July 2021 Reading Wrap Up

In July, I read on 31/31 days and completed 20 books. I read 4 for the Meridian Library Challenge (MLD), 7 for the Garden City Library Challenge (GCPL), 7 for the PopSugar Challenge, 1 for the Spells and Spaceships SFF Badge Collection Challenge, and 1 just for fun (I could not find a suitable place for it in any of my active challenges).

 

MLD CATEGORIES:

6. A book set on an island:  New Year Island by Paul Draker

12. A book from the 2020 NPR Book Concierge tool: Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

21. A book about an animal: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge 

27. All three books of a Trilogy (2): The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

 

GCPL CATEGORIES:

3. A book published the year you were born: Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

10. A book with a red cover: An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

12. A science fiction book: Exhalation by Ted Chiang

14. A book with a number in the title: 500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan

30. A book set in Europe: How to Master Your Marquis by Juliana Gray

38. A book with a crime on it: Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs

43. A play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling

 POPSUGAR CATEGORIES:

19. A book with an oxymoron in the title: The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

37. A book you think your best friend would like: The Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

39. A book everyone seems to have read but you: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR reading challenge: Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid

42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Love Poems for Anxious People by John Kenney

44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover: This Will Kill You by H.P. Newquist & Rich Maloof

45. A book about art or an artist: The Promise in a Kiss by Stephanie Laurens 

S&S SFF BADGE CATEGORIES:

		19. A book that has its story wrapped up in one book and is not part of a wider series, trilogy, or duology: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

JUST FOR FUN:

Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

 

 Here's how I did on Bookish First Bingo: 6 bingos! Woot woot!