July TBR

Hey all, Sam here.

Okay, the June TBR actually went pretty well. At least in terms of me having a reading plan for the month…and I mostly stuck to it, even though there were a couple minor adjustments and rearrangements, so… let’s try again for July.

Starting with…the NetGalley reads I’m hoping to read and review this month. Because, once again, there are a number of releases coming for July that I’ve already been approved for. Actually a couple I’ve already started reading and prepping for review. It actually feels really nice to already be working on posts for next month.

Some of these books you may also recognize from my Let’s Chat About Books (Especially Anticipated Releases) post. If I manage to finish all the books from that post, then I’ll be writing up another one, because it gives me goals to work towards and it seems like right now I’m doing pretty decent on working towards those goals, which is pretty cool.

The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem (July 18), Ghosted by Amanda Quain (July 25), The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz (July 25), The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec (July 25).

Thankfully most of my NetGalley reads for July are actually books out in the second half of the month, so I have a little bit of time to get everything put together. Several of my reviews for the early part of the month are either overdue reviews, or reads from the end of June.

This first grouping of books has some fascinating sounding diverse fantasies, a ghost-filled reimagining of a classic novel, and a mythological historical tale, and they are all books I’m very excited to be reading soon.

Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto (July 25), The Valkyrie’s Shadow by Tiana Warner (July 25), Ravensong by T.J. Klune (Aug 1), Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S Jae-Jones (Aug 1).

This second grouping of NetGalley reads takes us from the end of July to the beginning of August, because with books coming out at the start of the month, it’s probably best to try and get them read a little bit early.

So I definitely have some fantasy tales with action and mythology and romance and even one that’s pitched as “Sailor Moon meets Cinder” and that just sounds really interesting to me. Oh, and obviously one of the books in this section is the sequel to one that I’m reading now and should be reviewing in the next week or so, which means I have to finish that book before I can read the next one.

Next let’s talk about a few of the books that aren’t on my NetGalley list that I’m hoping to read. This section is the one that I’m most flexible on, although the first book mentioned is one I NEED to read before we go to Gen Con because the author will be there.

The First Binding by R.R. Virdi, The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, Against All Gods by Miles Cameron.

Now for the Sim, El-Arifi, and Cameron books, I do have the sequels on my NetGalley Lists. The sequel to The Final Strife came out, I believe, last month, and the sequel to Against All Gods is out in July. Thankfully the sequel to The City of Dusk won’t be here until the end of August. So, the faster I can get around to these first books, the sooner I can read the sequels.

The other thing to note is that these are all larger fantasy reads, like 400-500+ pages each, so I don’t know how easily I’ll be able to squeeze them into my July reading schedule, especially with Camp NaNoWriMo happening, but I’m certainly hoping that I can read all the books on my list.

Oh, I should also say that I plan to do some manga reading in July, with a special focus on One Piece since the live-action series is coming to Netflix at the end of August, and I’d like to have read the volumes that are being covered so I can have an understanding of the characters and the world and all that.

But it should be another fun month of reading, and I’m really excited to see what all I accomplish between the reading and the writing for the month of July. It should be a pretty epic month.

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Are there any books on your must-read list for July? Let me know in the comments!

Okay, well that is all from me for now, but don’t worry, I’m coming back for a book review later. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.