July Wrap-up!

Nothing major happened in July, personal wise.  Same ole work. Eat, sleep, repeat. I had a lot of blah reads this month.  And just a couple awesome ones. BUT I managed to read towards some of my challenges for the year. I read my first classic! 2, since I'm counting The Hobbit. I finished a series! I read some books that have been on my shelf for a bit! AND I won 2 ARCS in goodreads giveaways. Woot. I love winning things.

So at the beginning of the month I attempted to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Everybody talks about this book and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy and blahblahblah. For my classics challenge, I felt like I needed to give this book a go. I read 11% and gave up. I DNF'd that shit.  I just could not get into the old timey English talk. It was boring and confusing and too wordy and did I mention boring. I could see that there was a good story somewhere in there, but I just couldn't get past the writing. Not my cup-o-tea.

I finally forced myself to read The Great Gatsby. It wasn't that difficult to get through, but it was a TERRIBLE book. Awful. Hated it. The story is stupid and depressing and the characters are not likeable AT ALL.  Gotta love those classics.

I re-read Paranormalcy so I could finish up that series. The first book was good, funny. But then it went downhill. The main character got so freaking annoying and I just couldn't take it. I finished the series but I wasn't happy about it!

I won an ARC of Letters from Skye (Jessica Brockmole) and it ended up being one of my favorite reads for the month. It's an adultish historical fiction, which is usually NOT my go-to genre. But it was beautiful. I even wrote a review for it! HERE


I read a total of  20  books in the month of July! Crazy, I know.

Books read:

 

 

1. A Midsummer's Nightmare (Kody Keplinger) 3/5

2.The Name of the Star  (Maureen Johnson) 3/5

3. Winger (Andrew Smith) 5/5

4. Harry Potter: The Prequel (J.K. Rowling) - Prequel? How about an 800-word tease that just wasn't enough? I NEED MORE. Stop writing adult fiction and go back to the basics. PLEASE. 3/5

5. Inside HBO's A Game of Thrones  (Bryan Cogman) - 5/5

6. Paranormalcy (Kiersten White) - 3.5/5

7. Supernaturally (Kiersten White) - 3/5

8. Endlessly (Kiersten White) - 2.5/5

9. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - 2/5

10. Etiquette & Espionage (Gail Carriger) - 4/5

11. Crewel  (Gennifer Albin) -3/5

12. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison) - 4/5

13. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (Louise Rennison) -4/5

14. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Jesse Andrews) - 3/5

15. Saving June (Hannah Harrington)- 3.5/5

16. Legend (Marie Lu) - 4/5

17. Letters from Skye (Jessica Brockmole) -5/5
18. Prodigy (Marie Lu)- 3.75/5
19. Coraline (Neil Gaiman) - Audiobook 3.75/5
20. The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman) - Audiobook, Re-Read 5/5
21. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tokien) - 3.5/5

(I didn't count the 800 page nothing that J.K Rowling wrote in my official total)

 

DNF

 

Favorite Cover(s)

 

Favorite Read(s)

 

 Least Favorite Read

I ACTUALLY posted some reviews this month! WOOT. Trying to get back into the swing of all things bloggy.

 

Reviews Posted:

Letters from Skye (Jessica Brockmole)

Friends With Boys (Faith Erin Hicks)

The Madman's Daughter (Megan Shepherd)

 

TopTenTuesday:

Best/Worst Book-to-Movie Adaptations

 

WaitingOnWednesday: Wild Cards (Simone Elkeles)

JULY OUT!

 

 

 



Top Ten Tuesday: 2013 Favorites SO FAR!

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish!

This week's topic:

Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2013

(no particular order)

 

                 1.
I couldn't have asked for a better conclusion to one of my favorite series!! MIND.BLOWN.

 

2.
One of the best contemporary books I have EVER read!!

 

                  3.
This book!!! Loved it soo much!!

 

4.
I wasn't expecting to love this book as much as I did. The characters, the story, the romance, it was all great! HATE the cover though.

 

                       5.
More John Green brilliance!!

 

6.
LOVED this book! Better than Grave Mercy for sure. It was pretty much perfect.

 

                  7.
Another great start to a series!

 

8.
Although this book had a few faults, I ended up loving it and couldn't put it down!

 

9.
This is a re-read, but it was just as amazing the second time around! Action packed!
 

10.
I love me some crazies!

 

Honorable mentions:

 

 

SO. Those are some of my favorite reads THUS far, hopefully there will be many more the rest of the year!

If YOU made a list, I would love to see it! Leave your link in the comments :)