Rabbit Hole #44: July Reading Update

July was a whirlwind of a month. Between going back to the Good Life for ten days and then having guests in and out of New Orleans the rest of the month, I'm just now starting to catch my breath--just in time for school to start up in a week and a half.

August is drenched in the tears of teachers. 

All of the company was partially responsible for a slow reading month for me, both in terms of actual time spent reading and books completed--I mean, who wouldn't rather be out and about spending time with those you love?  The books I read were also rather lackluster; other than The Vegetarian, there really weren't any grabbed me which made it hard to sit down and actually read for any length of time. (I would really recommend that one, though; it's well worth the read.)

All of that said, here are the month's accomplishments:

Popsugar 2016 Reading Challenge

A YA bestseller: The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (3 stars)
A book that takes place in summer: The Vacationers by Emma Straub (2 stars)
A book recommended by a family member: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children--Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs (3 stars)


Bustle Women/POC Challenge

A feminist science fiction novel: The Female Man by Joanna Russ (3 stars)


Read Harder Challenge 2016

A book by a Southeast Asian author: The Vegetarian by Han Kang--South Korea (4 stars)



Non-challenge books completed: Refuge/es by Michael Broek (3 stars)

I'm currently reading The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, which I highly recommend to anyone, and Villa America by Liza Klausmann, about the 1920s, the French Riviera, and the wonderful messed-up Lost Generation gang.