July 2017 Month in Review

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This post is linked up at the Monthly Wrap-Up Round Up @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction.

Wow, where did July go? It turned out to be a lot busier than I anticipate! But in mostly good ways. I went to my lake for the first week of July. I did a pretty good job of blogging ahead and reading while I was out there. Then I went camping again, but this time on a four day trip with my best friend. Starting back at my old job and Fringing also ate a lot of my time. These are all good things, but the one event that made me use ‘mostly’ instead of ‘all’ up there is that my mom broke her arm 🙁 Since I am more available than my dad and sister (who both work full time), I’ve been helping her out and taking her on excursions, haha. Between camping + work + Fringe + Mom, my blogging took a hit in July, but I don’t mind much because these are all things I want to enjoy before I move.

Books Finished

  • Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin
  • Japanese Pilgrimage by Oliver Statler
  • Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan Mcguire
  • The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea
  • The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutsie
  • Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan Mcguire

Books Reviewed

Words and Pictures

I forgot this segment last month, so this includes picture books and graphic novels read in June and July.

  • Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
  • I’ll Wait, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
    • I liked the serious panda who stars in these cute books about manners.
  • Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
  • The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems
    • The four picture books above I read when I had some downtown at one of the elementary schools where I work.
  • Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett
  • Noisy Night by Mac Barnett
  • Telephone by Mac Barnett
  • Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
    • I sat in the Barnett section of the library the other day and read the books I hadn’t already read 😛
  • Midnight City: Corpse Blossom by G.M.B. Chomichuk – Graphic novel by a local author that had been on my shelf for awhile.

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Upcoming in August

  • Month long – ARC August (still time to sign up!). I will be reading:
    • Patina by Jason Reynolds (finished today)
    • The Painting by Charis Cotter
    • Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller
    • The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
    • Scion of the Fox by Sam Beiko
  • 1 Aug – Publication of The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor (Mom and I are going to try this one for Family Reads)
  • 18 Aug – Start of my move to Vancouver! Except a hiatus announcement around this time.

I don’t have many new releases on my radar for August. What books are you eyeing this month?

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