July 2018 Recap // Way Too Many Moths & I’M PLANNING TO HOST A READING CHALLENGE

I’m proud to announce that a. my slump has NOT COME BACK (yet) and that b. August is my birthday month!!

Celebration time!!

me rn

I’m actually okay with the amount of books I read (spoiler alert it’s nine) which is an accomplishment within itself.

Okay what else do I put in this introduction.

This post is late (I was planning to post it on the last day of July but that didn’t work out) because I wasn’t able to take more bookstagram photos until today!

{all covers link to their Goodreads}

books i read

    

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore ★★★☆☆ [gr review to come]

• Listen, about 99% of my friends were in love with this book. So imagine my horror when it turned out that, despite the lush writing, there are literally no plot at all. #salty

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee ★★★★★ [blog review] [gr review]

• My third reread of one of my favorite books!! ❤ I still love it as much as I did the first time I read it.

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton ★★★★☆ [blog review] [gr review]

• That twist at the end thoughhhh. Also this was so spooky I loved it.

    

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab ★★★★★ [gr review]

• I don’t hate all of Schwab’s books!!! *rejoices*

Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody ★★★★☆ [blog review] [gr review]

• This was soooo amazing and I loved it so much while reading it and I NEED KING OF FOOLS ASAP.

The Radical Element edited by Jessica Spotswood (anthology) ★★★★☆ [gr review]

• Aaaah this was my first anthology and the beginning was really hard to get into but after a while I started really enjoying the stories and loving them!

    

The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta ★★★★★ [gr review to come]

• I’ll just repeat what I said in my goodreads review. Our main characters are a genderfluid couple, amazing.

500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario ★★★☆☆ [gr review]

• I actually enjoyed this, but I feel like it could have been fleshed out more and I wish it was longer, honestly.

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik ★★★★★ [gr review to come]

• Hi this is officially one of my favorites of 2018 and I don’t regret a thing.

physical book haul

Lovely, Dark and Deep by Justina Chen

• Okay but a HUGE THANK YOU to the amazing Kav who sent me this!! They’re amazing!! Also I think the main character is Filipino (!!!)

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

• Thank you to Abrams books for sending me a copy of this for review! I’m so excited and apparently it’s has bi characters going on a quest… amazing.

digital book haul

    

    

I actually mentioned A Spark of White Fire in my asian-inspired fantasy and it’s apparently a space opera which sounds AMAZING. (It’s also up for download on Edelweiss in case any of you want to read it!)

500 Words or Less has a Chinese mc and this is written in poetry which was really interesting to read! Also I’M SO HYPED FOR EMPRESS OF ALL SEASONS, A JAPANESE-INSPIRED FANTASY.

anticipated august releases

    

reading challenges

This month I participated in the #24in48 readathon where you’re trying to read for 24 hours in 48 hours.

I finished The Radical Element, and then The Brilliant Death (which features a genderfluid couple fyi) and then I started some of Escaping From Houdini!

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Next month I’m planning to participate in #ArcAugust because especially after BookCon I have way too many arcs to read and sdkflsjf I’m so hyped for all of them!

(tbh in the future I’ll probably announce that I have read 0 arcs just like last year. I’m very good at readathons.)

Here’s my smol tbr list for ARC August:

• Ignite the Stars (I love the Asian model on the cover and also this kind of sounds like Cinder? Which I loved. I’m just scared because Aimee hated this and her opinions are v trustable.)
• See All the Stars* (The cover looks kind of mediocre but!!! there are so many reviews saying this is really good. And we all know that I trust the hype.)
• Darius the Great is Not Okay (My first reason for reading this is because it’s an orange book and my second is because of this smol.)

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Also, May and I are thinking about hosting a reading challenge that’s probably about a month long, and is either all during December or split during November and December!

We’re planning to make it about celebrating IPOC (Indigenous & People of Color) and we’re going to create a bingo card so if you’d be interesting in participating please let us know! We’re trying to figure out what to do based off of how many people are willing to participate. ❤

(It would be called #ReadIPOChallenge by the way, and we’re combining the C in IPOC and Challenge because we’re edgy.)

More information will be released in October!!

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I guess you all looking at my stats?? Also I have replied to approximately 2 comments this month and I’m sorry I love you all but replying to comments is so much work and I plan to catch up soon!!

favorite post

other posts i loved

Marie gives us tips on gaining followers and interactions and go read her post it’s so helpful and amazing!

Cait shows how she manages to write while having a mental illness and it’s such a nice, gentle reminder.

Lily explains why we need more confident and strong female characters!

Elise posts the top twenty gayest Taylor Swift songs and we all needed this post in our life.

Lu talks about her favorite expectations in fantasy novels and it’s vv relatable.

bookish news

• The cover for Internment was revealed and it’s glorious I actually love it so much?
• Once & Future had its cover revealed here and THIS COVER IS SO PRETTY. This promises to feature characters or different races, sexualities, and gender identities?? I Love??
• Hanna Alkaf’s book, The Weight of Our Sky, had its cover revealed and aaaaaah!
• The Kingdom of Copper’s cover was also revealed and it’s amazing (even though I haven’t read the first book yet.
• And… another cover reveal: the UK cover for The Devouring Gray released and it’s so spooky and pretty.
• Sandhya Menon released the title for her Ashish/Sweetie book and the gif she shows is so. pretty.
• THE OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE RELEASED AND WE GOT MORE GOOD LARA JEAN CONTENT I’M SO HAPPY.

brooklyn nine nine

Yes, I need an entire section to talk about b99 to dedicate my absolute love for this show because it’s so amazing.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine has officially usurped the position of my #1 favorite tv show from Friends.

RIP FRIENDS JULY 2018

Anyways, Jake Peralta & Amy Santiago are amazing and my official favs. I love them so much.

other stuff

• I went to the Seven-Eleven on free Slurpee day because PAYING FOR THINGS?? no thanks, and I saw someone from my school and you know every awkward moment where you see people from school outside of school but you don’t know them that well and just??? well that was me.
• I’ve had contact with two ants and a bee this month. And a HECK TON OF MOTHS WHY ARE THERE SO MANY IN MY HOUSE. THIS IS TERRIBLE.

ft. my live texts about moths

Have you watched Brooklyn Nine-Nine? Do you hate moths just as much as I do? Are you participating in #ARCAugust?