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#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JulyWrapUp

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Here is my final #BookSpinBingo board for July. It was a good reading month despite the DNFs and disappointments.

I finished 18 books in July, which is about max-capacity for me, and while my average rating for the month is, well, average for me, and there were some books I really enjoyed, July feels like it was mostly disappointing. Here‘s hoping I end August feeling better about what I‘ve read.

July Reading Wrap-Up

Total Read: 7
✔️ #BookSpin
✔️ #DoubleSpin
6 #BookSpinBingo
6 #ReadingMyTBR #Read2025
3 #MonthlyNonfiction2025
1 DNF
0 5 Star

#Julystats

4.75⭐️
Deep cuts
4.5⭐️
The axeman‘s carnival
4⭐️
Shark heart
Small pleasures
3.75 ⭐️
On the calculation of volume III
Woodworking
A midsummer‘s equation
The vintage book of Latin American stories
3.5⭐️
No hiding in Boise
Saltwater
Strange pictures
Tilt
3.25⭐️
The hangman‘s hold
2.75⭐️
Sun city
2.25⭐️
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
DNF
Kastanje a/d zee

I am bailing on Beasts of Carnaval. I wanted to love it, switched to audio to try to force myself to love it, and am now actively avoiding reading because I don‘t want to pick it back up. So, with that, I have best #bookspin bingo board to date. 5 bingos and both my bookspin and double spin completed. At least I accomplished one thing this month. 😭

Mid-month check in. I‘m doing really well but I need to focus more on my #14Books14Weeks books. I have 30 to go and I‘m not sure I‘ll make it.

#BookspinBingo
 @Liz_M

July #BookSpinBingo 🎆

Surprised that the BookSpin pull was an actual book since my list this month is mostly free spaces. Going to try for a blackout because I‘d like to stay far away from doomscrolling the rest of the month. I‘ve seen enough 🫣🔥

Bookspin Bingo board and July TBR with book clubs, buddy reads, NetGalley digital arcs, and library books. I won‘t get through everything. I have an extra couple of days off work, though, and that will help. Maybe. 🤣🤣

I was so happy to get to work and see the #Bookspin and #BookspinBingo numbers were already drawn as I was looking for a way to procrastinate getting work done. 🤪

#Bookspin #14Books14Weeks @Liz_M
#DoubleSpin Library book

July #BookSpin is pretty much going to be a FREE for all. I rolled over unused free spaces from the beginning of the year to July. I‘ll do the same in December. No freebies left behind!! Trying for some #ChristmasInJuly shenanigans as well. I found some holiday kindle books on the recent Stuff Your Kindle Day so those are on my #ReadYourKindle list for July too. 🎄☀️

Here are my July #Roll100 picks. I put in free spaces to allow for my mood reading but this month it‘s giving me anxiety. My brain is so weird sometimes.

 @puddlejumper

July #bookspin list. 📚📖

Well my July #Bookspin list is easy. I really need to dig in on #14Books14Weeks and could really do with catching up on #Roll100

@TheAromaofBooks

Oh I didn‘t know The StoryGraph‘s new monthly wrap up feature did this too. I love it.

#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JulyWrapUp

July wrap up 🤍

3 of the books I read over months hence the 31 days on average to finish.

More start tomorrow when I am hopefully less sleepy.

#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JulyWrapUp

Finished #BookspinBingo board for the month. IG is really degrading my original image. I might have to switch to canva or something.

July Wrap-Up

8 Total:
#BookSpin
#DoubleSpin
1 #BookspinBingo
1 DNF

July Favorite: Beach Music

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024

#JulyStats

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Child Finder

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Thirst for Salt
All Fours

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Anomaly
Bear
Wrong Time, Wrong Place

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Martyr!
The God of the Woods

⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Alternatives
Sun Storm
The Sleepwalkers
Lost Girls
The Minders

I read 12 books this month, LOVED more than half of them, got a double bingo, bailed on my #bookspin, and really enjoyed my #doublespin. I don‘t know how I‘m going to pick a favorite, though. I gave 5 of these 5 stars and they‘re so different and wonderful in different ways. The best I can do is narrow it down to Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, Like Mother Like Mother, and Lore Olympus.

#BookSpinBingo #SerialLove2024 #July2024

These are my books for July 2024.

July #BookspinBingo board is ready to go. My #Bookspin is An ARC and my #Doublespin is a Death by TBR pick which is actually going to be all of my books this month if I can help it. Perusing_the_pages is running this challenge over on IG if you are curious or want to join. #DeathByTBRChallenge

I‘m ready but I‘m not ready.

#Bookspin #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

July was my best reading month so far this year. Got carried away and used up my free spaces so book 2 and 3 of the Bill Hodges series became side quests 😂 Also made #BookSpinBingo 2 ways. Onto August!

Had to actually work at work this week so I‘m just getting around to my Wrapup.

#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JulyWrapUp

I got a lot of reading done in July - finishing 18 and carrying over 2, maybe 3. I may bail on Bad Monkey. Dead of Winter remains the favorite, barely edging out Fallen. Iron Gold was a reread and almost as brutal as the first time. The Beatrice Hyde-Clare series binge was mostly fun, but I‘m not sure I‘ll finish it this month. I may need a break. #julywrapup #julystats

Calling it a wrap on July #BookspinBingo
Two bingos and I read my #Bookspin and #Doublespin. Not too shabby.

Here is what I finished or bailed on this month. Very so-so month except for The Border and Yellowface.

I knew Yours Truly would be my favorite of the month halfway though reading it. This couple made me so giddy and happy. It was great.

#MonthlyFavorites #MontlyFavourites

July Plans
A room with a View #pemberlittens
Fell Murder #GoldenageCrimeClub
As Meat lives Salt #BookedInTime
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being #NaturalLitsy

Haven‘t touched my June Wrapup but I‘ve got my July #BookspinBingo board ready. 🤷🏾‍♀️

#July2023 #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023

These are my books to read in July 2023.

I put my #JulyTBR together based on NetGalley July releases and #camplitsy2023. As I look at this, I realize that I am not looking forward to most of it. There‘s a really good chance that I say eff it to at least half. 😬
Here‘s hoping the #bookspin gods smile upon me and pick good books from that list. 🤞🏻

How in the heck is it July already?!?! Summer needs to slow down!! This photo challenge looks like fun… can‘t wait to see what everyone comes up with!

#summerspecial @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

It‘s almost July & that means more birthday celebrations 🎉🎂. Here are the wonderful #LitsyLove members celebrating birthdays next month.
If you‘ve accidentally been left off this list, please comment below. We want to make sure we give you a shoutout on your special day 💙

Anyone else feel like July is barreling down on us really fast?

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper

I‘m early! I‘ve also strayed from my floral ways and idk how I feel about it. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Honestly I‘m sleep deprived and unsure of everything. 🤦🏾‍♀️

#bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo

@TheAromaofBooks

#MonthlyRundown #MonthlyWrapUp #BookStats #JulyWrapUp

Playing catch-up

A pretty decent reading month. I wasn‘t exactly reading really difficult books, but still it was nice to get back into the swing of things with more than a book or two read. #julyreading #bookly

This was a good weekend for finishing things and bumping up my total items read stats. I read 20 books, novellas, and comics and really enjoyed the vast majority of things I read. My work book club pick was excruciatingly disappointing but more than half of what I read were 4-5 star reads. I‘m happy with that.

Late posting but joining in for #JubilantJuly ☀️ Instead of posting a TBR I‘m going to try to read 10 books. I know that seems like a lot but I have a handful of #ChristmasInJuly picture books and middle grade too that I‘m working through.

I‘m late posting but I‘ve been utterly unmotivated. My #Bookspin is The Spanish Love Deception and my #DounleBookspin is a Library Book which I happened to finish today. So I got a little kickstart. I hope to make a big dent this month as my library hold keep rolling in fast and furious but only time will tell.

Happy Reading Everyone.

Does this count as my July #BFC2022 goals? I think I‘m good for the rest of the month lol jk

Ok but for real:

📚 Get caught up on my 2022 #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin reads & get at least one #BookSpinBingo

👟 Complete weekly Real Appeal challenges (wellness program through my work)

💦 64 oz a day

Another ambitious tbr for July!

Happy July!! This photo challenge looks fun! #julyjam @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I have time consuming personal projects that will eat into my reading time, so we‘ll see how I do with this #julytbr. I had a June TBR of 15 books. I read 4, bailed on 4, and didn‘t touch the others. This month‘s list has 17 books-work book club, current audiobook, 5 NetGalley ARCs with July and August publication dates, 8 McIlvanney prize longlist/backlist books from the library, 1 random library book, and an audiobook for #readingafrica2022.

July #Bookspin ready and rearin!

@TheAromaofBooks

July‘s #Roll100 selections

Witching Hour has been on the physical TBR for over a year, so I‘m glad this will prompt me to get to it.

Unknown why I stacked Pollan‘s because I was really lukewarm on Omnivore‘s Dilemma.

And the Warhol bio was a freebie on audible, maybe I‘ll make some art while I listen.