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July Wrap Up & August TBR

July both seemed to fly by and also be an agonizingly long month. I think it’s because work was absolute madness and I thought about quitting on approximately a daily basis. However, gotta have an income, ya know? (And also, I do actually mostly like my job.) Anyway, let us turn our attention to the books I read in July and the books I want to read in August, shall we?

July Wrap Up || Firewhiskey Reader

A Visual Look at the Books I Read in July By Rating

5 Stars

Covers of Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher, You, with a View by Jessica Joyce, Glow of the Everflame by Penn Cole, Business Casual by BK Borison, and These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

4.5 Stars

Covers of Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonham-Young, Tiny Little Thing by Beatriz Williams, and Blood Mercy by Vela Roth

4 Stars

Covers of The Mirror by Nora Roberts, The Game Changer by Lana Ferguson, and Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh

3.5 Stars

Covers of Off to the Races by Elsie Silver and The One by Danielle Allen

3 Stars

Covers of The Heir Apparent’s Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells, Out of the Gate by Elsie Silver, and Nectar of the Wicked by Ella Fields

Unrated

Covers of Lost in Little Havana by Caridad Piñeiro and The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears by Nancy Drew

Statistics

  • Total Books Read: 18
  • Pages Read: 7,206
  • Off Shelf (owned since before January): 5
  • Physical Reads: 7
  • Mixed Format Reads: 5
  • Ebook Reads: 4
  • Audiobook Reads: 2

Thoughts on My Reading in July

I read some really incredible books in July, but my reading for the year remains down. I do think my avid Olympics watching has interfered with my reading numbers a bit, particularly the July section as that contained both my new obsession, Rugby 7s, and my age old obsession of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. That said, it felt like toward the end of the month/beginning of August, my desire to read contemporary romance, my usual preferred genre, evaporated and all I wanted to read was something “different.” I do think I’m coming back out of that short lived phase, which is probably good considering the ARCs I request and have already. I’m also not doing a very good job of making sure I’m reading diversely, and my mood reading has just had me all over the place, but not necessarily in a good way. So I need to try and watch out for that in the next couple of months. Any trends in your reading you’ve noticed? Especially since we’re halfway through the year!

August TBR

August TBR

August ARCs

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Covers of The Break-Up Pact by Emma Lord, Heavy Hitter by Katie Cotugno, Hers for the Weekend by Helena Greer, Hot Earl Summer by Erica Ridley, How to Fall for a Scoundrel by Kate Bateman, Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks, The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean, Truly Madly Magically by Hazel Beck, Vincent: A Graphic Biography by Simon Elliot, and You’re the Problem, It’s You by Emma S. Alban

Other August Releases I’m Really Excited About

Covers of Daydream by Hannah Grace, Delicate Escape by Catherine Cowles, and The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

Closing Thoughts

Having a bit of a so many books, so little time crisis at the moment, but the USWNT soccer plays in about 24 minutes, so for now, I’m taking my little ADHD brain back to the Olympics and hoping that eventually I’ll manage to get plenty of reading done again, but that really may have to wait until this sudden Sports obsession has ended. What are you looking forward to in August? Let me know!

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