31-Books I Read in July

1. The Woman Warrior -Maxine Hong Kingston
2. The Diary of Darcy J. Rhone-Emily Giffin
3. Unenchanted-Chanda Hahn
4. The Memory Keeper's Daughter-Kim Edwards
5. The Thirteenth Tale-Diane Setterfield

July seems like a million years ago. I'm so busy with school that I haven't read a single book this month. :( I have a ton of assignments and I am trying to stay on top of them, so I'm not sure I'll even read anything this month. So sad, because I really wanted to read 50 books this year. Ok, let's just get on with the books I did read (in July): 


I read The Woman Warrior years ago and didn't really like it. A few months ago, I was cleaning out my desk and found a list of 100 books to read (or something like that) by Jane magazine (remember Jane mag? I totally loved it). Of course, I decided to give it another go and, of course, I still don't really like it. Oh, well. At least I tried.
Another book I didn't love was The Diary of Darcy J. Rhone. I know it's a prequel to Something Borrowed and Something Blue, both books I have not read; which may be the reason why I didn't enjoy it. Idk, it was just not my fav book.
I read Unenchanted on my phone (for free!) and was pleasantly surprised. If you like modern adaptations on fairy tales, then this book is for you. I'm actually looking forward to reading the second book in this series.
And now, for my favorite books this month: The Memory Keeper's Daughter was SO good. I experienced so many emotions while reading this. There were even times when I had to set it aside just to process all these feelings. Yeah, it was pretty deep. If you haven't read it yet, do it!
And, The Thirteenth Tale. This book completely surprised me. Right when I thought I knew what was going on, BAM! Ok, maybe I'm being a tad dramatic, but I definitely was not expecting it to end that way. So, yeah, read it!

30-These Are The Times

 

Summer is over! The kids started classes on August 27th (as did I). We dropped them off on the first day, but now the boys walk and the girls ride the bus. Maybe I’m crazy for sending my three year old to school on the bus, but she loves it.

I’m taking 18 credits again. Remember Spring semester and how I said never again? Yeah. Four of my classes are online, which means I’m only on campus Monday and Wednesday afternoons. I have so much free time during the day, but I’m all alone and it’s kind of boring…

29-Mix Tape

28-Books I Read in June

1. The Lacuna-Barbara Kingsolver
2. Shadow Tag-Louise Erdrich
3. Treacherous Love: The Diary of An Anonymous Teenager-Beatrice Sparks
4. The Mother Daughter Book Club (Book 1)-Heather Vogel Frederick
5. How Not To Be Popular-Jennifer Ziegler

 My favorite book for this month was #1. This is one of those journal-style (or diary) books (and we know how much I love this type of book), but not only that: it is set in Mexico (another thing I love) and it includes a lot of historical characters and certain issues which I think are relevant even today. I will admit that it took me a while to read this book, as some parts are kind of slow, and it is not one of those happily-ever-after books, but I enjoyed it very much.
Another book I have to mention is #2. This is also a journal-style book, but it turned out completely different than I anticipated. I won't get into it, because I don't want to ruin the surprise, so let me just say this: I thought I would really like this book, but the ending was so unexpected and now I can't decide how I feel about it. o_O