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I really did think we all knew about the horse romance novel but I guess I may be wrong

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Currently Reading: The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R Tolkien

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Finished off July by reading This Is How You Lose the Time War.

I wasn't planning on reading this any time soon, but a local bookstore is running a reading challenge and one of the prompts was 'a poetic read'. TIHYLTTW popped up in some rec lists when I was searching for ideas and I knew my brother had a copy I could borrow.

Honestly, I don't think this sort of book is really my thing. I had heard so much good stuff about it, but it ended up falling flat for me, which was a shame after all the hype.

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#61 of 2025

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Jompbpc 2/19/25 pure gold

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started this in August and finally finished it! Despite how long it took me- I actually thought this book was really lovely & I’m excited for the movie to come out so I can watch it and cry

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July Reads

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Book Blanket Project: How to Solve Your Own Murder

Catching up with the book cover granny squares I've made this spring/summer but haven't shared yet!

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

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✨What did you read in July?✨

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Photo one is my wrap up and photo two are the books my TBR wheel picked for me!

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I had a very busy July—not just because of my reading, but because I travelled to Mexico for the first time and had an amazing 7 days just relaxing! But back to my reading—I think I had a good month! A lot of mixed ratings, but I got through a nice chunk of my physical TBR. Here are the stats:

1. I read 23 books. 16 of which were from my physical TBR—next slide has the three books my TBR wheel picked for me!

2. My favourite read was: No Exit by Taylor Adams

3. My least favourite was: Chef’s Secret by Kelly Yang (I was just really disappointed in where the story went and the horrible parents.)

4. I DNFed: 5 books.

5. I unhauled 3 books AND I finally donated the boxes of unhauled books I had in the hallway 🥲.

6. I purchased 12 books—which, let’s be honest, is pretty tame for me!

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Have you read any of these books? 📚📚

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Current read. Thoroughly enjoying it.

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Today's book haul ✨📚

I only paid $11 for all four because I had a gift card, $10 in rewards, and tax-free weekend!!

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currently reading: the rachel incident by caroline o'donoghue

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Currently reading 🙂‍↕️📖

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april-july fairloot ✨

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HRCYED Check In: July

Since this challenge started on July 7, it's still very early days but I feel like I've made some good progress. I've finished four books that count towards this reading challenge and I've used each of them in two categories. I may end up switching some of those categories later, if I feel they fit better elsewhere (eg: Atmosphere by TJR could possibly count towards the Avatar challenge as I could make a case that t it depicts wind on the cover) but for now I'm happy with these placements.

Books used + Prompts:

The Great Undoing - Rainbow (Green) / Award Season (UQ Fiction Book Award winner)

Atmosphere - Queer Alphabet (Lesbian) / Last 10 Years (2025)

Pissants - New Release (July) / Around the World (Oceania)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Last 10 Years (2019) / Rainbow (Light Blue)

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You see it's quite simple: if they call the earth Gaia, it's fantasy. If they call it Terra, that's sci-fi

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August TBR

Been a minute since I posted a monthly TBR but theres a couple of books I really need to read this month. I'm also going to Melbourne for a few days around the middle of the month so I want to plan what to take on the plane etc. Unforch no AFL romances this time lmao Full list below the cut.

Prompt List:

Highest rated on my Goodreads TBR shelf - Remarkably Bright Creatures (technically I think this is actually the 5th highest but the others were either not released yet or I don't own them)

Name in title - Emma (need to re-read this anyway because it's the edition Lauren annotated for me for xmas last year and we always read them again before we start annotating the next)

Everyone seems to have read but you - The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (was tossing up between a few for this one but Watchmaker is on my 25 to read in 2025 list. I picked it up yeaarrrrs ago but lately I've been seeing it pop up a lot on tumblr and insta so I'm feeling very out of the loop lmao)

Read Christie Challenge - The Pale Horse

Same genre as last - One Two Buckle My Shoe (I'm actually a book behind in Read Christie so I would loooooove to get through two in August)

Not Pictured:

My current read - In These Hallowed Halls (The last book I need to read for a local bookstores seasonal challenge)

Second current read - A Storm of Swords part 2 (Defs not trying to finish this one this month but I do need to keep reading at least a chapter each week. I'm almost at the red wedding and I'm already so upset)

New Release for HRCYED - Five Found Dead (This is released on the 19th, and I was fully planning to read it anyway because I love Sulari Gentill's writing but I'm glad HRCYED is forcing me to read it quickly. I do have 60 days to read it, so I could push it to September if I needed but I'd prefer to get it done in August)