I’m trying to post a wrap up for the end of each month, mainly to help me to keep track of my reading and at the same time look at what I’m intending to read during the month ahead (inspired by Books Bones and Buffy’s What’s on My Plate.

In this post I shall be looking at the reading I completed for July and what I’m hoping to read during August. Last month was a bit of a struggle for me due to personal issues, but all that being said I did manage to read almost all my review books.  A couple of them I’ve had to put to one side for now as they weren’t working for  me but I’m going to give them a second chance because it could simply be a mood thing (especially given the mood I’ve been in).  I had a lot of review books for July, twelve in total (due to a late arrival that I was more than happy to take on board)  I managed  to read nine of them.  Two, as mentioned above I will return to eventually and the final book I’m about just over half way through.  I think I can genuinely say I can’t recall ever having such an unusual range of books. I’ve also made a start on one of my August reads.  I have a few reviews to catch up with so my blog might be a little hectic for the next week or so.

Here’s what I read during July:

1. Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
2. The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris
3. Love Letters To A Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
4. The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
5. The Drowning House by Cherie Priest
6. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
7. Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
8. The Wilds by Sarah Pearse
9. A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis

This month I didn’t manage to read and review all my review books but I am determined to get fully up to speed (if not this month, which is also a bit busy, then during  September.  Unfortunately I didn’t read a Backlist book this month but fingers crossed for August.  I’ll be posting my third batch of SPFBO books this weekend. Once I’ve read the first 25% of those I’ll be moving forward with the books I’mi intending to read fully before choosing Semi Finalists (unfortunately this will involve cuts along the way.).

What I’m hoping to read during August (with links to Goodreads).

1. Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan
2. A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike
3. The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4. The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey
5. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
6. Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
7. The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow
8. Death at the sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
9. Tales of a Monstrous Heart by Jennifer Delaney

Hopefully I can squeeze in a backlist title during August. 

This month I read no Backlist Books -boo

Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt book bingo

This month I’m ticking two books off my Picture Prompt bingo card.  The picture with the seashell – I’m equating this to anything that is from the sea and therefore my book is The Drowning House by Cherie Priest.