I took my big solo road trip this month, so I did NOT expect to finish this many books, but a few audiobooks on the road helped! I had more one-star reads than ever this month, which was not super fun… here’s to better books to finish this year strong!

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The 14 Books I Read in August

The first half of this month was full of a lot of books (although not many winners…) and then I basically stopped reading entirely? Thanks, depression…

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The 20 Books I Read in July

Phew, it was a SOLID month of reading! It helps that I traveled and had time to read on flights (PRAISE), and that I had some housesitting time that involved days spent by the pool, and that I did I spent the last weekend of the month doing a readathon that resulted in 4 books being read over 2 days!

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The 13 Books I Read in June

I continue to hardly read during the weeks and then read ALL THE THINGS on the weekends (thank you, Sabbath!) and my Goodreads challenge continues to stress me out with its reminders of how behind schedule I am… but whatever! Here’s to reading for FUN when we want to and not getting stressed about it!

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The 19 Books I Read in May

I’m always surprised that I read at ALL during birthday month, when there are so many festivities to be had! But this month stepped things up as I tried to catch up on the Goodreads goal that was seriously slacking… but overall, not a ton of great reads this month.

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RAD Summer Reads // 2021

Summer just screams “TIME TO READ!” to me… anybody else? I don’t just crave breezy beach reads in the summer either— I want a variety of things just like during the rest of the year, so that’s what you’ll find here, too! I’ve rounded up 15 favorites (a mix of old and new, fiction and nonfiction, from diverse authors) plus 5 new releases that are coming this summer.

The 13 Books I Read in April

I’m slowing down on my reading progress and it’s starting to bum me out… but then I remember I still read 13 books this month and several of them were real favorites... so I want to celebrate that! Slow and steady is the name of the game right now, and I’m giving myself grace that it’s okay to not be flying through books all the time.

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The 15 Books I Read in March

Had some amazing reads this month, and some duds, but that’s life. It was a female-heavy month, but I didn’t read as diversely as I ideally would like, so I’m focusing more on that in April!

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The 17 Books I Read in February

A solid (even thought it felt slow) month of reading! Started strong focusing on Black authors, trailed off as I got preorders in the mail and Netflix distracted me with Firefly Lane.

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The 16 Books I Read in January

It’s been a minute, but I’m back to posting my book reviews here on the blog for easy searching. It’s nice to be able to search for books and reviews here, and hopefully it’s helpful for you all too.

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