I am that person who loves data, charts, and lists. So every month, I recap what I read and what books I acquire along with anything else I think is of value or interest. Let me know if you have any ideas!
Breakdown
• Books read: 11
• Pages read: 4,729 (without audio)
• Time listened: 10 hour 48 minutes
• Percent female authors: 100%
• Percent BIPOC authors: 17%
Books read
- Happy Medium by Sarah Adler | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean | ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
- The Hunter’s Daughter by Nicola Solvinic | DNF (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
- Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
- One Star Romance by Laura Hankin | ⭐️⭐️💫
- What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan | DNF (⭐️⭐️)
- Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- It Had to Be You by Eliza Jane Brazier | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu | DNF (⭐️⭐️💫)
- Worst in Show by Anna E. Collins | ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Books in progress
I started 1 book in June & July that I plan to finish in August:
- The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez
Books acquired
I acquired the following books this month:
Book of the Month
- The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
- One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin
- How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
- Joe Nuthin’s Guide to Life by Helen Fisher
- Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland
- Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
- The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood
- One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
- Real Americans by Rachel Khong
- The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
- A Thousand Times Before by Asha Thanki
- The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella
Aardvark Book Club
- A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
- The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
- I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Gifted Physical Copies
- Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
- The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma
- Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond
- The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning by Samhita Mukhopadhyay
- Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft & the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership by Brea Baker
- Bear by Julia Phillips
- Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
- Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood
- One Year Ago in Spain by Evelyn Skye
- Entitlement by Rumaan Alam (Pub: 9/17)
- All’s Fair in Love and Treachery by Celeste Connally (Pub: 11/12)
NetGalley Approvals
- I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell (Pub: 8/13)
- Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman (Pub: 8/13)
- Get Lost with You by Sophie Sullivan (Pub: 2/11)
Book Events & Buys
- The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
- The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad
- Beautyland by Maria-Helene Bertino
- Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
- Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
