My July 2023 reading stats were lower than usual, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great month!
How much I’ve managed to read each month this year has surprised me a lot. I’ve averaged around 20-25 books every 30 days, which kind of blows my mind! July was on the quieter side, with “only” 18 books (in comparison). However, I found several new favorites and I also took my time savoring and really appreciating one book in particular (looking at you, The Fragile Threads of Power)! I’m so glad that I chose to buddy-read that much-anticipated upcoming release because it made a huge difference in how I read and enjoyed it!
I did choose to DNF two of the books on my original TBR for the month (A Sweet Spot for Love and Planes, Trains, and All the Feels), but I added a few titles that weren’t planned to even it all out (Lore Olympus Vol. 4, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, The Off Limits Rule, Death on Windmill Way, and In the Case of Heartbreak). I’ve planned a much smaller TBR for August because I will be traveling and going through some major life changes, so I want to take as much pressure off myself as possible. But I can’t wait to see what I read and how it all compares to my July 2023 reading stats!
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The 18 Books I Read in July 2023
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July 2023 Reading Stats
Books That Got a 5-Star Rating
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0.5)
by travis baldree
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The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power #1)
by V.E. Schwab
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Books That Got a 4 or 4.5-Star Rating (*reread)
The Celebrants
by Steven Rowley
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Hell Bent (Alex Stern #2)
by Leigh Bardugo
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It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing Suit
by Justin A. Reynolds
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The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy #1)
by Chelsea Abdullah
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Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer #2)*
by Laini Taylor
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Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome #2)
by Sarah Adams
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #1)
by Holly Jackson
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Books That Got a 3 or 3.5-Star Rating
Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom Duology #2)
by Sue Lynn Tan
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Pick the Plot (Story Thieves #4)
by James Riley
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The Littlest Library
by Poppy Alexander
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The Off Limits Rule (It Happened in Nashville #1)
by Sarah adams
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Death on Windmill Way (Hamptons Murder Mysteries #1)
by Carrie doyle
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In the Case of Heartbreak (Fern Falls #2)
by Courtney Kae
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Books That Got a 2 or 2.5-Star Rating
Some Mistakes Were Made
by Kristin Dwyer
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Jay’s Gay Agenda (Jay’s Gay Agenda #1)
by Jason June
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Books That Got No Rating
Lore Olympus Vol. 4
by Rachel Smythe
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August 2023 TBR
The Night Fox by Ashley Wilda [ARC]
The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella [ARC]
Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander [ARC]
Curious Tides (The Drowned Gods Duology #1) by Pascale Lacelle [ARC]
The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil #1) by Soman Chainani
Worlds Apart (Story Thieves #5) by James Riley
Death on Lily Pond Lane (Hamptons Murder Mysteries #2) by Carrie Doyle
Murder on Cape Cod (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery #1) by Maddie Day
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co #1) by Jonathan Stroud
A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Opposite of Always by Justin A Reynolds [reread]
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Nice wrap-up for July! I got to read The Celebrants last month too.
Despite not reading as many books as you normally do, you certainly had a great month! I love the diversity of your reads as well. I hope you have a wonderful August Stephanie!