Monthly Review – July 2023

In July I read 15 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:

• Immortal Longings (Flesh & False Gods, Book 1) by Chloe Gong (2/5 stars)
• The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, Book 1) by Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw (4/5 stars)
• The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, Book 1) by Sasha Peyton Smith, Narrated by Piper Goodeve (3/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, Book 2) by Arkady Martine, Narrated by Amy Landon (5/5 stars)
• Symphony for a Deadly Throne (The Mousai, Book 3) by E.J. Mellow (4.5/5 stars)
• The Beast Warrior (The Beast Player, Book 2) by Nahoko Uehashi (4/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, Book 2) by Arkady Martine, Narrated by Amy Landon (5/5 stars)
• Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 4) by Nghi Vo (5/5 stars)
• Starter Villain by John Scalzi (5/5 stars)
• Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis, Narrated by Brittany Pressle (5/5 stars)
• Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vaquez Gilliland (5/5 stars)
• Symphony for a Deadly Throne (The Mousai, Book 3) by E.J. Mellow (4.5/5 stars)

– Goodreads Reading Challenge (Progress: 86/150)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below:
1. Immortal Longings (Flesh & False Gods, Book 1) by Chloe Gong (2/5 stars)
2. The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel (3/5 stars)
3. Dance of a Burning Sea (The Mousai, Book 2) by E.J. Mellow (4/5 stars)
4. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, Book 2) by Arkady Martine, Narrated by Amy Landon (5/5 stars)
5. Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (3/5 stars)
6. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 4) by Nghi Vo (5/5 stars)
7. The Midnight Kingdom (The Dark Gods, Book 2) by Tara Sim (3/5 stars)
8. Starter Villain by John Scalzi (5/5 stars)
9. Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis, Narrated by Brittany Pressle (5/5 stars)
10. Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vaquez Gilliland (5/5 stars)
11. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (4/5 stars)
12. The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, Book 1) by Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw (4/5 stars)
13. The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, Book 1) by Sasha Peyton Smith, Narrated by Piper Goodeve (3/5 stars)
14. Symphony for a Deadly Throne (The Mousai, Book 3) by E.J. Mellow (4.5/5 stars)
15. The Beast Warrior (The Beast Player, Book 2) by Nahoko Uehashi (4/5 stars)