It’s almost July!
Today I’m sharing some sharing some sort-of goals I want to achieve this upcoming month, as a way to be organized and intentional with my reading.
Here’s my July 2022 Prospectus, a collection of books I’d like to read over the next 4(ish) weeks and also some new books releasing soon which I will maybe-probably-eventually tackle…at some point.
5 Books I’d Like To Read This Month
This portion of my prospectus is on hiatus this month.
New July Books I’m Curious About
These aren’t books I necessarily plan on reading this month, but it’s always fun to look at the new and shiny releases and see which ones you want to stalk the library for. So here’s a collection of books releasing in July 2022 that I’m potentially interested in reading:
The Darkening by Sunya Mara
Fantasy
July 5, 2022
Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen’s soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman’s axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen’s soldiers—led by a paranoid prince—catch up to Vesper’s father after twelve years on the run, Vesper will do whatever it takes to save him from sharing that fate.
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Horror
July 12, 2022
Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.
Remember Love by Mary Balogh
Historical Romance
July 12, 2022
As a child, Devlin thought his family stood for all that was right and good. But at twenty-two, he discovered his whole world was an elaborate illusion, and when Devlin publicly called his family to account for it, he was exiled as a traitor. But now his father is dead, the family is broken, and as the heir he is being called home. It’s only when Gwyneth—the woman he loved and then lost—holds out her hand to help him that he is able to piece together his fractured family.
Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik
Science Fiction
July 12, 2022
Kee never expected to be a hero, but when a shadowy group of traitors starts trying to goad the galaxy’s superpowers into instigating an interstellar war, Kee throws herself into the search to find out who is responsible. Disrupting their plans will require the help of her entire team, including Varro, a weapons expert who makes her pulse race. Quiet, grumpy, and handsome, Varro watches her with hot eyes but ignores all of her flirting, so Kee vows to keep her feelings strictly platonic. But that vow will be put to the test when she and Varro are forced to leave the safety of their ship and venture into enemy territory alone.
Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
Horror
July 12, 2022
The sleepy little farm that Laurel grew up on has awakened. The woods are shifting, the soil is dead under her hands, and her bone pile just stood up and walked away. After dropping out of college, all she wanted was to resume her life as a tobacco hand and taxidermist and try not to think about the boy she can’t help but love. Instead, a devil from her past has returned to court her, as he did her late mother years earlier. Now, Laurel must unravel her mother’s legacy and tap into her own innate magic before her future and the fate of everyone she loves is doomed.
The Pink Hotel by Liska Jacobs
Thriller
July 19, 2022
Newlyweds Keith and Kit can hardly believe their luck when the general manager of the iconic, opulent Pink Hotel invites them to come for a luxurious stay as a bid to hire Keith. Soon after their arrival, wildfires sweep through the surrounding mountains and Los Angeles becomes a pressure cooker, with riots breaking out across the city amid rolling blackouts. The Pink Hotel closes its doors to “outsiders,” and Keith and Kit find themselves confined with an anxious staff and a growing roster of eccentric, ultra-wealthy, dangerously idle guests who flock to the hotel for sanctuary, company, and entertainment.
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
Horror
July 19, 2022
“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories—she’s come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there. Coming home is hard enough for Vera, and to make things worse, she and her mother aren’t alone. A parasitic artist has moved into the guest house out back, and is slowly stripping Vera’s childhood for spare parts. He insists that he isn’t the one leaving notes around the house in her father’s handwriting… but who else could it possibly be?
Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor
Contemporary
July 26, 2022
Growing up homeschooled, Beatrice is a statistical genius who has dreamed her whole life of discovering new mathematical challenges. But while math has always made sense to Beatrice, making friends is a problem she hasn’t been able to solve, so her parents are worried about sending her halfway across the world. The compromise: the Connecticut Shakespearean Summer Academy and a detailed list of teenage milestones to check off. She has six weeks to show her parents she can pull off the role of “normal” teenager and won’t spend the rest of her life hiding in a library.
So there you have it! 8 new releases to ~think about~ over the next 4 weeks.
