Another month, another set of books read and DNF’d … but never enough, never, never. 🎶

Books and Tea July Readathon

✓ Read a book featuring the French Revolution – Enchantée by Gita Trelease
✓ Read your latest book you’ve bought/borrowed – A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
✓ Read that book you’ve been putting off – Uprooted by Naomi Novik
✓ Read a previous BnT readalong book – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✓ Finish a book – Sorry I Missed You by Suzy Krause

Reading Challenges Check-In

Beat the Backlist

• Read this month: 28 books
• Total so far: 179 / 200 (89.5%)

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#StartOnYourShelfathon

• Read this month: 14 Read + 1 DNF
• Current total: 115 Read + 22 DNF
• Remaining owned-TBR: 78

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Year of the Asian 2020

• Read this month: 6
• Current total: 43 / 51
• Current badge: Asian elephant

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Books and Tea Reading Challenge – COMPLETED

• Read this month: 2
• Total: 12 / 12 

State of the ARC

State of the ARC is a monthly meme created by Evelina @ Avalinah’s Books.

Acquired

• You Have a Match by Emma Lord | Publisher via Netgalley | TBR
• The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk | Publisher via Edelweiss | TBR

Read

• Privilege by Bharat Krishnan | ★★☆☆☆

DNF

• How to Break an Evil Curse by Laura Morrison | [review]

Read This Month

Clicking on the titles below will take you to the book’s Goodreads page.
[ARC] indicates an advance review copy; [RC] indicates a post-release review copy.

5 Star Reads

• Faithful Place by Tana French

4.5 Star Reads

• Nesting Beasts by Naiche Lizzette Parker
• The Likeness by Tana French
• The Trespasser by Tana French
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
• Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle
• Stranger Planet by Nathan W. Pyle

4 Star Reads

• Book Love by Debbie Tung
• The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco [reread]
• The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco [reread]
• The Shadow Glass by Rin Chupeco
• When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele
• A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
• The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll [reread]
• Camp Half-Blood Confidential by Rick Riordan

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Monthly Total:

33 read + 9 DNF
3.50 average rating

Currently Reading

• 1984 by George Orwell
• Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing by Allison Winn Scotch
• War Storm by Victoria Aveyard [series buddy read]

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• What are the best/worst books you read this month?
• Which books, if any, are you hoping/planning to read next month?
• Did you participate in any reading challenges and/or readathons this month? Are you signed up for any next month?