Month in Review: July 2015

Posted August 4, 2015 by Cristina (Girl in the Pages) in Month In Review / 10 Comments

 

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Books I Read This Month:

PicMonkey CollageReviews This Month:

The Royal We (4.5 Stars)

Made You Up (2.5 Stars)

The Winner’s Crime (3 Stars)

Ready Player One (4 Stars)

Stats:

Total Books Read: 7

Total Novellas Read: 0

Rereads: 0

Favorite Book Read This Month: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy. It’s seriously amazing! Read it/pre-order it and you won’t regret it!

Least Favorite Book Read This Month: Made You Up by Francesca Zappia. I had such high hopes for this one, but it fell flat for me.

Book that Most Surprised Me This Month: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. What a plot twist! Look for my review in August.

Reading Challenge Updates

Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge Progress: 54/70

Fairytale Retelling Challenge: 5/8

Reread Challenge: 13/12

*Note that the status bars for challenges in my side bar are slightly different because they only count books I wrote full reviews for.

Popular Posts This Month

Relationship Role Models (My newest feature!)

Real Talk: Why is An Extensive Vocabulary So Intimidating

ALA San Francisco 2015 Recap & Giveaway

Updates About My Life This Month:

I’m so pleased that I was able to read so many books and start two new features this month despite going on a week-long hiatus! I’ve had so much wonderful reading material to choose from thanks to ALA, and I’ve been enjoying reading outside as much as I can. If you follow me on Instagram you’ll see most of my reading has been done by the pool lately! Aside from going to Washington D.C., I’ve also been integrating more outdoor activities as the summer progresses, such as taking up hiking as a hobby and journeying to some lakes to enjoy swimming. In August I’m taking part in the ARC August challenge, so expect reviews of some exciting titles!

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10 responses to “Month in Review: July 2015

    • DIMPLIN’ IS EVERYTHING. Seriously, it’s one of the best contemporaries I’ve read all year! Everything Everything was pretty great too…I love when hyped books live up to the expectations we set for them! My Life Next Door was also really good, and I was simply expecting it to just be a fluffy beach read. While it does have its fluffy moments, it definitely has heavier plot points worked it that keep it balanced and kept me as a reader super invested in the outcome.

  1. Woohoo! Look at you already surpassing your Re-Read Challenge Goal — that’s awesome!! And I’m happy to see you loved The Royal We because it’s one of my favorites 🙂 I love your Relationship Role Models post, and I can’t wait to see what couples you highlight in the future!

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