Books read in July

[ladysophiekitty]

While I am here, might as well do this! Last month I barely met my goal of 85 books. This month my goal was 100 books, which I passed! I read a total of 28 books this month.

86. What Happened To Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
Rating: 4.5/5

87. Graceling by Kristen Cashore
Rating: 3.5/5

88. Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Rating: 3/5

89. Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
Rating: 3.5/5

90. The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
Rating: 4/5
Comments: Am eagerly awaiting the next installment.

91. Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund **
Rating: 3.5/5

92. Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Rating: 3/5
Comments: An interesting read but a bit hard to get into and dragged in a few places.

93. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Rating: 5/5
Comments: Review coming soon.

94. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Rating: 3/5

95. The Help
Rating: 5/5

96. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Rating: 4/5

97. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Rating: 2/5

98. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Rating: 2.5/5

99. A Clash of Kings by George R R Martin

100. Under the Rose by Diana Peterfreund

101. A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin
Rating:3.5 or 4/5
Comments: FAVORITE of the series, I think. LOVED the Jaime/Brienne interaction and the road trip of hell.

102. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

103. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Rating: 1/5
Comments: I had somewhat high expectations of this book. A witch librarian? Awesome. A vampire? Not so awesome, but if it was well written, fine. Sadly, the book failed to grab me and several times I was tempted to give up, something that doesn't usually happen because I'm convinced to stick a book through and rarely stop.

The romance was a bit too cheesy in my opinion, the characters a bit too perfect. Especially when you find out all of these hidden powers that the main female character has and didn't know about, someone that the entire supernatural world is pretty much interested in. Some of the magic background and the world stuff was interesting (Diana's family home was great!), but for the most part, I didn't like the book.

104. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Rating: 2/5

105. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Rating: 2/5

106. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Rating: 2/5

107. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Rating: 4/5
Comments: This was a very fun read! Lots of excitement and adventure, and some interesting characters. Grimalkin the cat and Puck were my favorites, and I look forward to seeing Meghan's character develop. Will definitely be reading the other books!

108. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Rating: 3.5/5

109. Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanan
Rating: 4/5

110. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Rating: undecided

111. M is for Magic by Neil Gaimon
Rating: 4/5

112. Divergent by Veronica Roth
Rating 3.5/5

113. My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One Night Stands by Chelsea Handler
Rating: 3/5

Goal for August: 125 books

Comments

[laura-louisa.livejournal.com]

How do you do that? I've managed to read two or three books this year... and even before I started studying I didn't read more than 100 books a year... do you eat them for breakfast? XD

[antismiles.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to sit over here making envious eyes at you and your speed-reading ways. :P

[pasadora.livejournal.com]

WOOOOOOOOW!!

I'm jealous. I think I read like.. 8 books so far this year. :(
I watch more TV shows, obviously. lmao

[hllx3.livejournal.com]

Yay, you liked the Help too!<3

[http://users.livejournal.com/unnecessary_/]

I'm so glad that you loved The Help.