Nessa Luna Is it too late to do a wrap-up for July? It’s my blog, so I say it isn’t! In July I read a total of 26 books, so I’ll be quick about it and just tell you which books I read for which readathons (because, of course, I did a couple of readathons) and what I thought of them. Because I read some books for multiple readathons, there might be duplicates! As usual, rereads have an * behind the title and the titles will link to the Goodreads page!
Grishaverse Readathon
I, of course, participated in my own readathon this month, the Grishaverse readathon! I read almost all of the books but didn’t have time to get to the bonus book, unfortunately (will do so in September, though). I ended up reading a total of 19 books for this readathon!
Teams
- Second Army – featuring an army: Tomorrow When the War Began * by John Marsden (5/5)
- The Dregs – featuring found family: The Promise by Gene Luen Yang (5/5)
- Triumvirate – featuring a friend group: The Dead of Night * by John Marsden (5/5)
- Sildroher – a standalone: Conceal, Don’t Feel by Jen Calonita (4/5)
Series
- Shadow and Bone – featuring magic: The Lost Hero * by Rick Riordan (5/5)
- Six of Crows – featuring a crime/heist: Gemina * by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (5/5)
- King of Scars – featuring royalty: Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot (2/5)
- Language of Thorns – fairytale (retelling): A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (4/5)
Light/Dark
- Sun Summoner – stars/sun on cover: Tarnished are the Stars by Rosiee Thor (4/5)
- The Darkling – moon on cover: This World We Live In * by Susan Beth Pfeffer (3/5)
Grisha Order
- Corporalki – red cover: The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay (3/5)
- Etherealki – blue cover: The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (4/5)
- Materialki – featuring a creator: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (4.5/5)
Nations
- Ravka – Russian inspired: Black Widow: Deadly Origin by Paul Cornell (2.5/5)
- Fjerda – Scandinavian inspired: Valkyrie: Jane Foster vol. 1 by Jason Aaron (3/5)
- Shu Han – Asian inspired: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (4/5)
- Kerch – Dutch author: Tales of Lunis Aquaria by Tessa Hastjarjanto (2.5/5)
- Novyi Zem – Oceanian author: Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (4.5/5)
- Wandering Isle – Irish inspired: The Arctic Incident Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin (3.5/5)
Four Nations Readathon
Then I found this amazing Avatar the Last Airbender inspired readathon, and I had to join. I joined the Watertribe (obviously) and managed to get to level 5 this month! For that, I ended up reading 10 books.
- Blue cover: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (4.5/5)
- Under 100 pages: The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay (3/5)
- Ice on cover: Conceal, Don’t Feel by Jen Calonita (4/5)
- Has assassins: Tarnished are the Stars by Rosiee Thor (4/5)
- Guilty pleasure book: Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot (2/5)
- Mystery: The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (4/5)
- Reread an emotional read: Gemina * by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (5/5)
- Disabled main character: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (4/5)
- Sea creature on cover: Tales of Lunis Aquaria by Tessa Hastjarjanto (2.5/5)
- Escape a prison: The Lost Hero * by Rick Riordan (5/5)
Lastly, I read a couple of books outside of the readathons, because I cannot be stopped apparently.
- Binti by Nnedi Okorofor (3/5)
- Circe by Madeline Miller (4/5)
- Crooked Kingdom * by Leigh Bardugo (5/5)
- The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander (DNF)
- The Red Pyramid Graphic Novel by Orpheus Collar and Rick Riordan (4/5)
- Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims (3.5/5)
- You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles (2/5)