July Wrap Up

 Happy August!

We are moving right along through 2022. I fee like I was a little more on par with my reading in July and did pretty good. I read a few amazing books and some that weren't as much. Things personally are still pretty up in the air, but I'm running out of time and hopefully things end up working out for the best. It's starting to get pretty stressful though. Anyways, there wasn't too much that happened outside of my first readathon that I hosted, my Hockey Champions Readathon! I thought I did pretty good during it and hopefully if you participated also had some fun!

July 2022

💗 I read 18 books for 5,201 pages

💗 I averaged 0.83 days per book
💗 The average page count was 288.94
💗 I read 3 books under 100 pages, 5 in the 200s, 7 in the 300s, 2 in the 400s and 1 in the 600s

💗 I read 7 books for clubs, readathons and readalongs
💗 5 books had diversity
💗 I read 7 new authors
💗 I had 1 reread

💗 I owned 7 books in paperback previously and added 4 to my wishlist
💗 I read 5 paperbacks, 10 eBooks, 2 audiobooks and 1 paperback with the audio
💗 I read 8 traditionally published books and 10 indie published
💗 I read 1 book published in the 1810s, 1 in the 2000s, 8 in the 2010s and 8 in the 2020s

💗 My average rating was 4.39 stars
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 8 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 - 2 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 4 books
⭐⭐⭐💫 - 4 books

💗 I read 9 contemporaries, 6 fantasies and 3 historical romances
💗 My contemporary spread was 1 dark, 1 romcom, 2 small towns, 3 sports and 2 normals

1. Bright Like Wildfire by Juliette Cross ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

2. Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

3. Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

4. A Misunderstanding by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐

5. Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. Pay Me by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. The Cool Aunt by Ilona Andrews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

8. Persuasion by Jane Austen ⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen ⭐⭐⭐💫

10. My Hallowe'en Heartbreak by Melanie Ting ⭐⭐⭐⭐

11. Offside by Juliana Stone ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

12. The Lady Chosen by Stephanie Laurens ⭐⭐⭐💫

13. Flawless by Elsie Silver ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

14. Raze by Tillie Cole ⭐⭐⭐💫

15. How Sweet It Is by Dylan Newton ⭐⭐⭐⭐

16. Her Favorite Rebound by Jackie Lau ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

17. Love at First Fight by Carrie Aarons ⭐⭐⭐💫

18. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

💗 So, my least favorite this month would probably be Pipe Dreams. It just really didn't give me the grovel or discussion I was wanting. My favorite is harder to choose, but it has to be either Emerald Blaze or A Court of Mist and Fury. It's hard to choose between those two, but I also really enjoyed Flawless.

There's a lot going on in August, including the currently running Romance Take Over Readathon. I'll also be working to finish up the first and second bingo boards for the Summer of Swoon and the Ripped Bodice Summer Bingo. We'll see how much I can get through though.

How was your July reading?

Bookishly Yours,

Stasi🍎