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July Wrap-Up

July was a rough month for me.  I read a lot of books but many of them I did not enjoy.  It's completely hit and miss with books (some sound great and aren't) but I am hoping that in August, I will have better luck.  My goal for August is to try to make a dent in the books I already own and haven't read but we'll see how that goes.

I read 18 books in July and have read a total of 119 books for the year.  Here is what I read this past month:

1.) In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
2.) Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
3.) The Bone-Setter's Daughter by Amy Tan
4.) Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
5.) The Confession of Katherine Howard by Suzannah Dunn
6.) Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
7.) The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
8.) The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner
9.) Divergent by Veronica Roth
10.) Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
11.) Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
12.) Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
13.) Columbine by Dave Cullen
14.) My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
15.) The Blue Light Project by Timothy Taylor
16.) Push by Sapphire
17.) Eve by Anna Carey
18.) The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

What did you read in July?

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  1. That's a long list! Check out my list- http://sweetbooksnstuff.blogspot.com/2011/08/july-books.html

    Its not as long, and as impressive as yours! ^_^

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