July has been a very interesting month for me. My mom asked me to help her with booking and packing for her trip. It has been really fulfilling, after all those long queues. Afterward, I even convinced her to read The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. Hahaha, okay going back… After wrapping-up June I silently vowed to read 15 books this July. And here’s how it went:
Books Read:
Gold Shadow by L.C. Perry
All’s Fair in Blog and War by Chrissie Peria
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Trouble With Unicorns by D.T. Dyllin
The Road of Us by SB. Maamari
Heart of Mist by Helen Scheuerer
The Impossibility of Us by Katy Upperman
The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer
Blind the Eyes by K.A. Wiggins
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Infamous by Allison Stowe
Tied to Deceit by Neena H. Brar
It’s not 15, wrapping it up with a total of 12 read books. 3 books short of my suppose to be “goal”. That’s alright, there’s always next month and the one after it. Hahaha
Book Tags I did:
Blog Tour I participated in:
- Daniel Daniel’s and the World’s Worst Zoo by Robbie Yates. I was invited to join in by Shalini of Digital Reads Book Tours. It was such an honour to be included. Click the links to find out more.
- The Afterlife of Walter Augustus Tour. A tour organized by the author herself, Hannah Lynn. Thankful to be a part of that tour. And might give that link a check, it may be your next favorite thing!
Around the Blog…
- Ashley’s Let’s Talk: The Sins of Love Triangles.
- Looking for Asian-inspired fantasy novels to drool over? or Asian science fiction books to sink your teeth into? Say no, more check out Shealea’s list.
- You have to see Justine’s review of America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillio.
- The Lunar Chronicles still remains a favorite of mine, if you haven’t read it yet, you have to see 5 Reason Why You Should Read Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
- Melanie’s review of Autoboyography by Christina Lauren.
- Read Five Fab Friendship in Books by Kayla Reads and Reviews and it sure left a smile on my face.
- I always love reading Book Beach Bunny posts, here is a list mini-reviews that will leave you to add it into your TBR as well My Crazy Reading Wrap-Up.
- These were so on point, look at Vicky Who Reads post Things That are Iffy to Me in the Book Community (From a Teen’s Perspective).
- A review of Forest of A Thousand Lanterns by Julie Dao from Kate of The Backwards Bookshelf.
- Fadwa’s review of Want by Cindy Pon. Making me more excited for it but still on the hunt for the actual books, haha
- Book Beach Bunny’s review of A Thousand Beginnings and Endings.
- An intriguing list made by Anna in this post about villains… So you’re in the mood for books with good villains.
- Roachies’ 100-word review for Vox by Christina Dalcher.
- I found Kaleena’s free bookish templates for scheduling and statistics, and I can say this will be amazing!
- This Tag is definitely will be done in August! 90’s Kid Book Tag on The Bibliophagist.
- Nicka’s review of Rad Women Worldwide.
- What makes a good romance? a post created by Zoie discussing, well, romance in books…
- Check out Sarah’s LGBTQ + Middle Grade Recs! I may have pick-up one or two from it.
- The topic of book piracy has been reopened again in the community and this post by Shealea featuring a list of alternatives to book pirating.
Blog Milestone:
My blog hit the 400 follower mark. And I now have over 4,000 views here! I can’t thank y’all enough!
Goals for August? haha:
- to read at least 10 books (5 released books and 5 arcs) or more
- get my “planned” posts done
- blog hop more
- participate in a readathon, AJ of Diary of an Avid Reader has been suggesting which ones to join, thank you btw. so that and
- to reach an overall total 5,000 views mark in my blog?
How about you, how was your July? Any brewing plans for the month of August? Comment down below.
July 31, 2018 at 9:52 PM
Wow, thanks so much for featuring THREE of my posts! That’s just crazy, and I’m very flattered.
Also, as happy as I am that you had a pretty good reading month, I’m even happier to see Heart of Mist on that list! I am really looking forward to your review!
Have a great month ahead!
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August 1, 2018 at 10:56 AM
Your posts has been really helpful. I love to see others loving them too.
Yes, I have drafted, it has Tangled gifs in it 😂.
Likewise, I am excited for the launch of Augvocacy in just a dew days time. ❤❤❤
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July 31, 2018 at 10:25 PM
I can’t wait to see your answers for the 90s Kid tag! That one was so much fun to do! 😊
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August 1, 2018 at 10:53 AM
Wait a little bit longer Sara, it will be up this August. Hihihi 💕💕
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August 1, 2018 at 12:57 AM
Congrats on reading so many amazing books this month! I really want to read The Impossibility of Us ❤ I love that you're getting your mom to read too!
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August 1, 2018 at 10:51 AM
Yes, Tiffany I would recommend that book! I enjoyed and teared with that book. Hahaha, I was surprised myself. She’s busy and all but she came into my room talked about this book on my table and violá. I convinced her. Hope you’ll have a happy month ahead! 💕
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August 1, 2018 at 2:57 AM
Congrats on 400 and everything else this month, my love! And thank you for the shout out! Seriously, forever thankful the book community gave me your friendship! And I hope you have the happiest of months this August, beautiful! Happy reading! 💖xx
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August 1, 2018 at 10:46 AM
It was a shock, I didn’t know people would be following me. It’s amazing. I hope so too. I hope you have a rocking August too. ❤
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August 1, 2018 at 3:38 AM
12 books is still AMAZING! Have a great July ❤
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August 1, 2018 at 10:45 AM
Thank you Olivia. 💕
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August 1, 2018 at 4:27 AM
We’re also doing something with book pirating! It’s such a good and important topic.
– Caidyn
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August 1, 2018 at 10:44 AM
Will be watching out for that Caidyn. ❤
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August 1, 2018 at 11:59 AM
Justine, thank you for mentioning me in here! I’m so excited for your first readathon experience! I loved All’s Fair in Blog and War! What do you think of Vox?
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August 1, 2018 at 4:10 PM
Of course! Yes, I am now curating books to read. I am that excited haha. For Vox my review is already scheduled for posting… but I would describe as, a dark world filled with hate and love(?) Hahaha
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August 2, 2018 at 4:08 AM
Thank you so much for featuring my spreadsheet template post, Justine!!! 12 books in the month is still really good, congrats and happy reading in August!
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August 2, 2018 at 12:59 PM
No, thank you, you’re the one who shared a great spreadsheet! I bet eveyone is loving it too. It still is a really good July. Same with you, happy reading!
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August 2, 2018 at 4:44 AM
Congrats on your 400! And thanks for the shout-out 🙂 Much appreciated!
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August 2, 2018 at 1:00 PM
I always enjoy the format of your posts! It’s really for me, I can’t help and just share hahaha!
Thank you!
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August 2, 2018 at 4:51 AM
You had a great July for reading! How was Vox? I saw it recently and thought the blurb sounded really interesting.
Glad to hear you enjoyed my post, too. Thank you!
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August 2, 2018 at 1:01 PM
I hope you did too. If not there’s August! Vox was really dark, my review is scheduled to be posted sometime soon.
You’re welcome, Ashley.
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August 2, 2018 at 1:57 PM
Thank you so much for including my post! And congrats on 400 followers! 🎉 I’m really excited to read SADIE soon 😍 I hope you enjoyed it! 💕
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August 2, 2018 at 3:08 PM
I did, if you like here’s a link to my review https://bookishwisps.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/book-review-sadie-by-courtney-summers/#more-2221
Thank you! Hope you’ll have an amazing month ahead!
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August 3, 2018 at 8:32 AM
omg!!! so glad you liked my post on Iffy Things (lol). AND OMG I HOPE SADIE WAS GREAT i’m very excited to read that one! I’ve got the ARC and just haven’t had the time to read it (yet). thanks for the shoutout and I’m so going to have to read all these awesome posts!
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August 3, 2018 at 8:36 AM
IT WAS! I have a review of Sadie here’s a link https://wp.me/p8dosc-zP .
And you’re welcome 🙂
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August 8, 2018 at 10:24 PM
Congratulations on hitting 400 followers!! 🎉 And oh my goodness, what, is that a link to my post up there?? Thank you so much for the feature, Justine!! 😆 The amount of books you read for July is really impressive, and I hope you have an even more amazing reading month for August 😊 Great post!
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August 25, 2018 at 9:20 PM
Wow, Justine, I’m envious. 😀 That’s a fabulous reading list. Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs.
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