17 books read: 14 fiction, 3 nonfiction
1 horror expansion project novel read: The Necromancer, Douglas Clegg
2 new favorites:
1 favorite reread: Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1), Kim Newman
best fiction read: Night Film, Marisha Pessl
best nonfiction read: The Devil's Rooming House, M. William Phelps: the true story behind Arsenic and Old Lace
This post is a bit late because I went to the beach with my family last week, but July was been an exceptionally good reading month for me! I think it's partially because the wedding's over and I'm not currently working, so I've really been able to sit down and read a lot, but also I've just gotten lucky with my reading choices - so many of the books I read this month have been amazing!
I read 11 books this month (not shown is The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which I re-read with my book club). Well, 2 were plays and 1 was a short story, but anyway - 10 pieces of literature. I didn't finish one of the books on my list, Anna Karenina, but I'm re-reading that in preparation for my book club's read of that (they're actually currently reading it, but it's on our longer reads list so I'm reading it a bit ahead of them as I prep their reading guide questionnaires), so I wasn't too upset about not finishing that. I also missed reading The Maze Runner, which disappointed me, but I've requested it from my library so I'll read it eventually. I did read Blood and Chocolate and To Kill a Mockingbird, which were not on my list, so that's a good thing!
Favorite Book in July:
It is SO hard for me to pick an absolute favorite this month, because I read SO many great books! Out of the books that I haven't read before, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon is definitely my favorite, but To Kill a Mockingbird is also fantastic.
Least Favorite Book in July:
Again, these books are all so good that it's hard for me to really say which was my least favorite... but I'm going to go with Where Angels Fear to Tread, because I'd actually completely forgotten about it until I went back through my records to write this post. Whoops, haha. If it's forgettable, then it's definitely not as good as the others!
Have you read any of the books that I read last month? What were your favorite books for July?
We meet the charming and innocent ladies who populate their cellar with the remains of socially and religiously "acceptable" roomers; the antics of their brother who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; and the activities of the other brother these require no further description or amplification here. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE is a must for all nonprofessionals, a ready-made comedy hit. (source)
Currently reading -- Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
This is actually a play, not a book, and I had never heard of it until my tumblr book club picked it up. But I LOVE it! It's a dark comedy and some of the things that happen are super messed up, but they're presented in a way that's funny, not scary. I'm not done with this yet, but judging from what I've read so far, I highly recommend giving this a try if you're thinking about trying to read a play. This one's great!
My July reading list is quite extensive, but I actually expect that I should be able to make pretty good headway with it, as I'm not currently working and I don't have a wedding to plan. Grad school doesn't start til the end of August, and while I am putting out part-time job applications, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have a lot of free time - which means a lot of reading time!
Read on to see what my picks are for July.
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