Hi friends, it’s time for another monthly wrap up!
July was a good month. I saw GOT7 live in Dallas and it made my year. True it’s only July, but my love for them is so strong and seeing them perform live was amazing!
While I did cut back on my reading, I still read a few books.
However, I seem to be forgetting that I’m on a hiatus because I was still obsessive about reading. I was always looking for new books or still trying to blog hop. I might extend my hiatus to August because I really didn’t take the time that I needed.
I had good feedback on the manga section I included last month, so it’s back in this post! Once again, let me know if you like this or hate it.
Now before we jump into books, let’s talk about music and TV.
Music
I have had Baekhyun’s solo album on repeat all month. Every song on this album jams and I’m obsessed! It was definitely worth the wait because his voice is what my dreams are made of.
TV
Nothing new here. Still watching Sweet Love Patisserie!
Books
Now to the main reason of this post, the books! This month I’ve read 11 books, 18 mangas, and 3 graphic novels.
Any title that has a * next to it means that it’s coming up in the next few weeks 🙂
5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Million Junes by Emily Henry | Review
Until December by Aurora Rose Reynolds | Review
Beasts of Abigaile Vol. 3 review
4 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager review
Comeback by Lyn Ashwood & Rachel Rose | Review
Faker by Sarah Smith | Review
Beasts of Abigaile Vol. 1 (included with Vol. 3 review)
Beasts of Abigaile Vol. 2 (included with Vol. 3 review)
Beasts of Abigaile Vol. 4 (included with Vol. 3 review)
QQ. Sweeper Vol. 3
Waiting for Spring Vol. 6
Waiting for Spring Vol. 7
Waiting for Spring Vol. 8
3 Stars ⭐⭐⭐
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu Review
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho | Review
Trapping Her by Aurora Rose Reynolds (included with Mooncakes)
Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo Goodreads review
Whipped by Jenika Snow
Dreaming Sun Vol. 1 Goodreads review
The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O’Neill
Waiting for Spring Vol. 4
Waiting for Spring Vol. 5
Waiting for Spring Vol. 9
Black Bird Vol. 4
Black Bird Vol. 5
2 Stars ⭐⭐
Making Up by Helena Hunting | review
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling | Review
Ace of Hearts by Elle Goode | Goodreads review
Waiting for Spring Vol. 10
Dreamin’ Sun Vol .2
Dreamin’ Sun Vol. 3
Midnight Secretary Vol. 1
DNF❌
Only Every You by C.D. Reiss
Manga Wrap Up
Black Bird by Kanoko Sakurakouji – While I still love the two main characters, there’s only so far you can stretch a will they or won’t they situation. 5/18 VOLUMES
Waiting for Spring by Anashin – I am so in love with these characters! While the love triangle is getting a bit old (rooting for Aya!), I’m still invested. 9/11 VOLUMES (series is ongoing)
QQ Sweeper by Kyousuke Motomi – While I did enjoy this prequel manga series, I would have loved more things to be cleared up. Now it’s time to start Queen’s Quality! 3/3 VOLUMES COMPLETED
Dreaming Sun by Ichigo Takano – While this was cute, that’s all I can really say about it. I can get the references for Fruits Basket though. It really does give off that vibe and that’s most likely the only reason that I will pick up the next volume.. 1/10 VOLUMES
Looks like you had a great month! Your manga reads look fantastic! Happy reading!
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Thank you so much! How was your month?
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July was good to me! I’m recovering from a 3-month book slump, but I actually read a decent amount this month, which feels wonderful.
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That’s good to hear. Book slumps are the worst!
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Wow, looks like a great month!! So many manga reads I’ll have to add to my TBR! I’ve had City Lights on repeat too XD
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Baekhyun has been slaying me with his voice on this album! I’m glad to see someone else has been loving it as well.
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Great wrap up of your month! 🙂
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Thank you so much! How was yours?
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Pretty great actually!! Read 18 books and had 4 five star reads which was awesome. Definitely a great reading month :))
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That is AWESOME!
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Well, even though you didn’t do quite the hiatus you meant to, it still looks like a good month!
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thank you! How was your month?
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It was good! I got a lot of ARCs out of the way so I can catch up on other books. 🙂
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I need to do that. I’ve been seeing this ARC August going around and I need to join it.
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Looks like you had a fantastic month! I need to read more mangas.
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Always yes to more manga! lol
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You had an awesome month, Kayla! I’m sorry Wicked Fox was a three star read for you! I haven’t read it yet but I’ll soon.
Hope you have a great August! 🙂
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I’m still mouring over Wicked Fox! I hope you enjoy it more than I did Raven!
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That is still an amazing reading month!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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As always, your posts give me life and I wanted to say I love you ❤️ Make sure you take the time you need, we’ll all be here when you get back! ❤️ And of course, the list of these books have given me life and now I need a copy of Lock Every Door!
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You have to read Lock Every Door!
Also, you give me life 🙂
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I almost put a copy in my Book of the Month box. But then I saw that they had House of Salt and Sorrows. I was so torn! But I definitely think next week I might pick up a copy of Lock Every Door. It needs to be fall already because I have nothing but desires for thrillers and mysteries right now lol 😂 Awe, that makes my heart melt! ❤️ I love you, you’re a Queen!
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House of Salt and Sorrows sounds so good!
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Yes! It sounds insanely good! It was so hard to choose between the two.
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I just started the audiobook from overdrive and I’m already loving the setting.
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Oh god! Now I wish I had it in my hands!
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A Million Junes! I’m so glad you loved it, Emily Henry is one of my favorite authors ❤
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I can see her becoming one of mine as well!
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You had such a great reading month! I’m glad to hear you loved A Million Junes because that’s been on my TBR forever! Happy reading 💖
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It was really good and well written. I cna’t wait to read more by her!
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You had a great month! A Million Junes have been in my TBR list forever I wanted to read it after hearing a great review I just need to get the book 🙂 I almost picked Lock Every Door and These witches don’t burn on Saturday but changed my mind maybe I’ll pick it Lock every door today 🙂
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I hope you enjoy Lock Every Door. I really loved the amtosphere of that one. Also, I think Emily Henry is going to be a new lookout for author for me.
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Thank you! 🙂
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I love that you have a monthly wrap-up that you use to catch up your viewers on what you’ve been watching, listening to, and reading! I’m relatively new to blogging so it’s cool seeing all the different ideas that people have had on what to write about, but a monthly check-in is so neat. Glad to see you had a great July! 🙂
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Thank you and welcome to the community! 🙂
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I have been on a semi hiatus too Kayla and I am thinking about posting less often or at least, not every day of the week as I want to keep blogging being fun! You had not a bad month reading wise!
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I think that’s my main goal for the rest of the year. Keep blogging fun!
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I am highly anticipating more and more reviews of Lock Every Day because I have a feeling I’m going to love it but I’m not sure enough yet to buy it lol. I want my next Thriller read to be SO GOOD because I’m very very much in the mood to be fictionally freaked out right now.
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It was really good! If you don’t want to buy it, check your local library. That’s what I always do!
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