adelbert
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Post by adelbert on Aug 1, 2024 8:35:45 GMT -6
It's August! How was your July? What books did you enjoy the most? What are you looking forward to reading this month?
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Post by cakewench on Aug 1, 2024 8:49:37 GMT -6
Here's my July rundown: In this Bright Future by Peter Grainger (audio) - 4.5 stars A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn - 4 stars Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez - 4 stars The Only One Left by Riley Sager - 3.5 stars Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 4 stars Forsaken Country by Allen Eskins - 3.5 stars The 7.5 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 4.5 stars Pretty Girls by Karen Slaughter (audio) - 2.5 stars Funny Story by Emily Henry - 3.5 stars Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez - 4.5 stars A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn - 3.5 stars The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary (audio) - 5 stars (and my favorite of the month) It's August so Austen August officially starts for me today (reading all of Austen's novels this month) - some people sounded interested in participating (either all or in part) so I'm going to make a separate thread for that.
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overboard
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Post by overboard on Aug 1, 2024 8:53:15 GMT -6
My July was terrible. I’ve been dealing with some serious back pain and couldn’t focus on anything. I finally got some pain management in place so I started legendborn and I’m enjoying it. I’m planning on doing Austen August with cakewench!
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cnf
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Post by cnf on Aug 1, 2024 9:28:59 GMT -6
I finished up the SJM library in July and now I'm on a romance roll.
Queen of Shadows Empire of Storms Tower of Dawn Kingdom of Ash House of Flame and Shadow It Started With a Book Strictly The Worst
That's a low number of books for me in a month, especially being a summer bum without a job at the moment, but most were like 700-900 pages, so it definitely took some time to get through those longer ones. I'm going to rip through my pile of romance books then probably reread Powerless and then finally read Reckless that's been sitting in my Kindle for a month now. I can actually grab my holds as they come in too instead of pushing them out.
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thatgolfb
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Post by thatgolfb on Aug 1, 2024 9:52:48 GMT -6
July was… busy. Hah. So not as much reading as I would have liked. But I did read 8 books. I am way behind in my Goodreads yearly goal, but it was lofty anyway, and I’m trying not to pressure myself to read simply to reach an arbitrary goal. I have had a little more time to read this week than I had earlier in the month. The Frozen River, Looking for Jane, and the Rom-Commers were my favorites. I had some quality books this month, which makes up for the lower than usual quantity. This month I have a few ARCs to read, including the next Ex Hex book, and TJ Newman’s newest. I am sad, she will be at a book talk at my local bookshop this month, but it’s on the same evening as our back to school night. Bummer.
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Post by angelashly on Aug 1, 2024 9:53:03 GMT -6
July was a struggle. I read some good ones but also dnf s few too
Life’s to short The perfect couple The only one left The right move The rom commers
August books I am ready for By any other name Here one moment Such charming liars
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melohdy
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Post by melohdy on Aug 1, 2024 11:35:34 GMT -6
It looks like I finished 4 books this month. I had a hard time focusing on physical reading rather than listening to audiobooks.
The Maidens - Alex Michaelidas - 3 Stars Leather & Lark - Brynne Weaver - 4 Stars The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young - 3 Stars Flawless - Elsie Silver - 3 Stars
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melohdy
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Post by melohdy on Aug 1, 2024 11:36:16 GMT -6
Currently reading: Throne of Glass (audio); Earl's Trip
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Post by bearfootzcontinued on Aug 1, 2024 12:34:56 GMT -6
July reads: Funny Story Husbands and Lovers The Housemaid's Secret The Housemaid is Watching
For August I'm looking forward to Just for Summer. Plotting what else to read while on vacation later this month. Thinking I need to find a family friendly audio book for the ride.
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mathrun
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Post by mathrun on Aug 1, 2024 17:18:47 GMT -6
I had a big July, some carryovers from June and had a period there where I had a bunch of library hold come in at once.
A Ruse of Shadows 4⭐️ All the Colors of the Dark 4.5⭐️ Nightcrawling 2⭐️ The Sorcress 4⭐️ Midnight Feast 3⭐️ Everyone on this Train is a Suspect 3.5⭐️ You Shouldn’t Have Come Here 0.5⭐️ The Necromancer 4⭐️ Vera Wongs Unsolicited Advice for Murders 3⭐️ A Talent for Murder 4.5⭐️ Stay Gold 3.5⭐️ The Great Influenza 3⭐️ A Ballad of Love and Glory 4⭐️ The Death of Joan of Arc 4⭐️ Horror Movie 3⭐️ Last Christmas in Paris 3⭐️ The Guncle Abroad 3.5⭐️ Democracy in Retrograde 3.5⭐️
I don’t have really any August new releases on my list for August. My hold on the newest Kate Quinn should be coming in along with Burnout, MurderBot #5 and a couple other random older releases that have been on my TBR.
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emma
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Post by emma on Aug 1, 2024 18:23:37 GMT -6
I finished 6 books in July so not great but not bad for me either. I finished the last 1/4 of Funny Story today so I’m counting it as a July book, also I absolutely loved it, it’s up there with Book Lovers and now I’m sad to be finished because I was really enjoying escaping to the town and library they lived it. I realize one of things I enjoy about Emily Henry is that she writes about FMC in their 30s and 40s instead of early 20s. My July books: Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy and Other Lies - 3 stars The Immortality Thief - 4 stars Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening Picture Perfect World of Mommy Inflencer Culture- 1 star Such a Bad Influence - 3.5 stars The Well of Ascension (Mistborn 2) - 4 stars Funny Story - 5 stars
I’m going on vacation soon and have a 10.5 hour flight so I’ll definitely get some reading done this month. I have All the Colours of the Dark, Demon Coperhead, and Cameno Island queued up on my kindle
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nelzie
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Post by nelzie on Aug 1, 2024 19:02:26 GMT -6
July was a great reading month for me. I read 17 books. Favorites were The Reformatory, Not Another Love Song, If You See Me, and The Next Mrs. Parrish. Least favorites were One Big Happy Family (which was a disappointment because I really liked her first book) and The Midnight Feast (I honestly don't know why I keep reading her books, I've never rated them higher than a 2 or 3). I don't think I ever updated for June, it was a bad reading month for me. I only read 7 books and none of them were five stars. Favorites were The Rom-Commers, A Love Like the Sun, and Long Time Gone.
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nelzie
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Post by nelzie on Aug 1, 2024 19:05:41 GMT -6
August releases on my TBR:
The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava The Chamber by Will Dean House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen Worst Case Scenario by T. J. Newman Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown The Last Party by A. R. Torre You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto Wisteria by Adalyn Grace Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma Return to Midnight by Emma Dues The Examiner by Janice Hallett
I'm most excited for Wisteria!
I got an arc of the audiobook of Worst Case Scenario and I'm listening to that now. It's really good so far.
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DGM
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Post by DGM on Aug 1, 2024 22:27:14 GMT -6
July was a weak reading month for me. I DNF Pride and Prejudice or a 21st Century Austen, Love and War in Woodhouse Hall. Last week, I started From Cradle to Stage by Virginia Grohl (Dave's mom) and hope to finish before it's due. Normally it's the kind of book I'd stay up late reading all night, but I've instead been staying up late watching/reading Olympic or election news. Edit: I'm going to try again to finish P&P for Austen August.
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cnf
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Post by cnf on Aug 2, 2024 5:45:00 GMT -6
August releases on my TBR: The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava The Chamber by Will Dean House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen Worst Case Scenario by T. J. Newman Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown The Last Party by A. R. Torre You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto Wisteria by Adalyn Grace Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma Return to Midnight by Emma Dues The Examiner by Janice Hallett I'm most excited for Wisteria! I got an arc of the audiobook of Worst Case Scenario and I'm listening to that now. It's really good so far. I'm so excited for Worst Case Scenario! I'm jealous you got an arc. Let me know what you think when you're done!
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abs
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Post by abs on Aug 2, 2024 7:24:56 GMT -6
July was a decent month for me. It was quantity over quality though. Look on the Bright Side and Husbands and Lovers were my favorites. The others were only ok to meh.
Look on the Bright Side—5 stars The Five Year Lie—3 stars If Something Happens to Me—3.5 stars Summer Romance—2 stars Just the Nicest Couple—2 stars Husbands and Lovers—5 stars Sandwich—3.5 stars
I only have one book coming out in August that I’m looking forward to which is Behind Every Good Man. In fact the rest of 2024 seems light really.
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wedding
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Post by wedding on Aug 2, 2024 9:53:34 GMT -6
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nelzie
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Post by nelzie on Aug 2, 2024 10:08:28 GMT -6
I finally got out of my reading rut. I apparently just needed a vacation to clear my head. I read 18 in July. I am loving Caroline Mitchell’s books. I’m also enjoying Kiersten Modglin. Hers are fast paced and shorter like Freida McFaddens but less predictable. I think The Husbands was my favorite this month. I’ve been struggling with feeling unseen and this book captures the feeling well. I've read 8 of Kiersten Modglin's books so far and have really enjoyed them all. She has so many books too so I'm slowly trying to get through them all. I really enjoyed her trilogy, first book is The Arrangement. Highly recommend.
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leahcar
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Post by leahcar on Aug 2, 2024 10:26:05 GMT -6
I read 10 books in July; that's higher than my recent norm courtesy of our extended hurricane power outage.
I hopped on the SJM train and read books 2-5 of ACOTAR this month. I can't even quite say I liked them, but I couldn't put them down. LOL I'm now waiting on her other series from the library!
If you're into modern politics at all, I also read The Power Worshippers. It's about the rise of Christian Nationalism and is a great primer on the current chaos we're living.
I need to re-read Evelyn Hugo for book club. August is insane with school starting. My husband goes back to work; my oldest is headed to college. So it's very TBD how much reading will happen.
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willow
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Post by willow on Aug 2, 2024 10:44:17 GMT -6
July was almost entirely fantasy and JA's books haha. I really like them though. Not What She Seems was pretty meh. It was super predictable and not in a fun way.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Aug 2, 2024 11:36:13 GMT -6
July reads: Funny Story Husbands and Lovers The Housemaid's Secret The Housemaid is Watching For August I'm looking forward to Just for Summer. Plotting what else to read while on vacation later this month. Thinking I need to find a family friendly audio book for the ride. Might be too young for your older kids but we love the Viva Durant series on Audible.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Aug 2, 2024 11:41:33 GMT -6
I read/listened to four books in July (counting the one I finished the last 30 pages of yesterday)
Swan Song ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Anxious Generation (audio book) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Powerless ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Teacher ⭐️⭐️
The teacher gave me such the ick. I hated it. I only gave it two stars because it was fast and easy to get through. Although I wished I never picked it up. Of course my book club picked the Housemaid trilogy by the same author so I’m hoping I don’t hate those as well. I read the first one back in September last year and really enjoyed it though. I think I just could not get over the subject of The Teacher.
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cnf
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Post by cnf on Aug 2, 2024 12:34:08 GMT -6
I read/listened to four books in July (counting the one I finished the last 30 pages of yesterday) Swan Song ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Anxious Generation (audio book) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Powerless ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Teacher ⭐️⭐️ The teacher gave me such the ick. I hated it. I only gave it two stars because it was fast and easy to get through. Although I wished I never picked it up. Of course my book club picked the Housemaid trilogy by the same author so I’m hoping I don’t hate those as well. I read the first one back in September last year and really enjoyed it though. I think I just could not get over the subject of The Teacher. I have no desire to read The Teacher as an actual teacher myself. Ugh, pass.
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Post by angelashly on Aug 2, 2024 13:00:37 GMT -6
I just picked up such charming liars so I think I’m going to put down two truths and a lie
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loony
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Post by loony on Aug 2, 2024 16:04:26 GMT -6
I had a lot of drive time/down time in July, so I got through a bunch of audio books
⭐⭐⭐1/2 Playing with myself, Randy Rainbow Four Eids and a Funeral, Faridah Abike Iyimide The Good the Bad and the Aunties, Jesse Q. Sutanto
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Summer She went Missing, Chelsea Ichaso The Kind Worth Killing, Peter Swanson Young Blood, Sasha Laurens Play the Fool, Lina Chern A Wicked Magic, Sasha Laurens
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 Queercenera, Alex Crespo Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby The New Girl, Jesse Q. Sutanto My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna Levine
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Cherry Robbers, Sarai Walker Light from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki
DNF
The Tuesday Night Survivors' Club DNF - It was just not engaging enough
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Post by marygracerich on Aug 2, 2024 21:33:27 GMT -6
It was not the best I have ever done as far as reading goes, but not awful for me. I also traveled a bit this month so I was sort of too busy to read. I am currently reading Promised in Fire. I am 90% done with that. I am considering going into the Percy Jackson books finally. 😂 I am waiting for the release of A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire. I think the 13th is the released date. I read the first two books in the series. They are very cute contemporary romances with a paranormal/magical twist. I like them a lot.
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adelbert
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Post by adelbert on Aug 3, 2024 9:34:09 GMT -6
Goodreads made a post about what's being read so far this year by people signed up for the reading challenge (basically just you saying you want to read a certain amount of books this year) and I thought some of the results were interesting. Here is how Goodreads describes it. Below you will find the most popular books being read by Goodreads regulars who have signed up for this year’s Challenge. We’ve sorted the titles by genre, then ranked the titles by overall popularity within the genre. So, for instance, Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry is the most read Historical Fiction book among those taking the 2024 Reading Challenge. And here is the link to the actual post www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2781?ref=RCHalfYr24_ebBut I've tried to take screen shots of the different categories so we can discuss.
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adelbert
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Post by adelbert on Aug 3, 2024 9:34:59 GMT -6
The last three categories.
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adelbert
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Post by adelbert on Aug 3, 2024 9:48:05 GMT -6
I haven't read any of the romance or YA, My H has Outlive and I'll read that after he's done from the non-fiction. I still want to try out Bunny in the horror section but the others that I want to read I have already read. Historical Fiction is one of my least read genre's so I'm not surprised I haven't read any yet but I will still check out Heaven and Earth Grocery Store- even though I know some of you really hated it, and I think I will also check out The Frozen River as well. In the Fiction section I guess I'll check out Yellowface and maybe finally read the Bell Jar.
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Post by bubblehape on Aug 3, 2024 10:40:58 GMT -6
I dnf Normal People, got maybe 1/3 of the way through.
Loved Just for the Summer, and Funny Story.
Leather and Lark was ok, I had the paperback but the audiobook came available so I went that route and regret it. The narrators were 80% ok but the male was growly the entire time and there was too much actual laughing for "she cackled quietly" and that type of thing that was cringy af.
The House Across the Lake was decent, idk why I always forget his books are paranormal.
Listened to Paris Hiltons memoir and loved it too.
Currently listening to The Paradise Problem with Happy Medium up next, and reading Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah.
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