Read in July

Hi guys, here I am again with another monthly reading wrap up. I had really been looking forward to writing this one since July is usually the month of the year where I'll have time to read the most. This year, however, things didn't really pan out that way. I think my will to read left me and died in January and ever since that, it just hasn't been the same for me. (although rn I'm actually pretty satisified with the book I'm reading) never mind I'm not even going to say anything if I jinx it.

I'm actually behind on my goodreads reading challenge of 2019, and I'm not going to lower my goal which probably means I gotta step up my reading game, doesn't it?

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# of books read: 3

- To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #1)
- Jag kan nästan känna solen by Ebba Hyltmark
- Chronicle of a Plague Revisited: AIDS and its Aftermath by Andrew Holleran

Best book of the month: To All The Boys I Loved Before, which honestly took me by surprise! It's your average teen romance (to the point where it's almost funny or tragic, there's literally nothing that makes it stand out in comparison to other books) and yet, I LOVED it, even though I totally didn't expect myself to.

Worst book of the month: I only read books I thought were good but in terms of books being better than others, I think I'm going to have to go with Chronicle simply because it's non-fiction and thus heavier than the other books. That being said, there definitely wasn't anything bad about that book!

Review: The Stone Rainbow [ARC]

TITLE: The Stone Rainbow

AUTHOR: Liane Shaw

RELEASE DATE: September 17 2019

RATING: ★★★½

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Rep: gay MC, gay LI, latinx MC, Asian LI, disabled side character, gay side characters.

TWs: attempted suicide, homophobia (motivated by religion in part), violence. 

Genre: contemporary young adult
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E-ARC kindly provided by the publisher.

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"My reflection and I are not on very good terms at the moment. Nothing it shows me has much to do with who I am or how I feel inside where the rest of the world can see me."

TBR in July

Hi guys! Ah, July. The month where I'll get four weeks off. In a row. Four weeks of uninterrupted reading time (maybe). It's July 1st today and I have no idea what I want to read in this coming month so I figured I should just...not make a TBR for this coming month. Maybe? Maybe that'll make me read more? Who knows!

Anyways, the only books I know I'll read for certain are these two because I've checked them out from the library and I got to finish them before the end of the month.

Happy reading! Happy summer! I'll see you in August and then we'll see how this month turned out, reading-wise.

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Read in June

Hi guys,

my June/Pride month reading went just about as well as I'd expected it to (I swear this move - which is still happening by the way - is killing every last ounce of will to read I have left...). In hindsight I'm sad I didn't read more because I love reading, I love Pride month and reading LGBT content. Anyways, I feel like I just keep making excuses as to why I haven't been reading a lot instead of you know, Accepting the fact I don't read very much anymore! I guess we could talk about why that's happening but like..let's not. Let's continue to the actual wrap up instead, haha.

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# of books read: 3

- The Stone Rainbow by Liane Shaw
- All The Worlds Between Us by Morgan Lee Miller
- Queer City by Peter Ackroyd

Best book of the month: I think I'm going to go with All The Worlds Between Us because it had lesbians, a cute romance and sports. Which just happened to be exactly what I was in the mood for.

Worst book of the month: Queer City, which while it wasn't bad in any way, it was a tad info-dumpy which made me read it super slowly which almost sent me into a reading slump again so yeah.


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