Thursday, August 2, 2018

July monthly recap

Here's our monthly recap! 
We decided to start doing a monthly recap. Since we post and read a ton we will highlight what our favorite things were and what we hope to read the upcoming month. If you would like to see all our posts, here are our weekly wrap-ups. 




Do you like our new header? It's our monthly board that Jenn decorates and I put our recipes and important dates on. 

Our Weekly Wrap-ups last month:

Ash's Month!

♥ I don't think we saw ANY movies in July. Whomp Whomp.
♥ July 4th was an okay day.
♥ Literally, nothing else happened in July. The whole month just flew by
♥ I got a new laptop! So now I can blog without my internet going out constantly.
♥ I also won quite a few books in July. 

Into the Rainbow (Through the Rainbow Book 1)How to Catch a Unicorn and Other Misadventures: A Humorous Romance AnthologyThe Moonlight PegasusOne Night of MoonlightLies You Never Told Me

♥Every month one of us gets to pick a theme and then pick board games to buy based off that theme. July was my month and my theme was ghosts! Here are the ghostly games we got:

Image result for the phantom society gameImage result for ghost stories gameImage result for ghost hunting treasure findingImage result for ghosts love candy


Some other great pictures taken in July:



♥ 21 Books read in July! I'm finally getting my reading spree back! Yeeee.


We have quite a few new features coming out too, that we've made the banners for. Some of the new ones include:

Confessions of a Bibliophile, where we post confessions.


Literary Noms, where I find recipes from books or recipes that make me think of the books.


Mini Reviews, exactly what it sounds like.


Board Game Break Time, where we will review board games.


Completely Series-ness, where we will take an ENTIRE series that we've read, review it, find fun stuff like fan art, quotes, discuss who should play the characters if they made it into a movie. I'm most excited about this one.


Some of my favorite posts from July:

Top Ten Tuesday: Red White and Blue
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2018
Bookworms Wishlist: Beauty and the Beast
Blog Tour: The Last Time I Lied
Answer Me This: Do You Even Musical?
Cover up: Windows to the Soul

July reading stats:
16 YA
4 Adult
8 Picture books
1 MG

My favorite books read in July:

5 Stars:
Screams You HearContagion (Contagion, #1)

4 Stars:
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)Jackaby (Jackaby, #1)CreedCopycatThe Elite (The Selection, #2)The One (The Selection, #3)CampfireThis Is Where It EndsThe Last Time I LiedFinal Girls

Books I hope to read in August
Count All Her Bones (Girl, Stolen, #2)Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)Someday, SomewhereThis is Not a Test (This is Not a Test #1)Dating Disasters of Emma NashYou May Now Kill the Bride (Return to Fear Street, #1)The Loneliest Girl in the UniverseThe Wicked DeepBeastly Bones (Jackaby, #2)The Cabin at the End of the WorldSpace OperaSky in the DeepAfter AliceEleanor (The Unseen, #1)To Catch a Killer (Erin Blake #1)The Heir (The Selection, #4)The Cheerleaders


Jenn-


July was a much better month than June for somethings, but my reading went down a bit. I seem to to be in a slump and I am way behind on reviews. July, however, was good for board games, my work, and just a pretty good relaxing month. 



The highlight of my month. My bestie has moved in one street over from me. YAY! So Exciting. I did do the Dewey's Reverse 24 Hour Read A Thon and finished 6 books. I am halfway done with my Summer Reading Challenge... a little bit over. I am hoping to finish in mid-August. That is my month in review. 




Favorite posts from July:








5 Star:



The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the HuntersThe Face Of Deception (Eve Duncan, #1)That Touch of Ink (Mad for Mod Mystery, #2)Contagion (Contagion, #1)



4 Star:
Murder of Crows (The Others, #2)Murder NotesCampfireDon’t You Cry: The gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of In a Cottage in a WoodBatman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2)Good Me Bad MeScream All NightMurder & Marble Cake (Comfort Cakes Cozy Mysteries, #1)Every Single SecretThe Cheerleaders

Reading Stats:


26 Books Read in July 


12 Adult 

10 ya 
1 MG 
2 Graphic Novels
1 Classic

So I didn't stick my July reading plan at all. The beginning of the month started really slow for me and I decided to go off script to get me out of a reading slump. I think I read three off my list. So funny. So here is my August plan. 

August Hopefuls:

Diners, Dives & Dead Ends (Rose Strickland Mystery, #1)Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)Sea WitchThese Rebel Waves (Stream Raiders, #1)Ten After ClosingThe Memory TreesA Stranger in the HouseDance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #1)Game of SecretsErasing Time (Erasing Time, #1)#MurdertrendingHidden (Bone Secrets, #1)NineMy Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest PlacesSmotheredRuined (Ruined, #1)Neverworld WakeAs You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess BrideShakespeare Undead (Shakespeare Undead, #1)The Girl You Thought I WasBig WoodsEverland (Everland, #1)Company TownIf We Were VillainsThe Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among ThemPretty Baby


How was your month of July? Anything new and exciting or just good ole' fun? Did you get a lot of reading done? 


5 comments:

  1. Your pictures are so cute. I haven't read any of the books you posted about.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I've been enjoying Kendra Elliot and The Others series is a fave. You've got a lot going on and it wa nice to see it all in one post.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Haha, cute photos. I’m glad you guys mostly had good months. Happy August!

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

    ReplyDelete
  4. I do like the new header and it works well for the feature. Ash, I'm glad to see you gave 5 stars to two on my wishlist! Cabin at the end of the world is on my August reading list.

    ReplyDelete
  5. WOW You guys had such a great month! Ash your son is so super adorable! And I hope you get to The Loneliest Girl in the Universe as I LOVED That book! Jenn I hope you plan to continue The Others series, its one of my favorite urban fantasies. ❤️ Happy reading in August guys.

    ReplyDelete

 
Imagination Designs