July 2014 – Monthly Review

This month I read 25 books.  You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

The reading challenges I am participating this year were all updated as well.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:

• The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani and Iacopo Bruno (4/5 stars)
• Vinland Saga, Book 1 by Makoto Yukimura (5/5 stars)
• The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, Book 1) by Mary E. Pearson (4.5/5 stars)
• Scorched (Scorched, Book 1) by Mari Mancusi (3.5/5 stars)
• Frostborn (Thrones and Bones, Book 1) by Lou Anders (4/5 stars)
• Frost Moon (Skindancer, Book 1) by Anthony Francis (4/5 stars)
• The Fool’s Assassin (Fitz and the Fool, Book 1) by Robin Hobb (4.5/5 stars)
• Target Practice (Cleopatra in Space, Book 1) by Mike Maihack (5/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

•  Strange and Ever After (Something Strange and Deadly, Book 3) by Susan Dennard (4.5/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Strange and Ever After (Something Strange and Deadly, Book 3) by Susan Dennard (4.5/5 stars)
• Claymore Vol 11 by Norihiro Yagi (5/5 stars)
• Monster Hunter Nemesis (MHI, Book 5) by Larry Correia (5/5 stars)
• The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco (5/5 stars)
• Escape from Lucien (Amulet, Book 6) by Kazu Kibuishi (5/5 stars)
• Indexing by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
• The Fool’s Assassin (Fitz and the Fool, Book 1) by Robin Hobb (4.5/5 stars)
• Target Practice (Cleopatra in Space, Book 1) by Mike Maihack (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:

– Series Reading Challenge (19/12 books) complete!
– Ebook Reading Challenge (50/50 books) complete!
– Chunkster Reading Challenge (12/20 books)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (62/24 books) complete!
– Audio Book Reading Challenge (17/25 books)
– Fairy Tales Retold Reading Challenge (9/12 books)
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge (173/200 books)
– 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge (104/100 books) complete!

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Claymore Vol 10 by Norihiro Yagi (4/5 stars)
2. Strange and Ever After (Something Strange and Deadly, Book 3) by Susan Dennard (4.5/5 stars)
3. Toxic Heart (Mystic City, Book 2) by Theo Lawrence (2/5 stars)
4. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani and Iacopo Bruno (4/5 stars)
5. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (3/5 stars)
6. Claymore Vol 11 by Norihiro Yagi (5/5 stars)
7. The Kraken King VII: The Kraken King and the Empress’s Eyes (The Iron Seas, Book 4.7) by Meljean Brook (4/5 stars)
8. Monster Hunter Nemesis (MHI, Book 5) by Larry Correia (5/5 stars)
9. Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices, Book 1) by Shelley Adina (4/5 stars)
10. Vinland Saga, Book 1 by Makoto Yukimura (5/5 stars)
11. The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, Book 1) by Mary E. Pearson (4.5/5 stars)
12. The Fire Wish (Jinni Wars, Book 1) by Amber Lough (3.5/5 stars)
13. Barbarian Lord by Matt Smith (3/5 stars)
14. The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco (5/5 stars)
15. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol 7 by Shinobu Ohtaka (5/5 stars)
16. Scorched (Scorched, Book 1) by Mari Mancusi (3.5/5 stars)
17. Escape from Lucien (Amulet, Book 6) by Kazu Kibuishi (5/5 stars)
18. Indexing by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
19. Frostborn (Thrones and Bones, Book 1) by Lou Anders (4/5 stars)
20. Frost Moon (Skindancer, Book 1) by Anthony Francis (4/5 stars)
21. XKCD, Volume 0 by Randall Munroe (4.5/5 stars)
22. Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite (Girl Genius TP, Book 6) by Phil and Kaja Foglio (5/5 stars)
23. Amber House (Amber House Trilogy, Book 1) by by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, Larkin Reed (3.5/5 stars)
24. The Fool’s Assassin (Fitz and the Fool, Book 1) by Robin Hobb (4.5/5 stars)
25. Target Practice (Cleopatra in Space, Book 1) by Mike Maihack (5/5 stars)