Happy August, y'all!
And let's hope that it is, indeed, a happy August.
I thought I'd kick off BEDA with a quick reading wrap up from July. I mentioned in my blog post on Monday about how my mental health has really made me not want to be in front of a camera right now, and although I kind of forced myself to vlog during various readathons in August, I really don't feel well enough to watch through that footage right now. So why not share what I've been reading through a blog post!
July was really action packed and I found it really hard to concentrate on the books I was reading (maybe a precursor to my current mental state tbh) but I actually read quite a few books that I absolutely LOVED and one or two that will likely end up on my 2019 favorites list!
My Brother's Husband, vol. 1 by Gengoroah Tegame
Physical copy, 5/5
352 pages
Challenge completed: A book set in Asia
Providence by Caroline Kepnes
Physical copy, 3/5
366 pages
Challenge completed: A book with a location in the title
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
Physical copy, 3/5
316 pages
Educated by Tara Westover
Physical copy, 4/5
352 pages
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Physical copy, 5/5
336 pages
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Physical copy, 2/5
399 pages
Challenge completed: A book with a face on the cover
Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee
Physical copy, 3/5
368 pages
Challenge completed: A book with your initials on the cover
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
Physical copy, 4/5
309 pages
Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Physical copy, 5/5
368 pages
Heartstopper, vol. 2 by Alice Oseman
Physical copy, 5/5
315 pages
TOTALS FOR JULY
Books completed: 10
Pages read: 3,482
2019 Challenges Completed: 4
10 Book TBR #3 Books Completed: 2
TOTALS FOR 2019
Books completed: 82/150
Pages read: 27,360
2019 challenges complete: 38/50
I think for August I'm really going to be taking a more laissez-faire approach to my reading - what will get read will get read, and what won't, won't. I am doing the N.E.W.T.s and another round of my BOTM month, but I'm really trying to take all forms of pressure off me in the coming months! I'm already feeling some of the positive effect of taking the pressure off myself and letting go of control of things that usually consume my mind with worry. I'm really not the kind of person that can easily do this but I think my mental state right now has been a really huge wake up call and hopefully I can make some changes to the way I approach life throughout this season of seeing myself in a new light.
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