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!