Monthly Recap: July 2016

Hope your July was as eventful as mine! My birthday was this month, I visited a few colleges, and worked on my summer assignments. Nonetheless, I still got to read quite a few books!

I read 15 books this month, which is, I think, the most number of books I’ve ever read in a month! I’m super proud of myself, and this really helps my Goodreads challenge so I can slack off (for lack of a better word) in the coming fall!

 REVIEWS:

• The Chasm by S. Usher Evans
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
• The Jewel & The White Rose by Amy Ewing
• Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
• The Rose Society by Marie Lu

For 2016, I signed up for 4 year-long challenges. You can see my overall progress here.

THIS MONTH

No challenges this month!

YEAR LONG

Flights of Fantasy | Goal: 20 | 9 read this month

• THE ROSE SOCIETY by Marie Lu
• CRUEL BEAUTY by Rosamund Hodge
• NEVERNIGHT by Jay Kristoff
• WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER by Rae Carson
• THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR by Katharine McGee
• THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE BY my queen, Sarah J. Maas
• THE READER by Traci Chee
• THRONE OF GLASS by Sarah J. Maas
• A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas

Contemporary Romance | Goal: 20 | 0 read this month 

• none this month! 😦

Debut Author | Goal: 20 | 4 read this month 

• STALKING JACK THE RIPPER by Kerri Maniscalco
• THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR by Katharine McGee
• THE READER by Traci Chee
• TELL ME SOMETHING REAL by Calla Devlin

Discussions | Goal: 15 | 1 written this month

• How Do You Define YA?

• I posted about my birthday and hosted a giveaway.

• For Top Ten Tuesday, I posted about Top Ten Books I Enjoyed With Under 2000 Ratings on GR, Ten Facts About Myself, and Top Ten Books Set Outside The US.
• I also hosted an Interview with Calista Lynne, Author of We Awaken, discussion the importance of asexuality in literature.
• I wrote about my Harry Potter Reading Experience + Moodboards for  Potterhead July.
• I also posted a guest post of What I’d Like to See More In YA by @DiannaLGunn
• Additionally, I presented a playlist for Gemini by Sonya Mukherjee for a blog tour + giveaway.
• I posted a few ARCs I’d like to read in August for my 2016 ARC August: Sign Up.
• I asked How Do You Define YA? for a discussion post this month.
• I did the Fifty Bookish Questions Book Tag, which was fun, but loooong.
• I posted a haul of 20+ books from the past month, titled Blow Us Haul Away.
• Finally, I posted a few Movie Recommendations.

For August, I’m participating in ARC August, so I have quite a few ARCs lined up on my TBR. I’m also looking forward to continuing the TOG series (don’t spoil me I beg of you) and reading some other backlist titles.

• My first blogoversary is August 3rd, so make sure you check out the blog for a fun post, plus an international giveaway! 🙂
• I’m also participating in the STALKING JACK THE RIPPER street team blog tour, so watch out for that post!
• I’m hosting my first blog feature that will focus on bringing attention to newbie bloggers, called Welcome to the Neighborhood. I’ll have an introduction post soon, but throughout the months of September and November, I’ll be having discussions, interviews, guest posts, and other fun posts for you to read about our new book bloggers! There will also be an international giveaway (hosted by myself) plus other giveaways hosted by the featured bloggers! I’m super excited for this, and I hope you are too!

How was your month? Let me know in the comments below or link me to your own monthly wrap-up post!