I’m Looking Forward to These July Releases

Hey all, Sam here.

Coming to the end of June, it’s time to look forward to July and all the fantastic books coming out that I’m looking forward to adding to my shelves. And thankfully there are a number of books I’m adding to my lists. As with any month, there are a number of books I’ve been approved for on NetGalley, and I need to get a little more focused on writing up my reviews.

Actually, this feels like an appropriate time to discuss something I saw pop up on Threads the other day. There was a bookish influencer/reviewer who posted about making up reviews for books they hadn’t read and posting them on NetGalley to improve their numbers so they could get approved for even more books.

I’ll be completely honest here, y’all. I think my feedback ratio percentage is 38%. I still get approved for a decent amount of books. While some (many) reviews may come late, I will not fabricate my opinions on books to improve my percentage. If I’ve reviewed a book, then I’ve read it. On the extremely rare chance that I DNF’d the book, then I will say so in my review, including what percentage I stopped reading.

So, with all that being said, let’s go over the July releases I’ve been approved for on NetGalley. I do have a review up for one of these books, and I have more reviews coming, hopefully soon.

A Kiss of Hammer and Flame by Amy de la Force (July 3), Never the Roses by Jennifer K Lambert (July 8), The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen (July 8), Lore of the Tides by Analeigh Sbrana (July 8)

Soulgazer by Maggie Rapier (July 8), House of Frost and Feathers by Lauren Wiesebron (July 15), Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods (July 15), The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten (July 15)

Daughters of Flood and Fury by Gabriella Buba (July 22), Love is a War Song by Danica Nava (July 22), The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson (July 29), Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks: Dealing with Dragons by Jaleigh Johnson (July 29)

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Don’t these books look great? I know I’m very excited to talk about them more, and hopefully I’ll be able to get quite a few of them reviewed next month, although I know for some of them I need to get reviews up for previous books in the series first.

Anyway, that is all from me for today. What books are you looking forward to in July? Let me know in the comments, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.