July 2020 Wrap Up

I discovered a lot of great books in July. I'm happy to say my reading slump is over!

I started reading Japanese fiction, and it's now one of my favourite genres. 

1. Fullmetal Alchemist volumes 21-27 by Hiromu Arakawa

This manga series got me through the lockdown :) I'm happy I finished the series and I got to return it to my friend's brother.

2. Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami

This was a short novella about a boy who likes Ms Ice Sandwich (a woman who sells sandwiches in a convenience store). It's a quick but interesting read. I especially liked the ending. 4 stars!

3. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (Manga) #1-2) by Yoru Sumino

This was a surprising manga about two high school students, one of them has a pancreatic disease and is dying. I still need to watch the film but hope to do so soon! Have you read or watched I Want to Eat Your Pancreas? 4 stars!

4. Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

This was such a beautiful story about Tsukiko, a woman in her 30s who meets her former high school teacher in a bar. They both seem lonely and start to sit next to each other every time they visit the bar. 5 stars! I highly recommend this one, I loved the writing style and want to read more by this author soon!

5. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 

Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya and is asked to become a ghost bride to the son of a wealthy family. Soon after she starts to get haunted by said dead son. This book explores different views of the afterworld which was very interesting. There were supernatural elements in this book (ghosts of course) but there was also an interesting mystery and some romance. I truly enjoyed this book, there is a Netflix adaptations as well but I still need to watch it.    4 stars!

6. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I finally read We Should All Be Feminists and I really liked it. It’s such a short essay but I found so many important quotes. I definitely recommend it! 5 stars!

7. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

I read Men Without Women in May and really enjoyed it. It sparked my interest in reading more Murakami this year. Norwegian Wood is an incredible read, both sad, beautiful and comforting at the same time. Trigger warning: suicide.

I highly recommend Norwegian Wood, it's one of my favourite books this year. 5 stars!

8. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste, another Japanese novel, is the perfect comfort read to me.

As the title suggests, sweet bean paste is an important part of the story. I've never tasted it but the descriptions are amazing. It's almost like I have eaten it as well.

The book tells us how the lives of Sentaro, a former criminal now selling dorayaki (sort of like a pancake filled with sweet bean paste), an old woman with crooked fingers and a young girl intertwine.

5 stars! And yes, there is also a film. I still need to watch that one as well.

9. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

A classic I should have read before but I thoroughly enjoyed it now. Wilde's writing style is fantastic. It's now one of my favourite classics.

And, you know what, I actually have seen the film adaptation of this one! :)

As you can tell, I found a lot of new favourites in July. Do you have any recent favourites?

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July 2019 Wrap Up

I really need to catch up on my wrap ups this year but they are hopefully coming soon!
Anyway, here is my wrap up for the month of July! I read 13 books/comics/manga last month and it's my best reading month so far this year!

1. I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo 

Since I love watching Kdrama, I felt like I had to read this book. However, the choices the main protagonist made frustrated me to no end. 2 stars.

2. + 3. Waiting for Spring 7 and 8 (Waiting for Spring, #7 + 8) by Anashin

I really love this manga so I had to read these two volumes in a row! 4 stars!

4. Skyward (Skyward #1) by Brandon Sanderson

This was one of my favourite reads this month! I can't wait to read the sequel! 5 stars!

5. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Really enjoyed this as well! I didn't know too much about Norse mythology before I read this but now I feel more enlightened. Highly recommend it! And this cover is gorgeous! 5 stars!

6. Fairy Tail #01 by Hiro Mashima

I enjoyed this first volume in this manga series. I found this in a Spanish bookstore and decided to read it in Spanish. Ended up going back and buying the other four volumes they had in the store. 4 stars

7. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Another fantastic read! 5 stars! Highly recommend it! 5 stars

8. El fantasma de Anya by Vera Brosgol

Another comic I found in that bookstore in Spain. And once again I read it in Spanish. This is a huge step for me because I almost never read books in Spanish if they are requiered reading.

9. + 10. Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 + 2 by Ichigo Takano

Loved this manga series! I highly recommend it! 5 stars!

11. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

My first Georgette Heyer! I really enjoyed it but I feel like her endings are quite rushed. 
4 stars

12. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

4 stars.

13. Bloody Rose (The Band, #2) by Nicholas Eames 

I loved Kings of the Wyld but was strangely disappointed with this one. I really liked the friendships in the first book and in this one I couldn't really connect with the characters and I despised the titular character (which is thankfully not the protagonist). 3 stars.


What did you read in July?

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July 2018 Wrap Up

These are the nine books I read in July. I was able to read all the books I chose for the Tome Topple Readathon but I needed more than two weeks to do so. I'm very happy I was able to read so much this month!

1. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 

I really enjoyed this sci-fi mystery thriller and I highly recommend it! 5 stars!

2. Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill

I got this e-arc from Netgalley and you can find my review here.

3. Sweet Tooth, Volume 2: In Captivity by Jeff Lemire

I liked this better than the first volume! Hoping to continue the series soon! 4 stars!

4. The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) by S.A. Chakraborty 

This book was amazing! Can't wait to read the sequel! 5 stars!

5. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang 

This is one of my favourite books I read this year even though it can be very brutal. 5 stars! Highly recommend this one. 

6. Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats, #1) by Sebastien de Castell

This was good but after two great fantasy reads it did not live up to my very high expectations. I am however very excited to read the sequel as I believe the next book will be better. 4 stars.

7. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

I enjoyed the title story and some fairy tales at the end. However, I did not like all her stories and was often confused. 3 stars.

8. The Supervillain and Me by Danielle Banas

This was such a fun and cute read. A little predictable but I really enjoyed it! 3,5 stars.

9. The Honeymoon Trap by Christina Hovland

I got an e-arc from Netgalley and you can find my review here.



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Stacking the Shelves: July 2018 Book Haul

Stacking the Shelves is a meme co-hosted by Reading Reality and Tynga's Reviews (the image above belongs to these blogs too). Each week bloggers share the books they got.

Today I'm going to share with you all the books I got in the month of July. Let me warn you in advance, I got way too many books.

These are all the e-books I got in July:

1. The Supervillain and Me (Morriston Superheroes #1) by Danielle Banas

2. Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

Dragons!

3. The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd 

This was one of the first e-arcs I got from Netgalley but only as a pdf instead of epub. I dislike reading pdf files so I decided to get the e-book. It's been more than a year since I got approved to read it and I feel terrible I haven't done so yet, I hope to change that soon.

4. First & Then by Emma Mills

5. Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson 

6. The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson 

A retelling of Much Ado About Nothing? Yes, please!

7. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1) by N.K. Jemisin 

I also got two Netgalley e-arcs and I have already read and reviewed both:

8. Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill 

9. The Honeymoon Trap by Christina Hovland

As you might now from my previous Sunday Posts, I went to Spain in July. My friend and I went to Barcelona for the day and we decided to go search for all the interesting English bookshops in the city. These are the books I got!

10. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

11. Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

12. The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

13. Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

14. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire #1) by Anthony Trollope

15. Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire #2) by Anthony Trollope

16. Dr. Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire #3) by Anthony Trollope

17. Framley Parsonage (Chronicles of Barsetshire #4) by Anthony Trollope

I'm so happy I found these Penguin English Library editions! They are so difficult to find!

The next four books I got the same day in a second hand bookstore, Hibernian, in Barcelona.

18. Myrren's Gift (The Quickening #1) by Fiona McIntosh 

19. Rivers of London (Peter Grant #1) by Ben Aaronovitch 

20. Promise of Blood (Powder Mage #1) by Brian McClellan 

21. Fire (Engelsfors #2) by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren

Which books did you recently get? Have you read any of the books mentioned above or are you planning to? Leave your thoughts down below!


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June and July Book Haul

Stacking the Shelves is co-hosted by Reading Reality and Tynga's Reviews. Each week bloggers post the books they purchased or received. I'm behind on a lot of book hauls, so I decided to share both my June and July book haul in this post. I hope I did not forget any books, but if so, I'll let you know in another post.

1. Stolen Songbird (The Malediction Trilogy #1) by Danielle L. Jensen

2. Hidden Huntress (The Malediction Trilogy, #2) by Danielle L. Jensen

3. Warrior Witch (The Malediction Trilogy, #3) by Danielle L. Jensen

4. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

5. Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson

6. Percy Jackson box set by Rick Riordan

I got this box and the following books from a book fair which sells their books really cheap. So, all of these were a bargain I couldn't resist!

7. Shopaholic to the Stars (Shopaholic #7) by Sophie Kinsella 

8. The Circle (Engelsfors #1) by Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Mats Strandberg

9. Faking It (Losing It #2) by Cora Carmack 

10. The Lady of the Rivers (The Cousins' War #1) by Philippa Gregory 

11. Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy #3) by Ken Follett

This is the third book in a trilogy and I got the second one on the same fair a couple of years ago. Now I only need to get the first book.


These are the books I got in July:

6. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed 

I really enjoyed this book! Would also highly recommend the movie!

7. Spanish version of Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet #1) by Orson Scott Card

I got this one for free during my holiday in Spain.


I did reasonably well these last two months, but don't worry, I went overboard buying books in August, I will need at least two book haul posts to tell you about them all. I went a little insane. In addition, August is also my birthday month, so do I really need to say more?


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