July TBR Pile (17/31):

1. Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

2. Girly Book Club: Less by Andrew Sean Greer ✓

3. Friend Book Club: Furious Hours by Casey Cep ✓

4. UnRead Shelf Pick: ???

5. Random TBR Pick: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys ✓

6. Random TBR Pick: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield ✓

7. Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor

8. Alphabet Soup: Only Ever Her by Marybeth Whalen

9. Monthly Keyword (Lake): The Lake House by Kate Morton

10. Monthly Motif (Through the Years): The Gown by Jennifer Robson

11. Fantasy: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

12. Comic: The Walking Dead Vol. 31 ✓

13. Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 5 ✓

14. Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 6 ✓

15. Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 7 ✓

16. Comic: Lumberjanes Unicorn Power

17. Science Fiction: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

18. Science Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch

19. Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen

20. Horror: The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones ✓

21. Romance: The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

22. Romance: Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan ✓

23. Romance: The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson ✓

24. Historical Fiction: The Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes ✓

25. Historical Fiction: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

26. Thriller: The River by Peter Heller ✓

27. Creativity: My Friend Fear by Meera Lee Patel

28. Added: The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis ✓

29. Added: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes ✓

30. Added: Gumballs by Erin Nation ✓

31. Added: The Mental Load by Emma ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4767 pages
Pages Remaining: 598,081 pages

Current Read - The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen; Booknotes edit by Brian Lamb

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (0)

August TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

2. Girly Book Club: You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

3. Friend Book Club: TBD

4. UnRead Shelf Pick: Booknotes edited by Brian Lamb

5. Random TBR Pick: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

6. Ebook: Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor

7. Series Pick: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

8. Monthly Keyword: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

9. Monthly Motif: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

10. Nonfiction: Columbine by David Cullen

11. Fantasy: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

12. Comic: Lumberjanes Vol. 8

13. Science Fiction: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

14. Science Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch

15. Mystery: The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen

16. Horror: Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist

17. Romance: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

18. Romance: Waiting for Tom Hanks

19. Historical Fiction: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

20. Thriller: The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

21. Thriller: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

22. Essays: I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

23. Anne Bogel Rec: Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum

24. Anne Bogel Rec: Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald

Movies watched

• The Perfect Date - Pretty cute YA Rom Com

• Shazam! - DC actually got this one right! Very entertaining.

• Lego Movie 2 - Not quite as cute as the first one, but decent kid’s movie.

• Mary Poppins Returns - Hmmm… I liked it, but it’s a big disconnect from the first one.

• Wine Country - Loved loved loved this one. I think I might be Amy Poehler’s character…

• Always Be My Maybe - A breath of fresh air romantic comedy. Really good one!

TV Shows watched

• The 100 S6 - I’m finally caught up and watching in real time. Man, this season really took a turn!

• Lucifer S1, S2, S3 - I started binging this show right before traveling to Indiana. In three weeks, I’ve finished three seasons! My current obsession!

Comments - A slight dip in reading momentum (as I knew would happen with traveling and prepping the twins for school). But I did have a stellar month of reading. Unfortunately there was a few duds in my reads this month. Very mixed bag…

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