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Bookworm Blogging, Monthly Wrap-Ups

July 2022 Wrap-Up

Sarah

It feels like I spent most of July sick, which was incredibly frustrating. I haven’t been able to do stuff around the house OR stuff for fun because I’ve been trying to rest between dogsitting. Thankfully I have August off for dogsitting so far, so I can have some more time to myself. I hope everyone else had a better July than I did. Please update me on your adventures!

Books Read:

  • Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon. 2 stars, RTC.
  • The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake. 4 stars, RTC.
  • The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner. 3 stars, review.
  • The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager. 1 star, review.
  • 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. 3 stars, RTC.
  • The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay. 2 stars, review.
  • Beneath the Keep by Erika Johansen. 3.5 stars, review.

Books read: 7 books
Average rating: 2.64 stars (ew, I hope August is a better reading month, too!)

Other Media:

  • Movies:
  • TV Shows:
    • Web of Make Believe, Season 1 Eps 5-6
    • Get Organized, Season 1 Eps 1-2
    • Raised by Wolves, Season 1, Ep 4
    • The Boys, Season 3 Eps 6-8

Short Reads/Watches:

  • —

My Month in Photos:

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July 2021 Wrap-Up

Sarah

i have been absolutely exhausted and incredibly busy, so i’ve spent fairly little time reading over the last month unfortunately! i did go on a nice vacation that i have lots of fun pictures of to share. hope you all have been enjoying your summer (or winter, if you’re in the southern hemisphere!)

Books Read:

  • Brood by Jackie Polzin. 3.5 stars.

Books read: 1 book
Average rating: 3.5 stars

Other Media:

Short Reads/Watches:

  • —

My Month in Photos:

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August 2020 Wrap-Up

Sarah

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Books Read:

Books read: 8 books
Average rating: 3.88 stars

Other Media:

  • Movies:
  • TV Shows:
    • New Girl, Season 3 Ep 19
    • Unsolved Mysteries, Season 1 Ep 1
    • Nailed It!, Season 1 Eps 5-6, Season 2 Eps 1-2.
    • The Umbrella Academy, Season 1 Ep 1
    • Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 3 Ep 1
    • Arrested Development, Season 1 Ep 12
    • Lovecraft Country, Season 1 Ep 1
    • Crazy Delicious, Season 1
  • Video Games:
    • Crusader Kings II; this is extremely confusing and I am extremely bad at it, but it’s also fun!

Short Reads/Watches:

My Month in Photos:

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July 2020 Wrap-Up

Sarah

July was a super solid reading month for me, even though I was in a major slump the last week or so of it. It still flew by, and I’m looking forward to seeing how August goes, since I’m only working part-time this month!

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Books Read:

Books read: 10 books
Average rating: 3.4 stars

Other Media:

  • Movies:
  • TV Shows:
    • 90 Day Fiance, Season 4 Ep 8
    • New Girl, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 Eps 1-18 [rewatch]
    • The Twilight Zone [reboot], Season 2, Eps 5-6
  • Video Games:
    • Where the Water Tastes Like Wine; I played the entirety of this and REALLY liked it, but thought some of the gameplay was lacking. Still recommend it.

Short Reads/Watches:

My Month in Photos:

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July 2019 Wrap-Up

Sarah

OOF, this was a tough month. I had a lot of unexpectedly stressful stuff come up so I’ve been a bit of a reading AND a blogging slump. Luckily things are looking up from here! 🙂 Hope this summer has been treating y’all well.

Books Read:

Books read: 2
Average rating: 4 stars

Other Media:

  • Movies:
  • TV Shows:
    • The Bachelorette.
      • Season 15 Eps 8-13.
    • The Great Food Truck Race.
      • Season 4; Season 6 Eps 1-2.
    • Instant Hotel.
      • Season 2.
    • Broad City.
      • Season 5.
  • Video Games:
    • The Wolf Among Us on PC.
      • Finished it!!
    • Night in the Woods on Switch.
      • Still trucking along.

Notable Posts by Others:

  • Due to my blog slump, I did not do ANY bloghopping in July. Soz. 😬

My Month in Photos:

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July 2017 Wrap-Up

Sarah


Books I read:

  • Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey (reread). 2/5 stars, review.
  • The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud. 3/5 stars, Goodreads review.
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. 2/5 stars, Goodreads review.
  • Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. 4/5 stars, Goodreads review.
  • Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka. 3/5 stars, review to be posted August 3rd.
  • A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. 4/5 stars, review to be posted August 5th.

Average rating: 3 stars.
Books read: 6.

Posts:

Reading Goal Progress:

This year I have read 36 books so far! My 2017 goal (for now) is 50 books, which means I am 7 books ahead of schedule and 72% of the way to 50. I’m feeling really good about my progress! I’m also hoping that my first read-a-thon (starting this weekend) gives me a solid boost so that I can up my reading goal again! 🙂

Notable Posts by Others:

  • A Super Basic Guide to Requesting Physical ARCs by Lauren @ Wonderless Reviews – Some good tips! I love that she included a sample email template and shared her experiences with specific publishers. Mostly geared towards Australia, but can definitely be generalized.
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Kinds of Summer Readers by Holly @ Nut Free Nerd – I adore this list! So many fun categories, I definitely fall into a few myself. Take a look and see if you can find yourself on this list. 🙂
  • Pacific Islander Books and Erasure by Anjulie Te Pohe – A topic I haven’t really seen discussed at all and something, as a white American, I really know nothing about. Very educational!
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons to Love Your Library by Holly @ Nut Free Nerd – I LOVE libraries!! My life has changed for the better since I’ve gotten a library card. Also note that most libraries allow you to borrow eBooks as well. 🙂

Blog Stats:

  • I currently have 53 followers, which is up from 43 last month.
  • In July I had 145 visitors, which is 47 less than in June, womp womp.
  • I published 11 posts in July, which is on par with June, but also behind schedule for where I wanted to be.
  • I had 270 views in July, which is 68 less than June.

As I explained in my last post, I’ve had some stressful work stuff going on and haven’t been getting on WordPress as much as I’d like to! This means I made less posts than I wanted, and also interacted with other bloggers less. I feel really detached from the rest of the bookblogging community, so I’m making one of my goals in August to focus more on interacting with others. My second goal is to attempt to post three times a week! I was getting there, until my little hiatus last week, so I’m sure I can do it.

Thanks for reading! How was July for you? Let me know in the comments. You can also follow me on Twitter and Goodreads.