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July 2023 Wrap-up

July TBR Pile (21/27):

  1. Bookworms BC: Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman

  2. Bookworms BC: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

  3. Friend BC: Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (reread) ✓

  4. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Bees by Laline Paull

  5. Kid Read Aloud: TBD

  6. Kid Book Club: NONE

  7. Literary Fiction: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

  8. Literary Fiction: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

  9. Nonfiction: Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

  10. Nonfiction: Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy

  11. Horror: The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

  12. Horror: Silent Came the Monster by Amy Hill Hearth

  13. Horror: The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox

  14. Horror: Camp Red Moon by R.L. Stine

  15. Horror: Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A Snyder

  16. Fantasy: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

  17. Fantasy: Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

  18. Fantasy: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

  19. Fantasy: Immortality by Dana Schwartz

  20. Fantasy: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

  21. Science Fiction: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

  22. Science Fiction: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

  23. Romance: The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

  24. Romance: The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman by KJ Charles

  25. Romance: Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

  26. Romance: Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

  27. Romance: Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

  28. Romance: Wasted Words by Staci Hart

  29. Comics: Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 6988 pages
Pages Remaining: 310,119 pages

Current Read - Hey, Hun by Emily Lynn Paulson

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books Bought/Received (3)

  • Ordinary Monsters by J.M Miro

  • Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

  • Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

UnRead Shelf Progress

  • Starting Number: 342

  • Books Read: 6

  • Books Acquired: 3

  • Books Unshelved: 0

  • Finishing Number: 339

August TBR Pile: With the start of school, I’m not going to overwhelm my planned TBR. Let’s just go with these few books to start. I know I will have a ton more checkouts from the library and I have all those books from my library.

  1. Bookworms BC: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

  2. Friend BC: Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

  3. Nerdy Bookish Friends BC: The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

  4. Kid Read Aloud: TBD

  5. Kid Book Club: Wildoak by CC Harrington

  6. Nonfiction: Hey, Hun by Emily Lynn Paulson

  7. Romance: The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman by KJ Charles

Movies Watched

  • The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

  • Asteroid City

  • Get Smart (rewatch with the kids)

  • Romancing the Stone (rewatch with the kids)

  • Crocodile Dundee (rewatch with the kids)

TV Shows Watched 

  • Human Target S2

  • Below Deck: Sailing Yacht

  • Below Deck: Down Under

  • The Bachelorette

  • What We Do in the Shadows S5

  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia S16

  • Foundation S2

  • The Righteous Gemstones S3

  • Good Omens S2

Comments - Another successful month of reading and media consumption. I read the largest number of books from my UnRead Shelf for one month. I read 6 books which was just amazing! Now I only have 339 to go (until I buy more).

Next up on the TBR pile: