’m not doing a very good job reading off of my 20 Books of Summer list.  I have read way more than 20 books total this summer so I’m going to call it a success.  I always have problems making a list of books to read and sticking to it because I’m a mood reader.

Most of my summer plans are over with so I’m looking forward to having more time to read!  I posted my July book haul yesterday and mentioned that I’m putting myself on a book buying ban until further notice.  I am going to concentrate my efforts on reading the books I currently own.  I have PLENTY to keep me occupied for awhile.