This my July wrap up. I read 27 books last month mostly because of #thebookjunkietrials.
Like you can see I almost reach my goal that I fixed for this year (read 200 books like last year) … but apparently I will for sure read more than that until the end of the year … which just the though of that drives me crazy! Me who never read more than like what 10 books or less in 30 years or so, then read 200 books in one year last year while this year I can not only read more than 20 books in a month but I can also read more than 200 books in a year … MINDBLOWING for sure!!! I’m proud of me!
Last month I also put another personal challenge on me for my next monthly TBR: I will read each month at least 2 thrillers.
Since I’m a little girl I was always attracted by the thriller world. I always watched TV thrillers series from “Starsky & Hutch” to “Monk” (to name a few). I even wanted to work in this world first as detective (like all those characters of course) and then when I started to study in a law school, I was very excited to study criminlogy. Unfortunately university was never my forte and I ended up being graduated in P.R. but the passion is still there … just like my passion for psychology who was also a subject that I wanted to study at the university … I also like to whatch documentary about criminal cases to understand the mind of those monsters.
That is why I thought that my “fear” for reading a thriller book was silly of me since it’s a world that intrigued me since I’m a little girl … and so far so good! I loved the 2 thrillers that I read in July, I already planned the 2 thrillers for this month (August) and bought some new ones!
Anyway let’s back to my July wrap up:
- For the #bookjunkietrials, I not only did the first 5 challenges for my team (#Scribes) but also read a book for the challenges of each team:
1. Dwarf Mount: “Fumbled Hearts” by Meagan Brandy: 4 stars
2. Apothecary Towers: “Bad Saint” by Monica James: 4 stars
3. The Great Library: “Finley” by Ella Frank: 4 stars (more a 3.5)
4. The Drowning Deep: “A Thousand Pieces Of You” by Claudia Gray: 4 stars
5. The Bookie Grail: “Stardust” by Neil Gaiman: 3 stars
6. Orc Grove “Captive In The Dark” by C.J. Roberts: 4 stars
7. Ol’ Pirate Cove: “Bane” by L.J. Shen: 4.5 stars
8. Glimmer: “One Little Lie” by Whitney Barbetti: 3.5 stars
9. Draconic Isle: “Obsidian” by Kimberly Loth: 3 stars
10. The Eleven Guard: “Off Base” by Annabeth Albert: 4 stars
11. On The Hallow Isle: “Scavengers” by Yolanda Olson: 4 stars
12. Empty Barrel Inn: “The Bourbon Kings” by J.R. Ward: 4 stars
13. Giant Squid: “Requiem & Reverie” by Keri Lake : 5 stars (more a 4.5)
14. Crimson Peaks: “Devil’s Kiss” by Ella Frank: 5 stars
15. Queendom Stone: “Cheeky Royal” by Nana Malone: 4 stars
16. The Forgotten Forests: “#Player” by Cambria Hebert: 4 stars
17. The Weeping Falls: “Until You” by Penelope Douglas”: 5 stars
In July I also read for my last library and last #romanceopoly challenge: “Enthralled” by Giana Darling. I was not a huge fan of her book “Lessons In Corruption” but I gave another try with “Enthralled” … and I fell in love with it! I gave it 5 stars and I’m so impatient to read the second book!
I also read those books:
- “Sinfully Mine” by Nicky James: 4 stars Yes it’s a very tabboo romance but the author make a really good job to explain how and why these 2 young men, these 2 brothers started to have more deep feelings toward each others. This romance is much more complex than it seems to be but I can understand that for some us, this romance is waaaaayyy more than tabboo and forbidden ...
- “Filty Rich Boys” by C.M. Stunich: 4 stars
- “Two Can Keep A Secret” by Karen McManus: 4 stars
- “Boy Shattered” by Eli Easton: 4 stars
- “Say You’re Sorry” by Melinda Leigh: 4 stars
- “Cruel Intentions” by Siobhan Davis: 4 stars
- “Bad, Bad Blue Blood” by C.M. Stunich: 3.5 stars
- “#Selfie” by Cambria Hebert: 5 stars
- “Breaking Beth” by Jennifer Bene: 3 stars
