What I’ve been up to in July 🌊 Vacation & Heat Waves

Hello fellow bookworms 🌊 Yet another month has passed by and we’re right in the middle of summer, which meant a huge heatwave for Europe 🥵 I don’t like the warm weather (I’m much more of an autumn/winter person) and the heatwave was worrying because of climate change as well. Nevertheless, I managed to enjoy the beginning of my semester break and wind down a bit 🥰

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🔁 = Reread 💌 = Library Books ⌛ = Digital Arc

📚 = #TackleYourTBR 📖 = #DevourYourTBR 😊 = Buddy Read 💕 = 12 Book Recs by Friends

I read 14 books in July! In the beginning of the month I was struggling with picking up books because I was stressed, but once my internship was over it got a lot better! I tried to read some summery books but apart from that I just picked up what I was in the mood for 😄 I also made full use of reading outside when the weather wasn’t too hot. I’m visiting my parents for my semester break and they have a porch that’s perfect for reading 🥰 I never used to be a big fan of reading outside, but I realized how much fun and distraction free it is! I was craving a Readathon for a bit, but decided to not join one as the Magical Readathon is coming up next month!

I read 7 books out of my comfort zone this month! I liked all of the books I read which was a bonus 💕 I also finally discovered Emily Henry and her romance books are working well for me, so I’m reading Book Lovers next month! My nonfiction of the month was Do Nothing, a really great examination of working/hustle culture and toxic productivity!

• Do Nothing (Celeste Headlee) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 📚
• These Fleeting Shadows (Kate Alice Marshall) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⏳
• Beach Read (Emily Henry) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧
• People We Meet on Vacation (Emily Henry) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

• The Disasters (M.K. England) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💌📖
• Navigating the Stars (Maria V. Snyder) ⭐⭐⭐.5 📚
• The Roughest Draft (Wibberley & Siegemund Broka) ⭐⭐.5 📚📖

1. Queen of Volts (Amanda Foody) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐📚

2. Carry On (Rainbow Rowell) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🔁🎧

3. Wayward Son (Rainbow Rowell) ⭐⭐⭐⭐🔁🎧

4. Do Nothing (Celeste Headlee) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 📚

5. Any Way the Wind Blows (Rainbow Rowell) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

6. These Fleeting Shadows (Kate Alice Marshall) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⏳

7. Beach Read (Emily Henry) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

8. People We Meet on Vacation (Emily Henry) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌📖🎧

9. Camp Half-Blood Confidential (Rick Riordan) ⭐⭐⭐⭐💌

10. Coffee Boy (Austin Chant) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5🔁

11. The Disasters (M.K. England) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💌📖

12. Navigating the Stars (Maria V. Snyder) ⭐⭐⭐.5 📚

13. Wash Day Diaries (Rowser & Smith) ⭐⭐⭐.5 💌

14. The Roughest Draft (Wibberley & Siegemund Broka) ⭐⭐.5 📚📖

Favorite Book 💕

📚 Bingo Board Update 📚

The Books out of the Blue Bingo (a 2-month-long Discord server challenge by Destiny) is coming to an end in July and I managed to work on another bingo board, though I didn’t fill in all the spaces! This challenge was so much fun, I’m sad it’s over now 🥺

Most Anticipated Releases of 2022 (July to November) 💕 ~ Review: What’s Not to Love by Wibberley & Siegemund-Broka … In BUZZWORDS 💕 

Reading Challenge Checkin 2022 📚 #TackleYourTBR, #DevourYourTBR & 12 Books Challenge ~ Books with Summer Vibes ☀️ Travel, Growth & Adventure ~ Magical Readathon ~ Orilium 💫 Autumn Equinox TBR

For this section of my wrapup I’m linking up with the Favorite Blog Posts of the Month Meme that has been created by Kristin @ kristinkravesbooks to showcase our favorite blogs of the month! 💗

• Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber | How a completely unexpected YA fantasy became my favourite book of the year & The Pride Month Megapost PART TWO | Where I continue to list every queer book I’ve EVER read (Abi @ Scribbles and Stories)
• Graphicsathon, Round 6: an announcement & my TBR! & ‘Gallant’: a beautifully haunting ghost story (Destiny @ howlinglibraries)
• 2022 Mid-Year Reading Check In (Kal @ readervoracious)
• This or That: Comparing English/American & German Book Covers! #2 (Kat @ lifeandotherdisasters)
• comparing brazilian & american book covers #3 & my pop culture readathon TBR! (Lais @ thebookishskies)
• Weekly Reading Update #11 – July 17, 2022 (Lay @ bookshelfsoliloquies)
• How I Find Good Book Recommendations (And What Really Influences Me) & 20 YA Books Set in Boarding School (An Awesome Setting for Lots of Schemes, Yay!) & Mini reviews: Ride with Me, A Disaster in Three Acts (Marie @ drizzleandhurricanebooks)
• Catch-Up on What I’ve Been Up to in May & June: Books, TV, and My Trip to Thailand! (May @ foreverandeverly)
• Magical Read-a-thon: Orilium – Autumn Equinox tbr & How many books have I read from my read-a-thon tbrs? (Morgan @ morganisreadingagain)
• TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW BY RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON // spoiler-free book review: a YA contemporary adventure ft. witty writing & swoon-worthy academic rivals to lovers (Ruby @ rubyraereads)
• The Second Quarterly Update | my first Tahereh Mafi book & a new favourite read & Funny Thriller and Mystery Books 🔪🩸 (Sophie @ meandink)
• 2022 Mid-Year Check In (Tasya @ theliteraryhuntress)

I finished my internship & finally went on vacation!! I cannot believe that my internship is over, as I thought it would feel SO long! I’m kind of a bit sad as everyone was so nice and I felt really welcome 🥺 Since I’m still at university I might hear from them again them! Afterward I had a little staycation where I just read, watched videos, and caught up with what I missed 🥰 I also took a short 4-day trip to a lake with my family. Sadly it was right when the heat wave hit (without any aircon) so I was melting 🥵 It was still nice though as I LOVE water and we don’t have any big lakes here! 🌊

💫 What I Watched in July 💫

• The Umbrella Academy (S3) ~ I love this show and I also loved this season!! I think they managed to address some things from the previous seasons that didn’t get as much time and I enjoyed the new storylines as well 💕 Everything else is spoilery 👀
• Stranger Things (S4.2) ~ The second part of the season was only two episodes long (but they were movie-length) and I really liked them! Now we have to wait until 2024 for the finale season though ⏳

August is bringing back the Magical Readathon! Can you tell that I’m excited? 😂 I’m still making use of my semester break, though I don’t know when I’ll have to begin preparations for my Master’s thesis. I haven’t heard from my prof yet but I suspect we’ll have at least one meeting where we talk about the timeline of the project. Apart from that I don’t have any big projects and will be reading as much as possible for the Readathon 🥰 It’s always one of the highlights of the month and I’m taking all the time to recharge before the last sprint (aka my thesis)!

📚 #DevourYourTBR 📚

This month’s challenge is to read books with “diverse body representation, such as fat or plus-size rep, disabled rep, etc.“

© DevourYourTBR

• Fat Chance, Charlie Vega (Crystal Maldonado) 📚
• Captured (M.N. Jolley) 📚
• See You Yesterday (Rachel Lynn Solomon) 💌

💫 It’s finally Magical Readathon time 💫

Check out my TBR in my signup post!! 🥰

What were you up to in July? What was your favorite book? Do you have any vacations planned? How are you doing? 📚