Summer reading often equals YA for me, so I’m impressed that only 2 of my books this month fall in that category.
July goal:
July’s goal is 3 books, but I’m pretty sure I can hit 4.
Result:
Did it.
What I read:
- Broken Country—Clare Leslie Hall
- Kindle / 320p
- Jul 1–4
- 4⭐
- Review
- Nine Liars (Truly Devious #5)—Maureen Johnson
- Kindle / 457p
- Jul 8–12
- 4.25⭐
- Review
- Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It—Corey Doctorow
- Audiobook 🎧 / 7m 52m
- Apr 16–Jul 26
- 4⭐
- Review
- The Velvet Knife (Truly Devious #6)—Maureen Johnson
- Kindle (ARC – Netgalley) / 400p
- Jul 14–26
- 3.75⭐
- Review
What I’m reading:
- Separation of Church and Hate—John Fugelsang
- Physical
- Dec 21–
- p144 of 283 (50%)
- The Keeper (Cal Hooper #3)—Tana French
- Physical
- Jul 27–
What I abandoned:
- none
2026 Progress
Star Ratings:
Based on the flat stars, not the quarter stars I assign in my reviews.
- 5 stars: 1 book
- 4 stars: 16 books
- 3 stars: 9 books
- 2 stars: 0 books
- 1 star: 1 book
- 0 stars: 0 books
- Abandoned: 0 books
- Not rated: 0 books
Pages Read/Hours Listened:
(Does not include partial books, abandoned books, or edited manuscripts)
- January – 1319p, 8h 45m
- February – 933p, 3h 30m
- March – 1737p, 5h 40m
- April – 1094p, 0m (listened but did not complete)
- May – 1343p, 2h 36m
- June – 1360p, 4h 25m
- July – 1531p, 7h 52m
*Note: Storygraph has a slightly different number because they count what they think I actually read each day based on when I update my progress. I always count the entire book in the month it was completed, even if I read everything but the last page (or listen to everything but the last minute) in the previous month.
Reading Goals:
Read 36 books
I finished 4 books toward my Storygraph challenge.
- Audiobooks: 6
- Kindle: 19
- Physical books: 2
Read 25 minutes per day
July 31 was Day 1780 of my reading streak.
July reading was steady. I finished my first two books quickly. Then I was finally able to reborrow the audiobook I started in April and finish that. The third book was a little slower.
August’s goal is 3 books. I
As always, you can find me other places to see what I’m reading:
Also, I recommend supporting independent bookstores. My favorite is Old Town Books (they ship!). You can also support my favorite podcast through their Bookshop.org link at KickBezosInTheBalls.org (or pick a local shop of your choosing). And you can never go wrong with your local library!
