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What did you read in JULY?
Hot damn...I can't believe July is over already.
What did you read this month? How was it? How many is this for the year? How are you doing on your goal?
Re: What did you read in JULY?
Fall From Loves - 3.5 stars
The Distance Between Us - 3.5 stars
Red Rising - 3 stars
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - 4 stars
Let's Pretend This Never Happened - 3.5 stars
Sister - 4.5 stars
Flat-Out Celeste - 4.5 stars
Landline - 4 stars
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes - 3 stars
This puts me at 67/100, 10 books ahead of goal
IVF w/ICSI - transferred 2; froze 3
Beta #1 150 Beta #2 320 - 7/16 124 bpm (6w5d) EDD 3/6/13
Our team green baby was a girl! Emma Lynn born 2/23/13
my read shelf:
Sinner by Maggie Steifvater ****
Breakable by Tammara Webber ***
Easy by Tammara Webber ****
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead ****
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson *****
Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh ***
Robopocolypse by Daniel H. Wilson ***
8/100!
my read shelf:
Wes: 10/8/2012
I read:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - 5 stars
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - 4 stars
And because I have like three chapters left, I am confident I will finish tonight....
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin - 5 stars
That's 35 of 52 books so far this year. 5 books ahead of schedule. At the beginning of the month it was 8 ahead.
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
The Weight of Blood -Laura McHugh (excellent!- 5 stars)
The Vacationers- Emma Straub (3 stars)
The White Tiger- Aravind Adiga (3 stars)
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands- Chris Bohjalian (also extremely excellent- 5 stars)
The Year of Reading Dangerously- Andy Miller (1 star... not what I had hopes for...)
Books read in 2011: 111
Books read in 2012: 100
my read shelf:
Landline--5 stars
Attachments-3 1/2 stars
Harry Potter 1-4. (re-reads). 4 stars for books 1-2, 5 for 3-4.
Maybe, Someday by Colleen Hoover *****
Five Ways to Fall by K.A. Tucker *****
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell ****
I'm currently listening to Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover, which I'll probably finish tonight and I'm reading Make You Mine by Macy Becket, which I'll also probably finish tonight.
July was an awesome reading month for me! I read 8 books and am at 44/50 for the year.
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness *****
Prisoner of the Queen by E. Knight ***
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon ****
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon ****
Picnic at the Iron Curtain by Susan Viets ****
Children of Wrath by Paul Grossman ****
Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap ****
The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva ***
I'm hoping to finish WIMOHB this evening.
my read shelf:
The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan
Y: The Last Man, Volumes 3-6
I read:
The Death Cure - 2 stars
The Kill Order - 3 stars
Surrender to Sultry - 4 stars
Reached - 2 stars
Looking for Alaska - 4 stars
I listened to:
Outlander (reread)
BFP 1/8/11 - U/S 2/24/11 (11wks) no heartbeat measuring 6w1d - D&C 2/28/11
The Vacationers by Emma Straub 3 stars
Elizabeth Street by Laurie Fabiano 5 stars
I'm 95% done with The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, so I'm counting it for July. This will be book 43 out of my goal of 52
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - 2 stars
One Light Still Shines by Marie Monville - 5 stars
The Shining by Stephen King - 4 stars
Evil Without a Face - Jordan Dane - 4 stars
Delirium by Lauren Oliver - 4 stars
I've just reached by goal of 25 books for the year. I guess it's time to up my reading goal!
Cress - Marissa Meyer - 4 stars
Noggin - John Corey Whaley - 4 stars
The One (Selection #3) - Kiera Cass - 3 stars
Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan - 3 stars
These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman - 4 stars
Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry - 4 stars
Naked - David Sedaris - 4 stars
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher - 3 stars
The Geography of You and Me - Jennifer Smith - 4 stars
Panic - Lauren Oliver - 3 stars
I hit my goal for the year, so I raised it by 10 books, although at this rate, I'll hit that one in a month or so.
My new bff Gayle Forman!
“You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control"
- Gayle Forman
"People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when you left it. You come back to it with skills, weapons, knowledge you didn't have before. Then you are better equipped to deal with your current reality."
- Neil Gaiman
Married Bio
My new bff Gayle Forman!
“You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control"
- Gayle Forman
"People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when you left it. You come back to it with skills, weapons, knowledge you didn't have before. Then you are better equipped to deal with your current reality."
- Neil Gaiman
Married Bio
My Badges:
In July I read (in order from best to worst):
Into the Wild by John Krakaur
Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
Hot Ice by Nora Roberts
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Longbourn by Jo Baker
my read shelf:
Better Than Me by Emme Burton 2 Stars
Dearest Clementine by Lex Martin 5 Stars
Finding Dandelion by Lex Martin 5 Stars
Since Forever Ago by Olivia Besse 4 Stars
Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry 4 Stars
Play Me (Alpha Part 1) by Blue Ashcroft 3 Stars
The Real Thing by Cassie Mae 3 Stars
The Only Exception by Magan Vernon 4 Stars
The Only One by Magan Vernon 4 Stars
Lingering Echoes by Erica Kiefer 3 Stars
The Trouble With Goodbe by Sarra Cannon 5 Stars
The Moment We Began by Sarra Cannon 4 Stars
Anchor Me by Megan Erickson 5 Stars
Lex Martin, Megan Erickson, and Sarra Cannon are some new authors that I've recently discovered, and I'm loving their books!
Not a super great reading month for me.
Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty - 3 stars
A Break of Day by Bella Forrest - 3 stars
Neverwas by Kelly Moore - 2 stars
Death, and the Girl He Loves by Darynda Jones - 2 stars
Pros & Cons by Janet Evonovich - 3 stars
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evonovich - 3 stars
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - 3 stars
This Girl by Colleen Hoover - 3 stars
I've read 65 out of 114 so far this year. I'm actually 2 books behind schedule.