July Wrap-Up

July Stats
Number of Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1,680
Average Rating: 3.5
Favorite Book of the Month: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Least Favorite Book of the Month: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Current Progress Made Towards Yearly Reading Challenge: 37 of 50

Good lord guys, I am soooo late.
Better late than never, right?

So July was hectic. We started packing up our apartment, so every moment that I wasn’t at work or packing, I was being completely worthless and sitting on the couch watching Regular Show.

When I did read, it was a Leigh Bardugo novel. I’ve been on a journey with her books and I realllllly wanted to finish her Grishaverse by the end of July but that didn’t happen. In my defense, I got really close! I’m about halfway through Crooked Kingdom and after that will come King of Scars! I can’t wait to read Nikolai’s book.

So far these books have been really good. They’ve kept me thoroughly entertained and I’ve enjoyed reading Crooked Kingdom in August and seeing all the references to the characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy.

The only reason I listed Siege and Storm as my least favorite book of the month is because it’s the second book of the series and those are always the worst. It’s when characters hit the lowest of their lows and it usually contains a frustrating strained relationship between main characters. I’ve always hated second books in trilogies.

I absolutely panicked when I realized I started with the wrong Bardugo novel… I started with Six of Crows because I saw so much hype surrounding it and totally missed the fact that there was trilogy that came before. But I think the way I read them was kind of perfect. Six of Crows set up the world for me just enough to where I knew what was going on when I started Shadow and Bone. I feel like I may have followed it a little easier because of that. There aren’t many references to the characters from the Shadow and Bone series in Six of Crows so it wasn’t too detrimental to the reading experience.

I’m excited to get into the last bit of Crooked Kingdom and also to finally get to read Nikolai’s book. I’m writing to you now from the love seat in my parents living room! We are finishing up moving tomorrow so things will be a lot more settled after that.

I only have one honorable mention for the month and that is…

This movie hits theaters October 18, 2019 and I am BESIDE MYSELF. I can’t wait to go see this. It looks like it may be a bit cheesy but I’m willing to bet I’m going to absolutely love it.

Hoping to read a lot more books in August! (I always say this… let’s see if I actually do it this time…)

Shout out to my parents, aunt and uncle, and my in-laws for helping us move and get settled. The process has been a lot easier with so many people helping us and cheering us on.