What I Read In July: Seventeen Books & A NEW All Time FAVORITE Book!

It's a year later, and a lot of the characters have come back in a surprising way and in ways that I love.

I like the cast of characters surrounding Mara. I just cared so much, and I loved everything about this experience. So, this, as of right now, is my new favorite book of all time.

And it's got this great world building. It's got these great character relationships and dynamics. It doesn't handle female representation the best.

And I started Doctor Sleep and there's just a lot of sexually perverse and messed up stuff in Doctor Sleep at least in the first beginning. And I don't like that stuff when King does it.

And I thoroughly loved this book. I gave it about a four and a half to five star rating.

There was a great cat and mouse thing going on and just people having their own ideas even though like when you're told something and you believe something else despite the fact that you've been told the truth, you're just inherently distrustful. Fantastic stuff. simpler plot.

But I did get that rewarding kind of clicking together of all of the character relationships and I really enjoyed that. So I gave both of those books easy four stars, very enjoyable.

But I did get that rewarding kind of clicking together of all of the character relationships and I really enjoyed that. So I gave both of those books easy four stars, very enjoyable.

I really enjoyed these characters. I really enjoyed the adventure.

for progression fantasy, I feel like the Mark of the Fool has more character dynamics to kind of latch onto. It's less about powering up and more about like the power-up aspect is definitely there. But it's more about building relationships, learning to trust, opening up.

I've read arc four very early on in the month. and I loved it. I loved everything about this.

but this one gained a star and this is now a solid four star read for me on Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill. I really just started meshing with this story a lot more than I remember enjoying it.

And oh my goodness, like I flew through Pawn's Gambit. I loved Pawn's Gambit.

But, I am halfway through this. I'm really, really enjoying it. It's very good.

I really liked Connie's short story a lot more than I liked Alswich's just cuz he is villainous and he is kind of harder to identify with, I think is what I'm trying to say. So that one I gave about a three and a half to four star rating.

I actually dropped The Fall a star because I really enjoyed the first section and then I just kind of zoned out on the next three. this is very in media res and it takes place I think around like 3 to 400 years before Of Blood and Fire.

I mostly liked The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. It wasn't my absolute favorite but it kind of it was what it was.

there's just some things that, like, Ian Fleming puts on the page that I'm just like, "What? Why is that there? that makes no sense."

I really liked his prose. I liked the stakes. I liked the way that the characters felt like real individuals.