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July Wrap Up

This is a little late but I wanted to post a wrap up of July.  I'm so not ready for August to be here.  The beginning of the school year is just pure insanity for me at work and it seems like summer went by way too fast.

 July was an awesome reading month for me!  I don't know how I managed to get in so much reading because I was super crazy busy but I did.  I read 8 books in July which put me at 44 books read for the year.  Only 6 away from my goal of 50!  I am going to raise my goal at some point but not until I hit 50 so I can gauge how I high to set it.

July was a different month for me because only 3 of the 8 books I read were review books.  The rest were from the library.  It was kind of nice to take a break and just read what I want.  

Here is what I read:

1.) The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
2.) Prisoner of the Queen by E. Knight
3.) The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
4.) The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
5.) Picnic at the Iron Curtain by Susan Viets
6.) Children of Wrath by Paul Grossman
7.) Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap
8.) The Kill Artist by Gabriel Allon

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