I had so much fun reading this month! Whereas usually I’m lucky to get just a few five-star reads, this month I had several, as well as a re-read of a favorite from the beginning of the year. I’m also catching up with my “unofficial goal” for the year, which is nice.
So here’s my July 2022 retrospective, featuring statistics, goals check-in, and more!
Reading Stats (for the nerds)
Crunching the Numbers
Total books read: 20
Total pages read: 7,732
Average rating: 3.45
Most-read genre(s): Historical Fiction and Contemporary Fiction
Audience breakdown: 85% Adult | 15% YA
July Favorite
July Bookish Goal Check-in
I’m doing a new thing this year where I pick 5 books off my to-read list every month and try to prioritize them. Due to assorted non-bookish issues, I’ve let this project slide over the summer. But it’s back! Let’s see what books I picked for July and how it all went.
— The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo — read 07/03/2022
— The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt — read 07/06/2022
— The First Sister by Linden Lewis — read 07/21/2022
— The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann — read 06/28/2022
— The Disturbed Girls’ Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos — read 07/16/2022
OVERALL SCORE: 5/5 books read!
All the July books!
And here’s a an overview of all the pretty books I read this month:
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
by Tahereh Mafi
The Final Strife
by Saara El-Arifi
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs
by Barbara Mertz
The City of Dusk
by Tara Sim
Eclipse the Moon
by Jessie Mihalik
The Golden Wolf
by Linnea Hartsuyker
The Teller of Secrets
by Bisi Adjapon
The Measure
by Nikki Erlick
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt
Red Land, Black Land
by Barbara Mertz
The First Sister
by Linden A. Lewis
The Dawnhounds
by Sascha Stronach
A Proposal They Can’t Refuse
by Natalie Caña
The Night Tiger
by Yangsze Choo
The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary
by NoNieqa Ramos
The Ex Talk
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Hunt the Stars
by Jessie Mihalik
The Arsonists’ City
by Hala Alyan
A Little Bit of Country
by Brian D. Kennedy
Want to see ALL the books I’ve read in 2022? GO HERE.
Want to learn more about my star ratings? GO HERE.
New Books on my Shelf
After my ridiculous book-buying spree from earlier this year, I massively cooled off with new books. But in July I did buy myself some nice things (with a check I got for appearing as a witness in a mock trial for law students—I was convicted of manslaughter, alas). Anyhoo, here are my new books!
— The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings, illustrated editions box set by J.R.R. Tolkien; fantasy
— The Silmarillion, illustrated edition by J.R. R. Tolkien; fantasy
— The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart; fantasy
— Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris; historical mystery
— Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris; historical mystery
— The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas; horror
— Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang; historical fiction
— The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis; science fiction
— Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon; sci-fi romance
— An Heiress’s Guide to Deception and Desire by Manda Collins; historical romance
— You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle; contemporary romance
— Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth; horror
And that was July 2022!
