July 2015 – Monthly Review

This month I read 24 books.  You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:

• Velvet (Velvet Trilogy, Book 1) by Temple West (4/5 stars)
• Fated (Alex Verus, Book 1) by Benedict Jacka (4/5 stars)
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Forest of Hands and Teeth, Book 1) by Carrie Ryan (3/5 stars)
• The Secret Hour (Midnighters, Book 1) by Scott Westerfeld (4/5 stars)
• The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Vol 1 by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (4.5/5 stars)
• Persephone (The Daughters of Zeus, Book 1) by Kaitlin Bevis (4/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Rump: The True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff (5/5 stars)
• The Martian by Andy Weir (4.5/5 stars)
• The Egg by Andy Weir (5/5 stars)
• The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Vol 1 by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (4.5/5 stars)
• The Sister of Eluria (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel series, Book 7) by Stephen King, Robin Furth, Peter David, Sean Phillips, Richard Isanove (4.5/5 stars)
• The Battle of Tull (Dark Tower Graphic Novel series, Book 8) by Robin Furth, Peter David, Richard Isanove, Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano ,Stephen King (5/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (45/52 books read)
– Series Enders Reading Challenge (16/15+ books read) Complete!
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge (167/250+ books read)
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge (58/100 books read)
– Mythology Reading Challenge (10/11 books read)
– Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge (25/26 books read)
– 2015 Audiobook Challenge (18/30 books read)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash (3.5/5 stars)
2. Velvet (Velvet Trilogy, Book 1) by Temple West (4/5 stars)
3. Rump: The True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff (5/5 stars)
4. Fated (Alex Verus, Book 1) by Benedict Jacka (4/5 stars)
5. The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Forest of Hands and Teeth, Book 1) by Carrie Ryan (3/5 stars)
6. The Copper Gauntlet (The Magisterium, Book 2) by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black (4/5 stars)
7. Okko: The Cycle of Earth (Okko, Book 2) by Hub (4/5 stars)
8. As Wicked as She Wants (Blud, Book 2) by Delilah Dawson (3.5/5 stars)
9. The Secret Hour (Midnighters, Book 1) by Scott Westerfeld (4/5 stars)
10. Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, Book 2) by Libba Bray (4/5 stars)
11. The Martian by Andy Weir (4.5/5 stars)
12. The Egg by Andy Weir (5/5 stars)
13. The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Vol 1 by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (4.5/5 stars)
14. Another Day (Every Day, Book 2) by David Levithan (3/5 stars)
15. Persephone (The Daughters of Zeus, Book 1) by Kaitlin Bevis (4/5 stars)
16. The Journey Begins (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel series, Book 6) by Stephen King, Robin Furth, Peter David, Sean Phillips, Richard Isanove (4/5 stars)
17. Touching Darkness (Midnighters, Book 2) by Scott Westerfeld (2.5/5 stars)
18. The Sister of Eluria (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel series, Book 7) by Stephen King, Robin Furth, Peter David, Sean Phillips, Richard Isanove (4.5/5 stars)
19. A Little in Love by Susan E. Fletcher (4/5 stars)
20. Wicked Game (WVMP, Book 1) by Jeri Smith-Ready (3/5 stars)
21. Clockwork Lies: Iron Wind (Clockwork Heart, Book 2) by Dru Pagliassotti (4/5 stars)
22. The Battle of Tull (Dark Tower Graphic Novel series, Book 8) by Robin Furth, Peter David, Richard Isanove, Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano ,Stephen King (5/5 stars)
23. The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles, Book 2) by Mary E. Pearson (3.5/5 stars)
24. Okko: The Cycle of Air by Hub (4/5 stars)