LazyDayLit's JULY 2023 Reading Wrap-up & Challenge Progress

 

GOODBYE JULY! 

I read 20 books this month! 
13 fiction novels
3 graphic novels
3 nonfiction reads


What I read this month:


FICTION READS

    

For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes
Weyward by Emilia Hart
The Fervor by Alma Katsu

 

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Into the Light by Mark Oshiro
Wild & Wicked Things by Francesca May

The Islands of Elsewhere by Heather Fawcett
Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

Big Tree by Brian Selznick
Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

GRAPHIC NOVELS READ IN JULY

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Song of the Sea: the graphic novel by 
Lore Olympus: Volume Four by Rachel Smythe


NONFICTION READS

You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory by Ruta Sepetys
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Through the Groves by Anne Hull
Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver

What I Read To/With My Child

Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon 
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
and more! 







CHALLENGE PROGRESS

ABC CHALLENGE

JUNE

Fiction:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
17 / 26

Graphic Novels:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
19 / 26
Nonfiction:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
17 / 26

Fiction:

N - Ninth House
I - Into the Light

Graphic Novels:



Nonfiction/Poetry:

BookRiot's READ HARDER Challenge

4/24

JAN: 0/24
FEB: +2
MAR:
APR: 

MAY: +1
June: +1 or more

JULY:

Prompt 14: Read a book w/ under 500 ratings on GR:
~ You: The Story by Ruta Sepetys
(332 ratings & 94 reviews at this time)

Prompt 16: Read a book with bisexual representation:
Wild & Wicked Things by Francesca May

The52BookClub Reading Challenge

16 / 52

JAN: +2
FEB: +6
MAR:
APR:

MAY: +4
JUNE: +4

JULY

Prompt 36: Chapters have cliffhangers:
The House Across the Lake


PopSugar Reading Challenge

Jan: +1
Feb: +4
MAR: 
APR:
MAY: +1
JUNE: +2

JULY

Prompt 3: A book about a vacation:
The House Across the Lake

Prompt 7: Set in or around Hollywood
Maeve Fly


Barnes&Noble ReadingChallenge

Jan: +3
Feb: +6
MAR:
APR:
MAY: +1
JUNE: +2

JULY

Prompt 23: Second-person narrative
For You and Only You

Prompt 37: About history
The Fervor by Alma Katsu


Nonfiction Reader Challenge

History:


Memoir/Biography:
You: The Story by Ruta Sepetys
Through the Groves by Anne Hull

Crime & Punishment:

Science:
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

Health:

Travel:

Food:

Social Media:

Sports:

Relationships:

The Arts:
Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver

Published in 2023: 
You: The Story by Ruta Sepetys
Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver


NEW TO ME AUTHORS

FEB: +12
MAR: +12
APR: +12
MAY: +16
June: +18

JULY: 

Gene Luen Yang
Emilia Hart
Mark Oshiro
Samuel Sattin
Francesca May
Catherine Bakewell
Anne Hull
Sophia Bush
C.J. Leede



Happy reading! 

LazyDayLit's Most Anticipated New Releases For the 2nd Half of 2023

 Hello, readers! 

We are already halfway through the year and I need somewhere to keep track of what new releases are coming out in this half of 2023, so here they are! 


My most anticipated new releases for the rest of 2023:

MISC FICTION

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
( October 17, 2023, from Delacorte Press )

Lilith by Nikki Marmery
( October 17, 2023, from Alcove Press )

Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown
( September 12, 2023, from William Morrow )

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
( August 15, 2023, from Atria Books )



FANTASY

    

Bookshops & Bonedust (#2) by Travis Baldree
( November 7, 2023 from Tor )

Starling House by Alix E Harrow
( October 31, 2023, from Tor )

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher 
( August 15, 2023, from Tor )

YA HORROR

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
( August 29, 2023, from Henry Holt & Co.)

The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
( August 15, 2023, from G.P. Putnam's Sons )

Holly Horror by Michelle Jabes Corpora
( August 15, 2023, from Penguin Teen )

Infested by Angel Luis Colon
( July 25, 2023, from MTV Books )

Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros
( October 10, 2023, from Inkyard Press )

Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt
( August 29, 2023, from Viking Books )


ADULT HORROR

           

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
( September 12, 2023, from Berkley )

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
( August 8, 2023, from MTV Books )

Mister Magic by Kiersten White
( August 1, 2023, from Del Rey )

The Woods Are Waiting by Katherine Greene
( July 11, 2023, from Crooked Lane Books )

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
( July 11, 2023, from Poisoned Pen Press )

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
( August 8, 2023, from Tor Nightfire )


Do you see any of your most anticipated reads here?
What books are you looking forward to in the upcoming months?

LazyDayLit's JULY 2023 TBR & Reading Goals

HELLO JULY!

Hello readers!
Summer has really set in and wow has it been hot and humid. My plants and I are both loving and hating it. 
There's also been a ton of rain, which means plenty of reading time, but we also did some adventuring so it balanced itself out a bit and I ended up reading 24 books in all. 

You can see my June read in my June Wrap Up! 



MY JULY HOPEFULS


GIFTED/ARCS

Many thanks to Farrar, Strous, and Giroux,
and Andrews McMeel Publishing
for the chance to read these! 

Library Loans

BOOK CLUB READS

Nonfiction Picks

   

Off My Shelves

What are you looking forward to reading this month?



M - N Reads for #TBRTACKLECHALLENGE
+ @tbrtacklechallenge's July Bookstragram prompts:
~ starts with M or N:
Ninth House and/or Magic Lessons
~ Red or white on cover:
For You and Only You | Flowerheart
~ Paperback:
Ninth House
~ Vacation:
The House Across the Lake
~Grumpy vs sunshine trope:
? No idea ?

You can keep up with what I end up reading over on Bookstagram @LazyDayLit! 

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