Wrapping up July 2010
August! It’s already August!
Where has all the time gone? I definitely didn’t read and studied as much as I was planning to in July, which means that August will be a charged month. I’m tired just thinking of it, but it’s a good way of being tired.
July was a smaller month than June in terms of books read, and I blame The Passage for this. It did take me over a week to get through it! But I had an okay months, in numbers and in quality. I also read a lot of articles in preparation for school, and began many non-fiction books I have yet to finish (and in some cases, don’t know if I will).
Books read in July :
Demon Princess : Reign Check by Michelle Rowen- The Passage by Justin Cronin
- Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
- Seeing Ghosts : 911 and the Visual Imagination by Karen Engle
- The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
- Rumors by Anna Godbersen
- Envy by Anna Godbersen
- Splendor by Anna Godbersen
- L’œuvre d’art à l’époque de sa reproductibilité mécanique by Walter Benjamin
- Another Faust by Daniel & Dina Nayeri
- Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Books reviewed in July :
- Nobody’s Princess by Esther Friesner
- That Summer by Sarah Dessen
- The Passage by Justin Cronin
- The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
- Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
- Whip it by Shauna Cross
- Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
What about you : how was your month? What’s the best book you’ve read in July? And what are you planning on reading in August?
This month, other than school-related stuff, I’m planning on reading another of my chunksters, but I haven’t decided yet whether it will be New York or Under the Dome. I have started re-reading Poison Study and I am hoping read the two other books in the series after that.
Looks like you did pretty well to me! The Passage was definitely a chunkster and I think it would have taken me much longer if I wasn’t on vacation when I read it.
I have a pile of books awaiting for me for the first half or so of August; I don’t know what will be next after those!
Oh yeah, THE PASSAGE takes forever to read. July was sort of a scattered month for me, but August is all about the dystopian. So excited!!
You had a great month in books – it’s all about enjoying what you read anyway.
I need to read The Passage!
TSS: What Books I Read in July
Not one of those have I read, though I did see Whip It on film. Happy reading for August!
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Gosh you know you’re not doing well when you don’t even remember which books you read in July…um, I think that’s when I read The Kid Table by Andrea Seigel, which I loved, and i know I read Plain Kate by Erin Bow, which I also loved. But i know there were some other good ones in there. It’s been sort of a blur of books and I’m weeks behind on reviewing!
Looks like some great books were read this month!!!
i think any month where you read more than ten books is a great month! not to mention you also read the passage, which really should count as two.
Meghan : Yes, The Passage was a huge one to get through! Parts of it were really good and other were a bit slow for me, so it took me some time to get through it.
Lenore : I’m excited about dystopian month too! I already know many books will be added to my wishlist because of it!
Kathy : I completely agree!
Gautami tripathy : It’s a good one! It could have been shorter, but I still had a good time.
Freda : Whip it is a fun movie! Happy August to you too!
Amanda : Being behind on reviews is always a pain! I’m sure you’ll catch up quick though 🙂
Staci : Yes, there was some good reading in there! Now I just need to write the reviews… eek!
Toothy : I agree! 10 is a great average.
I haven’t added up for this month yet, but it feels like I’ve read less.
11 books isn’t bad at all!
I’m worried about next month since the hubs and I have decided to start hitting the gym and going on a date once a week… that will cut into reading time 🙂