Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2018

2018 Reading Challenge

Books read in July: 12

Books read in 2018: 109/150

I had been tracking the children's books ARCs I'd been reading all year, and decided I didn't like counting children's books in my number of books read. SO! Edited my dates read in Goodreads to get an accurate snapshot of how many middle-grade and above books I've read this year. ;)

#RippedBodiceBingo

The Ripped Bodice's 2nd Annual Summer Romance Bingo runs from June 1 to August 31

Each square represents a book you've read this summer, and you fill in the square with the title & author once you've met the criteria. To get a bingo you need to get 5 in a row (vertical or horizontal) and for each row you complete you can enter to win prizes at https://www.therippedbodicela.com/bingo

My progress for July: 9

• Damsel in Distress: Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn (read 7.1)
• Fairy Tale Retelling: Beast by Lisa Jensen (read 7.13)
• Queer Historical: A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (read 7.14)
• Tech in the Big City: Status Update by Annabeth Albert (read 7.20)
• Book That is Now A Movie: Matchmaker's Playbook by Rachel Van Dyken (read 7.22)
• Heroine's Eyes are Described Using the Ocean: The Princess Bride (the good parts version) (read 7.24)
• Fashionista: Born to Be Wilde by Eloisa James (read 7.24)
• Extreme Location: Duke By Default by Alyssa Cole (read 7.31)
• Firefighter: Under Control by Shannon Stacey (read/marked DNF 7.31)

Total: 17/25

Monthly Wrap-Up :: June 2018

2018 Reading Challenge

Books read in June: 37

Books read in 2018: 139/150

Before you go WHOOOOOA, WHAT!? know that I read a LOT of children's and middlegrade ARCs in June in an attempt to improve my feedback ratio on NetGalley. (With very mixed results, LOL.) You can expect to see postings a few times a month with mini-reviews for 3-4 kids' books on my blog in the coming months because of this. :p
NEW GOAL: 250 books

Book Review: What Happens in London by Julia Quinn

What Happens in London

Author: Julia Quinn
Series: Bevelstoke, book 2
Publisher: Avon
Publishing Date: June 30, 2009
Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
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Summary
RUMORS AND GOSSIP ... THE LIFEBLOOD OF LONDON

When Olivia Bevelstoke is told that her new neighbor may have killed his fiancee, she doesn't believe it for a second, but, still, how can she help spying on him, just to be sure? So she stakes out a spot near her bedroom window, cleverly concealed by curtains, watches, and waits ... and discovers a most intriguing man, who is definitely up to something.

Sir Harry Valentine works for the boring branch of the War Office, translating documents vital to national security. He's not a spy, but he's had all the training, and when a gorgeous blonde begins to watch him from her window, he is instantly suspicious. But just when he decides that she's nothing more than an annoyingly nosy debutante, he discovers that she might be engaged to a foreign prince, who might be plotting against England. And when Harry is roped into spying on Olivia, he discovers that he might be falling for her himself...

Discussion: Summer Lovin' - Bookish Bingo and Camp NaNo

Well I guess I'm a bit of a glutton for punishment, because I just decided to take one two (big-ish?) projects for the summer. 

The first is The Ripped Bodice's 2nd Annual Summer Romance Bingo! It runs from June 1 to August 31, and you can enter to win ♥ prizes ♥ , and well who doesn't love prizes? Each square represents a book you've read this summer, and you fill in the square with the title & author once you've met the criteria. To get a bingo you need to get 5 in a row (vertical or horizontal) and for each row you complete you can enter to win prizes at https://www.therippedbodicela.com/bingo.