July Wrap-Up & August TBR

Hello my beautiful doves! It is time to share my July wrap-up and August TBR..

July Wrap-Up

ARCs & Gifted

• Come Closer by Sara Gran – ★★★★★
• Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith – ★★★★
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston – ★★★★★
• Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith – ★★★★★
• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler – ★★¾

Audiobooks

• The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid – ★★★★★
• Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco – ★★★★
• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi – ★★★★★

Physical TBR

• The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake – ★★★★★

Stats

• Total books read: 9
• Total pages read: 3k
• Average rating: 4.54

I am honestly so satisfied in my reading month for July! I have been very busy, so I am happy I was able to fit a good mix in. Even happier that they were all mostly 4-5 star reads!

Did you read any of these books? What was your favourite July read?

August Readathons

As always, I plan to take part in readathons. I just like making TBRs to be honest..

Read Your TBRathon

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#RYTBRathon TBR

prompt	book
read a book chosen by someone else	the ones we’re meant to find by joan he
read a tiny book (under 200 pages)	adorable by ida marie hede
finish a book with a one word title	animal by lisa taddeo
read a book you started but never finished	painting time by maylis de kerangal
read a book that has 3 colours or more on the cover	no such thing as perfect by emma hughes
read a book that starts with ‘the’	the maidens by alex michaelides
read a translated book	after the sun by jonas eika
read a five stars prediction	small favors by erin a. craig
read a book that’s outside your comfort zone	cursed bunny by bora chung

Women in Translation Month

I am not sure where this is hosted or how it started, but every August the book community reads translated novels written by women. Most publishers with a focus on translating novels celebrate this every year. Below are the books I plan to read.

• Adorable by Ida Marie Hede
• Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal
• Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

August Blog Tours

• Afterlove by Tanya Byrne – Aug 3
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan – Aug 4
• The Turnout by Megan Abbott – Aug 6
• The Silence of Scheherazade by Defne Suman – Aug 31

Book Club Picks & Buddy Reads

• The Maidens by Alex Michaelides – Wilted Rose Book Club
• The Waves by Virginia Woolf – Wellness Book Club
• Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-ju – Sad Twenty-Something Book Club
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Buddy Read w/Joana
• From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout – Buddy Read w/Lauren

There are of course other books I want to read, but these are mainly what I hope to get through!

What are you most excited to read this month?

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