Month in Review: July 2023

Why is it that the summer months seem to go by so fast? I feel like the month just started and yet, here we are at the beginning of August already! July was a great month, reading-wise. I finished up the Will Trent series and am ready for the new book, After That Night, which comes out at the end of the month. I do already have a copy of it, so I’ll be getting to it sooner rather than later. Finishing up that series was one of my reading goals and now I need to decide what series to tackle next. Doing one series that I am behind on at a time is seems to work for me, so it’s something I am definitely going to continue.

Now if I can only work on getting my other books read as quickly, too, I’d be in good shape!

READING STATS:

• Read this month: 25
• Year to date: 166

1. Little Cruelties — Liz Nugent
2. Night Will Find You — Julia Heaberlin (audio book)
3. Dark Objects — Simon Toyne (audio book)
4. Thicker Than Water — Megan Collins (audio book)
5. A Ghost of Caribou — Alice Henderson (audio book)
6. The Clearing — Simon Toyne
7. Hello Stranger — Katherine Center (audio book)
8. The Summer of Songbirds — Kristy Woodson Harvey (audio book)
9. The Expat Wife — Courtney Hargrove
10. The Last Mrs. Parrish — Liv Constantine (reread)
11. The Kept Woman — Karin Slaughter (audio book)
12. The Game She Plays — Siena Sterling (audio book)
13. Strange Sally Diamond — Liz Nugent
14. A Twisted Love Story — Samantha Downing (audio book)
15. The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly — Katherine A. Sherbrook (audio book)
16. Cleaning the Gold — Karin Slaughter / Lee Child (audio book)
17. One Night — Georgina Cross (e-book)
18. The Twenty — Sam Holland (audio book)
19. The Last Widow — Karin Slaughter (audio book)
20. The Sunset Crowd — Karin Tanabe (audio book)
21. The Silent Wife — Karin Slaughter (audio book)
22. Just Another Missing Person — Gillian McAllister
23. Girl, 11 — Amy Suiter Clarke (audio book)
24. Broadway Butterfly — Sara DiVello (e-book)
25. A Caribbean Mystery — Agatha Christie

MY TOP 5 OF JULY: 

***I saw this on a friend’s blog and really liked it, so I’m adding it to my monthly wrap-ups.

1. Favorite book(s) of July – these books are the ones I absolutely loved and will be recommending to everyone. They will be staying on my shelf and might even be rereads at some point in the future.
   • Little Cruelties
   • Strange Sally Diamond
   • The Twenty
   • Just Another Missing Person
   • Broadway Butterfly
2. Biggest Surprise of July: How quickly I read Broadway Butterfly – it’s a big book, but once I really got into it I could not put it down! It is fantastic and I highly recommend it!!! My review will be up soon.
3. Biggest Disappointment of July: Nothing…I had a great month reading-wise.
4. Favorite Part of Month – Participating in Celadon’s LFL book drop for The Connelley’s of County Down. I loved this book and loved that this was one of the books they selected for their LFL drop.
5. 5 Books I’m most looking forward to reading next month:
   • Dark Corners by Megan Goldin – I am a huge fan of Megan Goldin’s book and this one brings back a beloved favorite character, Rachel Kroll. Out 8/8
   • The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins – This is a debut novel but I was drawn to it because of the climate fiction storyline…I am all about this right now!  Out 8/15
   • After That Night by Karin Slaughter – This is the next installment in the Will Trent series and I am so excited for this one! I spent this past year making my way through this series so that I was ready for this one and I am!!!  Out 8/22
   • Good Bad Girl by AliceFeeney – I am a huge Alice Feeney fan and have been anxiously awaiting this new one. Out 8/29
   • Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karina Smirnoff – The next book in Liz Salander series, with a new author. I have been a fan of this series since book one, and have read all the books, with all the author changes.  Out 8/29

So tell me, what was your favorite read of the month? What are you looking forward to reading in August?